In our third edition of Talking Urban Futures in Africa, Judd Devermont speaks with political scientist Jeffrey Paller about the politics of belonging in urban Ghana. They discuss three neighborhood ...

Dr Akmal Hussain is not just a renowned economist and academic. He is also a prolific writer. From the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report two decades ago, and the more ...

This is the second of a three-part series on The Rise of a Culture of Censorship. The first post was on censorship by authorities, including the government. Censorship involves shutting people up and ...

Singing in a restaurant is one example of breaking a social norm. Source: picjumbo / Pexels There’s a scene from Disney’s "The Santa Clause 2" that lives rent-free in my head. Scott Calvin, played by ...