How African thinkers of the 1980s fed into today's inequality debates
Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
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Ghanaian postcolonial intellectuals viewed terms such as development, neo-colonialism, self-reliance, and indigeneity as central to discussions of global inequalities.
Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today. Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic and Thomas Piketty have look
Dr Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia, who was a governorship candidate in the 2019 general election, he talked with Biola Azeez on why he opted out of the race two
Hustler literature sheds light on the world of internet fraud in Nigeria The Conversation 05 Aug 2021, 04:43 GMT+10 Hustler narratives have emerged as a genre in world literature since the mid 1960s. It is an expansive genre, but deals broadly with the shortcomings of any given political economy as seen from the perspective of characters who position themselves as both victims and villains. There have been groundbreaking hustler narratives from the US - like The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) written by Malcolm X and Alex Haley, and Donald Goines's Dopefiend (1971). In recent times, critic...
May 11, 2021 Lowani Mtonga 2 Comments On 14 July 2014 I wrote an article in The Nation newspaper under the headline ‘Do better on mining’ in which I urged government to establish a parastatal to actively participate in mining sector and not just watch foreign companies extracting minerals. Seven years down the line the government has done what it should have done many years ago. Actually Malawi used to have Mining Investment and Development Corporation (MIDCOR) which was vanished during the Structural Adjustment Programme. It should be revived! President Dr Chakwera should be app...