Africa Culture

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7 March 2022
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DOC: Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute · 24 April 2019 English

At one of the founding conferences of Pan-Africanism in 1945 in the United Kingdom, Marcus Grant, a Sierra Leonean member of the West African Youth League, spoke of the movement's …


CODESRIA: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · 9 October 2008 English

This paper takes a critical look at the problems associated with scholarly communication through print journals in the African context, the prospects of online publishing and the challenges that the …


CODESRIA: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · 24 November 2008 English

1960 and 1990, as a politically highly-charged discursive formation, which hierarchically ordered a racially and linguistically diverse population? The analysis revolves around the question how residents of the poorer urban …


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 21 January 2016 English

Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors arising from pre-colonial customs and find evidence consistent with two hypotheses. …


World Bank Group · 1 November 2001 English

Contents: The Event. Rationale for the Workshop. World Bank Perspectives. Main Topics. Key Findings. The Workshop Thematic Discussions. Conclusions and Main Messages. Notes for Donors. Keynote Address. Concluding Remarks. Papers: …


CODESRIA: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa · 24 June 2010 English

It does so by looking into the role of intellectuals, leadership and habits which cripple the aspirations and inhibit the chances of Africa becoming a modern, democratic and attractive continent …


AU: African Union · 6 February 2021 English

President Tshisekedi observed that collaboratively with the Regional Economic Communities, the Union will strengthen peace and security; pursue the operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area; promote a renaissance …


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 5 May 2020 English

UNESCO’s response and actions to the consequences of COVID-19 in Africa The inevitability of social sciences and humanities knowledge Given the multifaceted scope of the pandemic, it is inevitable that …


UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 14 November 2015 English

In 2005, UNDPs Drylands Development Center and the International Land Coalition hosted a workshop that addressed key land tenure issues in Africa that influence food security, environmental sustainability, agricultural intensification, …


IPN: International Policy Network English

As Peer wrote of Jimmie Rodgers, the “impetus which he gave to so-called hillbilly music … set in motion the factors which resulted in making this sector of the amusement …