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Student protests in Ghana were met with a violent response from the police, leading to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology campus being shut down. The incident raised questions, once again, about the country’s police force and its use of intimidation. Justice Tankebe explains how the poor treatment of lower level police officers as well as corruption in the service has contributed to the current state of affairs.
There’s no telling what people will get out of their reading. Even in an era of super-saturating graphics and television, photography and film, literature still has a considerable effect on public perceptions. Dan Wylie explains what he discovered in researching his recently published book about the elephant in southern African literature, and the lasting legacy of how the great mammals are viewed.
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Police in Ghana have a reputation for intimidation, violence and corruption.
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Justice Tankebe, University of Cambridge
Poor supervision, poor training, and unfair treatment of lower-ranked officers make misconduct more likely to happen among Ghana's police force.
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Arts + Culture
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Dan Wylie, Rhodes University
Understanding stories – those of the murderous as well as of the compassionate – is vital to generating the critical mass necessary to save natural environments and their multiple denizens.
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Environment + Energy
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Jevgeniy Bluwstein, University of Fribourg; Jens Friis Lund, University of Copenhagen; Peadar Brehony, University of Cambridge
Narratives about successful community-based conservation efforts in Tanzania need to be probed.
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Education
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Ina Louw, University of Pretoria
For tutorials to be successful, lecturers must carefully plan what's being taught.
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From our international editions
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Victoria Scowcroft, University of Bath
The Gaia satellite has uncovered the remains of a galaxy buried deep in the Milky Way.
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Kate Stewart, Nottingham Trent University; Matthew Cole, The Open University
No matter the time of the year, it's always open season on veganism.
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James Allan, The University of Queensland; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Jasmine Lee, The University of Queensland; Kendall Jones, The University of Queensland
More than two-thirds of Earth's remaining wilderness is in the hands of just five countries, according to a new global map. A concerted conservation effort is needed to save our last wild places.
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