Social network approaches have much to offer for the study of African politics. This research note explores the tensions and benefits of…
War is an inherently social process, from the mobilization of new, armed organizations, to the relational aftershocks of violence affecting…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
The power of Pan-Africanism as a guiding vision for the continent’s development is widely studied, mostly as an aspirational phenomenon. At…
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The majority of the poor and hungry people in the world live on small farms and struggle to subsist on too little land with low input - low…
One of the most highly touted developments of the last five years was the rise of the Massively Open Online Content (MOOCs).
This…
In this period of gloomy economic forecasts, Africa's rise has become a widely discussed international policy topic. The sweeping optimism…
I am on my way back from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. This was a remarkable meeting with an…