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My Black Is (Not) Beautiful: The Complex History of Skin Lighteners in Africa
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My Black Is (Not) Beautiful: The Complex History of Skin Lighteners in Africa

Lynn M. Thomas
May 29, 2020November 27, 2023
Not Yet Uhuru: Why Postcolonialism Doesn’t Exist in France
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Not Yet Uhuru: Why Postcolonialism Doesn’t Exist in France

Haythem Guesmi
May 23, 2020November 27, 2023
What COVID-19 Has Revealed About Our Callous and Clueless Leaders
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What COVID-19 Has Revealed About Our Callous and Clueless Leaders

Rasna Warah Rasna Warah
May 15, 2020November 27, 2023
Returning the Gaze: How COVID-19 Is Inverting Colonial Imaginaries
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Returning the Gaze: How COVID-19 Is Inverting Colonial Imaginaries

P. Wenzel Geissler and Ruth J. Prince
May 15, 2020November 27, 2023
Fanon’s Project Remains Unfinished—and Still Relevant Today
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Fanon’s Project Remains Unfinished—and Still Relevant Today

Christopher J. Lee
May 15, 2020November 27, 2023
How COVID-19 Reveals the Paradoxes of Neoliberal Logic
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How COVID-19 Reveals the Paradoxes of Neoliberal Logic

Kiasha Naidoo
May 9, 2020November 27, 2023
Trapped! The Plight of Domestic Workers in Lebanon
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Trapped! The Plight of Domestic Workers in Lebanon

Paul Fargues and Aline Deschamps
May 9, 2020November 27, 2023
Humour in a Time of Coronavirus
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Humour in a Time of Coronavirus

David Mwambari and Awino Okech
May 7, 2020November 27, 2023
Remembering Thandika, Africa’s Foremost Social Scientist
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Remembering Thandika, Africa’s Foremost Social Scientist

The Levers of Power Are Reckoning - Prof. Karuti Kanyinga Karuti Kanyinga
May 7, 2020November 27, 2023
Trump Is Wrong, but China Cannot Escape Blame for the Pandemic
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Trump Is Wrong, but China Cannot Escape Blame for the Pandemic

Rasna Warah Rasna Warah
April 30, 2020November 27, 2023
Locating African Agency in Africa-China Relations
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Locating African Agency in Africa-China Relations

Bulelani Jili
April 30, 2020November 27, 2023
Out of the Ruins and Rubble: COVID-19 and the Fightback in Africa
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Out of the Ruins and Rubble: COVID-19 and the Fightback in Africa

Heike Becker, Femi Aborisade and Issa Shivji
April 23, 2020November 27, 2023

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