Hamish McCallum, Griffith University The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what…
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Grace B. McGowan, Boston University It isn’t often that a pop star releases a music video that aligns so well with my academic research. But that’s…
Chris Changwe Nshimbi, University of Pretoria Hakainde Hichilema’s election victory is the third time an opposition leader has unseated an incumbent president in Zambia since 1991.…
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,…
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…