Tag: africa
China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines...
Mitchell Gallagher, Wayne State University
Every year, China’s minister of foreign affairs embarks on what has now become a...
Why the price of your favorite chocolate will continue to rise
Narcisa Pricope, Mississippi State University
Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this...
Climate engineering carries serious national security risks − countries facing extreme...
Ben Kravitz, Indiana University and Tyler Felgenhauer, Duke University
The historic Paris climate agreement started a mantra from developing...
‘Wonka’ movie holds remnants of novel’s racist past
Meisha Lohmann, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Several years ago, I made a visit to a local...
‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just...
Roger B. Alfani, Seton Hall University and Nicole Eggers, University of Tennessee
For refugees living in settlements across Africa,...
20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of...
Simon Lewis, College of Charleston
Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto...
The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation
The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and...
Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites...
Michael Brown, Smithsonian Institution
Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
