Fascinating new insights into the history of the Gold Coast, and the slave trade in West Africa, are being gleaned from the Christiansborg Castle in Ghana’s capital Accra. Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann explains the work she and her team are doing through archaeological excavations, artefact analysis and the close involvement of the community living near to the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Nigerians go to the polls in February next year to elect a new president. As the country counts down the weeks it’s clear that most Nigerians aren’t that impressed with the two leading presidential aspirants because neither offers the country any real hope. Olayinka Ajala unpacks why people are frustrated and what to expect from the poll.
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Archival illustration of the Christiansborg Castle.
Danish National Museum
Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Hampshire College
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
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Atiku Abubakar and incumbent Muhammadu Buhari (right) are the two frontrunners in Nigeria’s presidential race.
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Olayinka Ajala, University of York
Despite the large number of aspirants for Nigeria's 2019 elections, women and young people remain underrepresented.
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Politics + Society
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Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg
The Economic Freedom Fighters' strategy of painting President Ramaphosa and his allies as corrupt is unlikely to succeed.
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Science + Technology
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Denise Rosemary Nicholson, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa's copyright law must not continue ignoring the principles of fair use.
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Environment + Energy
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Jeremias Mowo, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Declining water quantity and quality means people have to travel further to find good water sources.
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Mark Horton, University of Bristol
Colonial powers plundered the heritage of countries all over the world – restitution is long overdue.
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Colleen P. Kirk, New York Institute of Technology
Psychological ownership is that feeling that someone stole 'your' parking spot or nabbed the last sweater you had your eye on. We have a tendency to get territorial when we fell it's been violated.
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