Tag: South Africa
How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became...
Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University
As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas...
Black farmers in South Africa need support: how it could be...
Nick Vink, Stellenbosch University and Johann Kirsten, Stellenbosch University
Most countries in both the rich and the developing world...
Why Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in...
Ronnie Olesker, St. Lawrence University
In 2018, I was living in Israel while researching a book about the country’s...
How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to...
Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Florida International University
In “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING...
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by...
Joshua Kumbani, University of the Witwatersrand
Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound...
Wildlife tourism in southern Africa uses scarce water – we propose...
Kevin Mearns, University of South Africa
Wildlife tourism is a major source of income and livelihood for many rural communities across southern Africa. But it...
Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing...
Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University and Charles Simpson, Tufts University
Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new...
Don’t expect the coronavirus epidemic in the US to bring down...
Alex De Waal, Tufts University
The Trump administration’s mishandling of the coronavirus crisis has been widely condemned by health experts.
But if the administration’s bungling proves...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
