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Tag Archives: South Africa

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  • 29
    Jul

    2021

    Seeking the right to food: Food Activism in South...

    How does one ask his government to give him food? Since antiquity, different social groups and classes have used different strategies to express their discontent against rulers who are unable or unwilling...

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  • 13
    May

    2020

    Songs for a Sad Season

    Singer-songwriter John Prine fell ill with the Covid-19 virus in March and eventually succumbed to it on April 7. He was a balladeer of the common man, a poet of everyday life with a knack for folding...

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  • 12
    May

    2020

    South Africa

    Tucked away in my North Yorkshire home, in the surreal tranquility of Newton-on-Ouse—since the floods of February and March a little welcome sunshine has brought out the bluebells to replace the daffodils...

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  • 6
    Mar

    2019

    We focus too much on exams to understand...

    On January 3rd this year, South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced to a cheering audience that the national school leaving (‘matric’) pass rate had risen by 3 percent....

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  • 16
    Sep

    2014

    Creating a New Bible

    Joel Cabrita, the author of Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church, explains the Nazaretha Christ...

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  • 3
    Jan

    2014

    Remembering Mandela

    Nelson Mandela committed himself to a compelling political cause, suffered a long prison sentence, and led his violent and divided country to a peaceful democratic transition. Cambridge honors his l...

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