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Extracted from Description: “Poverty isn't getting worse. Food isn't running out. Volunteering overseas is not the best way to help. Simon Moss debunks six myths about poverty and asks a series of new questions to reshape the way we think about relief.”
Extracted from Description: “The significance of precolonial History has declined markedly in the public and professional eyes of the people of sub-Saharan Africa over the last forty years. History has been demonised…Prof. Richard Reid will consider the role of History in a modern African society vis-à-vis the developmental agendas and notions of economic growth against which African 'progress' and prospects for 'stability' are currently measured.”
Extracted from Description: “From ‘tragedy’ to ‘African Renaissance’ to reality: what are the most important features of African economies and the continent as a whole? Dr Carlos Lopes discusses demography, land mass, the blue economy, migration, and more within Africa and globally, to give a better, clearer idea of Africa’s place in the world”
Extracted from Description: “In this lecture, Professor Hakim Adi discusses 'Pan-Africanism: A History.' This lecture highlights the pivotal role of British-based activists in the emergence of modern Pan-Africanism since the founding of the African Association in 1897. Professor Adi highlights some of the key Pan-Africanists and their organisations and explain why they had such a central role.”
Extracted from Description: “The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favor of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.”
