Cash transfers for coronavirus relief in Kenya
If you’re looking to support coronavirus relief efforts in Kenya, you already know that I feel cash transfers are the best way to help people. I wanted to highlight three organizations that are doing...
View ArticleSnapshots of coronavirus response in Kenya and Senegal
Two interesting new sets of polling data have recently come out about pandemic response in Kenya (from the Population Council) and Senegal (from the Center for Global Development). Here are some key...
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Africa Update for May 2020
The latest edition of Africa Update is out! We’ve got mental health in Ghana, home brewing in South Africa, vintage Somali May Day celebrations, Nigerian digital art, and more. Photos from last year’s...
View ArticleInteresting academic articles for June 2020
Here’s what I’ve been looking forward to reading this month! Ola Olsson, Maria Eriksson Baaz, and Peter Martinsson. 2020. “Fiscal capacity in ‘post’-conflict states: Evidence from trade on Congo...
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The Mawazo Institute’s statement on systematic racism
The Mawazo Institute has recently released a statement on the need to address intersectional and structural violence against black Americans, Africans, and women around the world. I’m so proud of the...
View ArticleInteresting academic articles for September 2020
After a bit of a blogging hiatus, I’m back! Here are the recent articles that I’m looking forward to reading. James Habyarimana, Ken Ochieng’ Opalo, and Youdi Schipper. 2020. “The Cyclical Electoral...
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“Tuna Haki Pia / We Also Have Rights”: living with disability in Nairobi
The Mathare Social Justice Centre has a new report out on the experiences of people with disabilities in Nairobi’s poor neighborhoods. The summary findings from a survey of 82 disabled people are...
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Launch event for “They Were Us: Stories of Victims and Survivors of Police...
The Mothers of Victims and Survivors Network and Missing Voices are launching a new book titled “They Were Us,” tomorrow at Lava Latte from 11 am – 4 pm. As MVSN describes the book: [They Were Us]...
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Africa Update for October 2021
The latest edition of Africa Update is out! We’ve got Africa’s 100 largest cities, debates on gun policy in Nigeria, 13 films on the queer African experience, an ambitious plan to refill Lake Chad,...
View ArticleInteresting articles for November 2021
Here’s what I’m looking forward to reading soon! These papers are all freely available online, and feature research on the global South by Southern researchers. (And as a special feature, don’t miss...
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