Campaigns like the Lagos AIDS Walk have created awareness of HIV in Nigeria’s capital, but they are lacking in rural areas, where stigmatization is rife.
For Poor Children, Two Healthy Meals a Day can Keep Obesity Away
School nutrition programs help reduce the risk of children developing obesity.
Justice is Still Not Being Done in the Exploitation of Indigenous Products
In many countries, major challenges prevent access and benefit sharing from adding up to social justice.
Four Things Parents can do to Keep Their Kids’ Kidneys Healthy
Ensuring that children eat healthily can prevent them from developing kidney disease.
Uprooting Patriarchy: Gender and Urban Agriculture on South Africa’s Cape Flats
Sharing food in this way is a powerful contributor to the formation of social capital.
Myths and Misconceptions Stop African Men From Going for a Vasectomy
Vasectomies allow fathers to have a more active role in family planning.
When Gangs are the Most Stable Option
Gangs offer a tempting ‘home’ to frustrated, unhappy young men.
How Parenting in Ghana Shapes Sexist Stereotypes
There are very clear ideas in Ghana about what girls can and should do, and how boys ought to behave.
The History, and Controversy, Behind the Rhodes Scholarship
What Cecil John Rhodes actually said in his will about who should get scholarships may surprise you
How Toxic Leaders Destroy People as Well as Organizations
Toxic leaders make for exploitative, destructive, devaluing and demeaning work experiences.
How Science has Been Abused Through the Ages to Promote Racism
Racism has no place in science. And science has proven it.
More Sex During South Africa’s World Cup Meant More Boys Nine Months on
Sex and Soccer. They effect each other more than you’d think.
Why Men who have Sex with Men have Problems with Health Care in Africa
How social stigma is preventing equal access to health care.
Why Culture, Not Race, Determines Taste In Music
Music is culturally – and not racially – ingrained
In South Africa: Students Protest Tuition Hikes
Thousands of South African university students have taken to the streets in the biggest unified student protests since the first democratic elections in 1994.
What Young Africans Want From Business Education Programs
A rising number of students are electing to stay in Africa to invest in solutions for its future. This has created a demand for business school education; the need is growing exponentially and already outstripping supply.