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- A Relational Response to the Covid-19 Crisis: Perspectives from Two Case Studies in South Africa
  by Marlie Holtzhausen and Cori Wielenga
- #RhodesMustFall, the University of Cape Town, and the Deep Inscription of Colonialism
  by Nick Shepherd
- Hate in the Time of the Virus: Covid-19, Fake News, and Islamophobia in India
  by Anirban Baishya
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  by Marco Armiero
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Kenya’s August 9th Presidential Election: The State of the Race, Who Is Ahead and Why
  by Duncan Omanga
- Opposition as ‘Incumbent’ and ‘Incumbent’ as Opposition: Analyzing the Key Issues in Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Campaigns
  by Nicodemus Minde
- Political Parties, Democracy, and the 2022 Kenyan elections
  by Linnet Hamasi
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Review of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Cynthia Alexandre-Brutus·

February 9, 2017

Quotation by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun offers a heart-wrenching account of the Biafran War (1967-1970), beautifully wrapped in…

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The South Sudan Peace Deal and Prospects for Peacebuilding

Kenneth Omeje·

Nicodemus Minde·

November 4, 2015

"Post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction present a complex challenge to any nascent state emerging from war. In South Sudan, negotiated tradeoffs…

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