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Nigeria’s elephants are at the brink of extinction. In about 30 years, their population has crashed from an estimated 1,200-1,500 to just 300-400 today. Conservationist Tajudeen Amusa sets out the threats they face and the four urgent steps that are needed to save them.
Book publishing in African countries has never really been a locally-shaped industry. Western publishing houses, gatekeepers and education funders have created a system that replicates western modes of publishing. But a new report – covering six English-speaking countries – hints at how this could change as a new generation of digitally savvy book lovers starts to take over the modes of production and marketing. Tinashe Mushakavanhu examines the report and
the trends it identifies.
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Tajudeen Amusa, University of Ilorin
Nigeria has only a few hundred elephants left. They are worth saving, for several reasons.
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Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford
A new generation has been disrupting traditional publishing using new technologies and marketing methods.
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Arts, Culture + Society
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Natasha Robinson, University of Oxford
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
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Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk, University of Cape Town
The film explores the lasting impact of the killings on the Mitchells Plain community and raises questions about the police investigation.
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Science + Technology
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Rennie Naidoo, University of the Witwatersrand
A business-centric approach can overshadow the broader goals of social and environmental sustainability.
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Climate
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Llewellyn Leonard, University of South Africa
COP29 should end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, compel large-scale emitters to compensate affected regions and ensure that carbon taxes reflect the true cost of cleaning up pollution.
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Maria S. Floro, American University
Without comprehensive public and global support for care provision and the integration of care in the climate agenda, unmet care needs will only grow and inequalities will widen.
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Health + Medicine
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Raquel AB Duarte, University of the Witwatersrand; Caroline Dickens, University of the Witwatersrand; Therese Dix-Peek, University of the Witwatersrand
Dispelling myths around breast cancer in Africa is important so that treatment care can focus on the dire socio-economic issues facing patients.
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Hannah Simba, African Population and Health Research Center
Understanding how cancer is discussed across diverse languages and cultural contexts is crucial, especially on a continent that has more than 2,000 languages.
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Tom Nyirenda, Stellenbosch University
The World Health Organization’s latest global report on tuberculosis has good and bad news for African countries.
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Politics
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Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University
Somaliland’s presidential election represents a critical moment in the breakaway state’s 33-year quest for independence.
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Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria; Samuel Oyewole, University of Pretoria
If the US is serious about the doctrine of equal partnership, it must stop treating Africa as an afterthought.
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Anthoni van Nieuwkerk, University of South Africa
It’s not clear yet that the Brics alliance is close to being able to achieve unity of purpose.
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David Jackman, University of Oxford; Tom Goodfellow, University of Sheffield
Cities are political battlefields, where elites try to retain control, and people challenge this authority.
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Education
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Martina van Heerden, University of the Western Cape
Clear, actionable feedback can help students learn.
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Business + Economy
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Christian Hamann, Gauteng City-Region Observatory; Rashid Seedat, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
Many people feel unsafe in their homes, and when walking in their neighbourhood during the day or at night.
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Radhika Balakrishnan, Rutgers University
New approaches to economic policy are needed to address the roots of people’s disenchantment and avert ecological catastrophe.
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Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu, Sol Plaatje University
Increasing grant payments to extremely poor South Africans would alleviate poverty and help economic growth, a modelling exercise shows.
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