"These are well articulated in the seminal work of the late Professor Claude Ake, which has won admiration in the analysis of African politics. See his (1996) Democracy and Development in Africa (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution), pp. 1–17."
the restriction of market mechanisms; low levels of technical assistance; the limited inflow of foreign capital; falling commodity prices, and unfavourable terms of trade; and low levels of saving and investment. #awakeafrica#notobadgovernance#notoneocolonialism
Many factors have been offered to explain the apparent failure of development enterprise in Africa, and most of these explanations have been labelled as negative consequences of the colonial legacy.
Tunisian security forces continued to use violence to curb protests around the country as President Saied announced in July that he would assume exceptional powers. #Rights2022 https://t.co/nyYrubZzd2
Remember this? After collecting feedback from flight attendants about their uniforms, Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines decided to put an end to heels, pencil skirts and tight shirts. The new uniform now includes white sneakers and a loose orange suit with trousers
You'd best beware!
If you love yourself
I'd best beware!
If I love myself
We'd best beware, they'd best beware
You'd best beware
And then every man for himself🎵
#works#quite#podcast 📢🔊
What an honour for me to guest edit this issue of @africaarguments on #RadicalActivism. Amazing writers analyse what sorts of radical resistance are necessary to free Africa of the multiple diverse forms of oppression and exploitation afflicting us.
I spent a dreadful 10 days in #British government-mandated #quarantine after 10 weeks of #research in #Liberia & #SierraLeone. Here are some thoughts, published today in @africaarguments, about why the UK’s #racist ‘red list’ must be completely eliminated: https://t.co/w63qViPLjF
#Ghana’s President @NAkufoAddo sounded the alarm at the #UNGA on vaccine nationalism, pointing a finger to the EU’s mandate on blocking vaccinated #Africans from entering European space for not being ‘immunised’.
https://t.co/3KO8SkgtZR
A year ago, #Cameroon's opposition parties & civil society orgs called for peaceful street protests against the government's decision to organise regional polls without amending the electoral code & against the #Anglophone crisis. 43 remain imprisoned.
https://t.co/nYvH1x3xBg