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Comedian Trevor Noah set the cat among the pigeons when he labelled France’s recent World Cup win in Moscow an African victory. This prompted a furious debate about identity. Edward Ademolu unravels the debate, arguing that the identities of African diaspora communities are seldom “you’re either this”, or “you’re that”. It’s possible therefore to be both French and African.
There are only about 7,000 cheetahs left in the world, which makes protected wildlife areas vital for their survival. But even here they’re not safe. Femke Broekhuis explains her findings that cheetahs rear fewer cubs to independence in areas with high numbers of tourists.
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Two of France’s players with African roots, Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappé, celebrate winning the World Cup.
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Dr Edward Ademolu, University of Manchester
It is important to understand that African diaspora constitute complex and multiplicitous identities.
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Environment + Energy
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Femke Broekhuis, University of Oxford
New findings show that the numbers of cubs a cheetah is able to rear is lower in areas that receive lots of tourists.
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Politics + Society
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Southern Africa's liberation movements have been losing popularity and confronting a crisis of legitimacy.
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Science + Technology
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Nico Fischer, University of Cape Town; Michael Claeys, University of Cape Town
For many learners science, and especially chemistry, remains a textbook phenomenon.
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From our international editions
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Fidel C T Budy, Aberystwyth University
Liberia's rural communities have long been suffering land grabs by international palm oil producers.
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Lauren Drakopulos, University of Washington; Shefali Juneja Lakhina, University of Wollongong
From resettling Syrian refugees to mitigating climate change in Ecuador, interactive 'story maps' harvest communities' stories to help policymakers and neighbors better understand complex problems.
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Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
Apple became the world's 'biggest' company because of its sky-high valuation. But in the past, the largest companies were known for more meaningful metrics such as revenue and number of employes.
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