Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] In the decades after Sierra Leone’s civil war (1991-2002), there was pressure on the west African country to demonstrate progress on gender equality. Laws...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] There is a story in the Bible of a sick woman who held on to the cloak of Jesus amid an impenetrable crowd. She...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] Adults think we know what is best for children. We have responsibility for them – feeding them, clothing them, educating them, protecting them, loving...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] A new book explores the deep historical roots of the game in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Justin Lagat/Unsplash, CC BY-SA East Africa loves football....
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] Children in South Africa are back at school after their summer holidays. My son, aged five, has just started school at Wynberg Boys Junior,...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [2] In many rural parts of South Africa, getting to a hospital, school or workplace depends on the condition of a gravel road. When that...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] Wikimedia Commons South Africa’s new democratic government inherited a 1.5 million housing backlog in 1994, which it has been struggling to close. The current...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] The appeals board of African football’s ruling body, the Confederation of African Football (Caf), on 17 March overturned the outcome of the 2025 Africa...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] Namibia might not be well known in many parts of the world. But the arid southern African country has an extraordinary history. Rich in...
Source: The Conversation – Africa [1] South African-born literary scholar Dennis Walder recently published an evocative life story called Amid the Alien Corn: A Son’s Memoir. In it, he tracks...
