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The Life and Legacy of Kassahun Checole: Champion of African Publishing
What does it take to disrupt Western dominance in publishing? Kassahun Checole founded Africa World Press in the 1980s, a Pan-African publishing house built on resistance, solidarity and belief in African voices. In this interview, Kassahun reflects on his upbringing in Eritrea, the power of independent publishing, the fight for intellectual sovereignty and reclaiming knowledge…
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Peace, Politics, and Publishing in the Global South with Morten Bøås
From protesting apartheid in Oslo to conducting fieldwork in Liberia, Uganda, and the Sahel, Morten Bøås’ (Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway) journey into peace and conflict studies is anything but conventional. In this Q&A with Purniya Awan, he reflects on personal moments, global struggles, and editorial insights that shaped his career and his…
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How Gen Z Are Challenging Traditional Power Structures in Africa
From Kenya to Madagascar and Morocco, young people are using decentralised, tech-driven movements to transform protest into political power. In this blog post, Stellah Muthee, a conflict monitoring analyst based in South Africa shares insights from her work monitoring conflicts across the continent. “These movements reflect a shared global moment, marked by the declining trust…
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Thabani Mutambasere: Activism, Food Politics and Diaspora Citizenship
How do diasporas contribute both to their countries of origin and to civic life in their adopted homes? In this Global Souths Hub Q&A in conversation with Zara Qadir, Thabani Mutambasere (University of Edinburgh) reflects on Zimbabwean refugee activism in the UK, the politics of food and belonging, and the idea of “diaspora citizenship.” He…
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Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni: Why Decolonisation Matters More Than Ever
Decolonisation, says Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni (University of Calgary in Canada), is not a slogan but an ongoing unfinished struggle rooted in centuries of resistance. In this interview with Zara Qadir for the Global Souths Hub, Sabelo calls for “ecologies of knowledges” that move beyond silos of disciplines in Western universities to embrace knowledges from the…
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Beyond Aid Dependency: Building Scientific Sovereignty in the Global South
In this blog post, Joshua Sarpong, higher education researcher, and Bezawit Alamirew Wube, STEM education specialist based at the University of Auckland, explore how countries in the Global South can move beyond aid dependency to build their own scientific and technological futures. Bezawit and I, Joshua, are researchers who have spent nearly a decade studying…
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Guardians of the Golden Stool: Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s Struggle for True Independence
Kividi Koralage, a scholar of international relations and development, examines in this blog how Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger are redefining their paths away from France’s influence, marking a pivotal moment in Africa’s pursuit of true sovereignty. Solidarity rally in Accra, Ghana on April 30. Photo: SMG, sourced from the People’s Dispatch. The Golden…
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World Food Day: Highlighting Global Food Insecurity
Purniya Awan, explores the complex intersections of food, famine, and malnutrition with a particular focus on how food is weaponised in conflict zones like Gaza. In this blog post for World Food Day, she unpacks the systemic drivers of hunger and shares a list of free-to-view Third World Quarterly (TWQ) and Central Asian Survey articles…
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June Bam-Hutchison on the Loss of Indigenous Knowledge and Linguistic Heritage
In our latest Q&A Bethlehem Attfield talks to University of Johannesburg‘s Centre for Education Rights and Transformation Director June Bam-Hutchison. June stresses the importance of addressing interpretive injustices that often marginalise the basic early archiving of human interactions. As a member of the Khoi-San Ausi, she also points to Indigenous knowledge gaps within education and research,…
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When the Intestines Speak: Indigenous Climate Forecasting in the Horn of Africa
My name is George Tsitati, and I’m a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. My research focuses on how pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa use early warning systems and weather information to respond to climate-induced humanitarian shocks. I focus on how these community-developed interventions either converge, differ, or run in parallel to…
