Africa

Twenty years after Nelson Mandela commissioned the first HIV household survey in South Africa, this latest data collection undertaken by the Human Sciences Research Council and its partners    More >

Does religion play a significant role in voting behavior in sub-Saharan Africa? The perception has long been that religious identity has little impact on electoral decisionmaking, with many    More >

Tendayi Sithole shows just how original and radical Steve Biko's (1946–1977) thinking really was. Sithole's Black Critique approach highlights how Biko's work tears    More >

"To defend the Earth is to defend the human." "The soil preserves people. Can people preserve the soil?" Amilcar Cabral's words continue to resonate deeply even    More >

Emerging scholars from across Africa ask critical questions about the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). For example: How can AfCFTA move beyond rhetoric to boost    More >

The story of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is a tale both of international diplomacy and of the ways that high politics and the antiapartheid struggle played out—and    More >

The authors take a deep dive into South Africa's Data-Informed Practice Improvement Project (DIPIP), an innovative program designed to support the professional development of mathematics    More >

Rapid population growth, poor infrastructure, and inadequate housing markets, all combined with haphazard urban planning, have created unprecedented levels of poverty and inequality in    More >

Three Soweto playwrights. Three distinctive theatrical styles. Each using plays to communicate messages of humanism, Black Consciousness, and Black solidarity. Andile Xaba traces the    More >

Scholars, activists, and artists come together in this innovative collection to highlight the power of dialogue as a mode of knowledge production in building and sustaining African feminist    More >

Born in Southern Rhodesia, self-made intellectual Edson Sithole (1935–1975?) was a lawyer (the first Black person in southern Africa to earn a doctorate in law), an anticolonial    More >

This vibrant collection captures thirty years of democracy through the lived experiences of diverse South African communities. Moving from QwaQwa to Vuwani, Soweto, Langa, Luka, Platfontein,    More >

From townships to rural areas to urban centers, South Africa's educational system faces a complex web of varied social and economic realities. The authors of Parental and Caregiver    More >

With hardening authoritarianism and state capture by militias exacerbating the challenges faced by providers of development and political aid across the Middle East and North Africa, how can    More >

What happens when external forces are brought to bear on domestic grievances and governance institutions? In environments profoundly affected by both violent extremist organizations and    More >