Africa at LSE

The latest expert analysis on African affairs, placing the continent at the heart of global debates

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Development

Fin-tech in Kenya should not cause poverty in pursuit of financial inclusion

January 20th, 2020

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Gender

Removing VAT on sanitary products in Rwanda does not end the war on period poverty

January 16th, 2020
Development

The potential of the informal economy for development in Zimbabwe

January 14th, 2020
Conflict

Child soldiers complicate gender roles of victim and perpetrator

January 10th, 2020

Recent

Recent

Decolonising ethics frameworks for research in Africa

January 8th, 2020
Health

Mental health services in the post-war Uganda should be culturally appropriate

January 7th, 2020

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Development

Why there is a ‘right’ kind of trauma in Uganda

December 31st, 2019

Development

Development

Fin-tech in Kenya should not cause poverty in pursuit of financial inclusion

January 20th, 2020
Development

The potential of the informal economy for development in Zimbabwe

January 14th, 2020
Development

Why there is a ‘right’ kind of trauma in Uganda

December 31st, 2019

Masculinities

Masculinities

The Ghanaian adolescent male needs research into his sexual health

November 14th, 2019

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Masculinities

Dehumanised African masculinity feeds dystopian projections of the continent

October 23rd, 2019
Health

The role of health in confronting toxic masculinity

October 17th, 2019

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Politics

International Affairs

Africa at LSE in 2019

December 20th, 2019
Politics

The power of naked protest in a shrinking democratic space

December 9th, 2019
African Elections

Nigerian youths are too poor to run for political office

November 27th, 2019

Public Authority

Ebola

Uganda did not export Ebola to the DRC despite porous borders

December 16th, 2019

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Public Authority

Populism and public authority in colonial politics

December 2nd, 2019
Public Authority

Seeking progressive social values through the political marketplace model

October 28th, 2019

African Elections

African Elections

Nigerian youths are too poor to run for political office

November 27th, 2019
African Elections

Local council elections in Uganda had votes cast but no democracy

October 21st, 2019
African Elections

How ‘citoyenneté’ reshaped the democratic space during Congo’s 2018 elections

June 4th, 2019

Book Reviews

Arts/Culture

Book review – Modernist Art in Ethiopia

December 6th, 2019
Book Reviews

Book review – Guardians of the Tradition: Historians and Historical Writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea

November 7th, 2019

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Book Reviews

Book review – Humanitarianism: A Dictionary of Concepts

September 12th, 2019

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Translations

Translations

Cohabitation et perspectives en lien avec le retour des réfugiés centrafricains

July 29th, 2019
Translations

La politique de retour : un programme de recherche

July 3rd, 2019
Translations

Comment une politique d’inclusion pourrait aider les réfugiés musulmans d’Afrique centrale

July 2nd, 2019
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