Lliane Loots, University of KwaZulu-Natal Now in its 23rd year, JOMBA! is a contemporary dance festival housed at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts,…
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Jan Nyssen, Ghent University; Emnet Negash, Ghent University, and Sofie Annys, Ghent University Since fighting broke out in November 2020 between the Tigrayan regional government and…
Andrew Gibbs, South African Medical Research Council Over the past 10 years there has been increasing awareness of the importance of promoting good mental health in…
Bastian Becker, Universität Bremen Christian missionaries were the first to introduce European-style education in sub-Saharan Africa. Mission societies often expanded into territories before colonial powers did,…
Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University Since the 1990s, studies of sport have tended to focus on science, at the expense of physical culture studies. The once thriving…
Hoolo ‘Nyane, University of Limpopo The kingdom of Lesotho has been marked by waves of political instability since independence from Britain in 1966. This has manifested…
Stephen L. Esquith, Michigan State University Prior to the military coup in 2012, Mali was praised for its transition to democracy in West Africa. That is…
The Court of Appeal of Kenya has upheld the High Court’s ruling that attempts to overhaul the country’s constitution violated its basic structures. The mega-constitutional amendment…
Friday Okonofua, University of Benin Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund has approved N8.5bn (US$16.83m) for medical research this year an increase of 13.33%. Of this amount,…
Harith Omar Morgadinho Farooq, University of Gothenburg and Allison Perrigo, University of Gothenburg Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students…