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How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa

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How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa

By
Tom Devriendt

No, this is not about the anxieties of Niall Ferguson.

Anthropologist John Comaroff spoke at The Graduate Institute in Geneva about the themes that lie at the heart of (the introduction to) the latest book he co-wrote with Jean Comaroff, and which carries the same title as the lecture: ‘Theory from the South: Or, How Europe is Evolving Toward Africa.’ (Keynote starts 5 minutes into the recording; there’s a Q&A in the last third, including some words about Lionel Messi.)

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Reading List: Barbara Boswell

While editing a collection of the writings of South African feminist Lauretta Ngcobo, Barbara Boswell found inspiration in texts that reflected Ngcobo’s sense that writing is an exercise of freedom.

Kenya’s stalemate

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An annual awakening

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More than a building

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