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Africa: State Fragmentation and New State Imaginaries – Maritime Access in the Horn of Africa

[ad_1] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name. In the latest development around […]

todayOctober 30, 2024 3

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Zimbabwe: How to End Zimbabwe’s Poverty – 2024 Nobel Prize Winners

[ad_1] The authors who diagnosed Zimbabwe's political and economic problems over a decade ago have won the 2024 Economics Nobel Prize. Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in their seminal book, "Why Nations Fail," released in 2012, explained what led to countries like Zimbabwe to remain mired in poverty while other nations progressed. The Nobel Prize is awarded to distinguished people globally in different fields - with one of the prizes offered in economics. In Zimbabwe, the late former Prime […]

todayOctober 25, 2024 2

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Zimbabwe: Colonial White Boys in Zimbabwe – John Eppel’s Autobiography Is a Welcome Book, but a Difficult Read

[ad_1] Zimbabwean writer John Eppel's literary career has always been defined by one peculiar trait. He publishes fictional work, in stark contrast to the majority of the country's other white writers who have fetishised the autobiographical mode. During the post 2000s period, white Zimbabwean narratives of crisis which focused on the land reform programme gained an international following. Read more: Animal Farm has been translated into Shona - why a group of Zimbabwean writers undertook the task Zimbabwe's liberation struggle […]

todayOctober 18, 2024

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Nigeria: At ‘It Is Possible’ Book Launch, Osinbajo Advocates Collective Action for Change in Nigeria

[ad_1] Mr Osinbajo, the keynote speaker at the book launch, made the call for collective action among Nigerians as the nation grapples with one of the most devastating economic crises in its history. 1. The author of It is Possible: Influencing Change in Nigeria, Udo Jude Ilo 2. Unveiling of the Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged citizens to believe in Nigeria's potential for transformative change. He made the call during the launch of the book, "It is Possible: […]

todayOctober 16, 2024 1

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Zimbabwe: Award-Winning Novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga Rubbishes Plagiarism Claims By UK Author

[ad_1] RENOWNED author, Tsitsi Dangarembga has dismissed "absurd" claims by United Kingdom-based writer Masimba Mukichi, who accused her of plagiarising his work in her award-winning novel, Nervous Conditions. Mukichi, in an online article, alleged that Dangarembga, along with Chenjerai Hove, "connived to steal" his book, Culture is the Cornerstone of Life, more than three decades ago. He claimed that Hove, who managed Zimbabwe Publishing, and Dangarembga took his manuscript after it was rejected for publication. In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com, […]

todayOctober 14, 2024 1

Africa

Africa: Did the Tumaini Initiative Exceed Its Mandate?

[ad_1] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name. The Tumaini (Hope) Initiative was […]

todayOctober 10, 2024 2

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Nigeria: Alake Plans Soyinka ‘Adire’ Village to Curb Influx of Foreign Fabrics

[ad_1] The Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has unveiled plans to establish the Prof. Wole Soyinka Adire Village as part of the drive to promote the locally made Adire/Kampala fabrics. ICLED Business School's president, Prof. Olajumoke Familoni, has been saddled with the duty to midwife the initiative. Speaking at a press conference attended by the Egba major stakeholders, including the high chiefs and kingmakers at the Ake palace in Abeokuta, Oba Gbadebo said the initiative would […]

todayOctober 10, 2024

Africa

Africa: Destruction of Libraries and Archives Is a Form of Book-Burning and Erasing History and Memory

[ad_1] Libraries are not merely places that keep books by George Eliot, Charles Dickens or Joseph Conrad: they are repositories of written records of South African society over centuries - and over the past three decades. During a gathering of advocates and activists who collected books from across the US for shipping to Africa, mainly to west Africa, I once asked, somewhat cheekily, of the good folk in the Upper Midwest: "What books are you sending to Africa?" Were these […]

todayOctober 4, 2024

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Uganda: 11.9 Million Ugandans Are Illiterate – Census Report

[ad_1] The latest 2024 census report released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS) has indicated that 26% of Ugandans are illiterate. The main report released on Thursday indicated that of the 45.9 million Ugandans, 74% are literate, meaning they can ably read and write any of the languages spoken in the country. The same report also indicates that 26% people are illiterate, a percentage that translates into 11,934,000 Ugandans. Regions The report shows Buganda at 85.5% has the biggest number […]

todayOctober 4, 2024 1

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