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Student Protests and Lessons from the Anti-Apartheid Movement

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The US student protest movement against the conflict between Israel and Gaza draws on tactics and symbolism from past protests, some of which were contentious yet successful. Daniel Manulak looks back at the student-led anti-apartheid movement. 

Buses and Bribes: Lagos’s Shadowy Transit Network

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A scholar goes back to his hometown in Nigeria to study the informal transportation network that deeply affected his youth. By Michelle Nicholasen Before their shift begins, minibus drivers in Lagos, Nigeria do one of the following: pray, make token...

The Pillaged Treasures of Benin

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Tracing the pathway of artifacts stolen from the Benin Kingdom in 1897 reveals a deeper understanding of first-world entitlement and dominance that still prevails today. 

When Life Is in Limbo, Education Can't Wait

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Sarah Dryden-Peterson, associate professor of education at Harvard, shares insights from her team’s work on refugee education around the world. By Michelle Nicholasen Of the sixty-five million people currently displaced worldwide, about half of them are...

Global Oncology in Rwanda

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A case study in best practices, Rwanda’s commitment to cancer treatment demonstrates how a state can utilize private resources while safeguarding national ownership. By Darja Djordjevic Darja Djordjevic, now a postdoctoral fellow in the Weatherhead...

What We Think about When We Think of Crime

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How does perceived vulnerability to crime pervade politics, markets, and democracy? Professors Jean and John Comaroff compare the United States to South Africa. Jean and John Comaroff, professors in the Departments of African and African American Studies...