Southern Africa instruments – An archaeologist shares the results of new research on musical instruments in Southern Africa. — Read on http://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/southern-africa-instruments/
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Disentangling the security traffic jam in the Sahel: constitutive effects of contemporary interventionism | International Affairs | Oxford Academic
Despite years of ongoing interventions by multiple external and regional actors, the security situation in west Africa’s Sahel region is dramatically deteriorating. In this introduction to the…… Read more “Disentangling the security traffic jam in the Sahel: constitutive effects of contemporary interventionism | International Affairs | Oxford Academic”
The king of Haiti and the dilemmas of freedom in a colonised world | Aeon Essays
In the early 19th century, Haiti was the only example in the Americas of a nation populated primarily by former enslaved Africans who had become free and…… Read more “The king of Haiti and the dilemmas of freedom in a colonised world | Aeon Essays”
Egypt and the Gulf: Allies and Rivals | Chatham House
Following the completion of the IMF programme in 2019, the Egyptian economy is in a much stronger position than it was in the early period of Sisi’s rule, even though this has exacted a harsh toll…… Read more “Egypt and the Gulf: Allies and Rivals | Chatham House”
Opinion | To Fight Coronavirus, Poor Nations Need Their Debt Canceled – The New York Times
In 2019, 64 countries, nearly half of them in sub-Saharan Africa, spent more on servicing external debt than on health. Ethiopia spends twice as much on paying…… Read more “Opinion | To Fight Coronavirus, Poor Nations Need Their Debt Canceled – The New York Times”
Whose Culture Is It? | by Kwame Anthony Appiah | The New York Review of Books
“There is no document of civilization,” Walter Benjamin maintained, in his most often-quoted line, “that is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” He was…… Read more “Whose Culture Is It? | by Kwame Anthony Appiah | The New York Review of Books”
Nana Oforiatta Ayim on Being a Custodian of Ghanaian History – Electric Literature
In The God Child, Ayim’s expansive and contemplative debut, themes of art, history, literature, film, and legacy intermingle with Maya’s coming-of-age. Born to Ghanaian parents living in…… Read more “Nana Oforiatta Ayim on Being a Custodian of Ghanaian History – Electric Literature”
B-Sides: Denis Williams’s “Other Leopards” | Public Books
Denis Williams was a painter in London, a novelist in the Sudan, an art historian in Nigeria, and an archeologist in his native Guyana: the polymath’s polymath.…… Read more “B-Sides: Denis Williams’s “Other Leopards” | Public Books”
Drones, Deniability, and Disinformation: Warfare in Libya and the New International Disorder – War on the Rocks
Western governments have watched the battle over Libya’s capital, Tripoli, with disinterest, even as it has drawn in a growing number of foreign powers. But this conflict…… Read more “Drones, Deniability, and Disinformation: Warfare in Libya and the New International Disorder – War on the Rocks”
How hundreds of small ‘Gardens of Eden’ guard against total deforestation in Ethiopia | Aeon Videos
‘The church is within the forest, the forest is inside the church.’ Ethiopia’s northern highlands were once covered by trees. But over the past century, development and…… Read more “How hundreds of small ‘Gardens of Eden’ guard against total deforestation in Ethiopia | Aeon Videos”
