Written by Lisa D. Tinsley As the golden hour descended upon Atlanta on a beautful spring evening, the National Black Arts Festival’s (NBAF) 18th Annual Fine Art + Fashion…
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100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power
by lisadtinsleySisanda Nkoala, Associate professor, University of the Western Cape; Christina Chan-Meetoo, Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Mauritius; Jacinta Mwende Maweu, Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Media Studies,…
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‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans
by lisadtinsleyJay L. Zagorsky = Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University How many people don’t have a bank account? And just how difficult has it…
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Community radio: young South Africans are helping shape the news through social media
by lisadtinsleySisanda Nkoala – Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa Blessing Makwambeni – Senior Lecturer in Communication Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Trust Matsilele – Lecturer in Journalism, Cape Peninsula…
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Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument
by lisadtinsleyEric Charry – Professor of Music, Wesleyan University “How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world…
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Opera in Cape Town: critics trace how a colonial art form was reinvented as African
by lisadtinsleyWayne Muller – Publications Editor / Research Fellow (Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation), Stellenbosch University Many people thought that classical opera in South Africa – regarded as…
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There’s a financial literacy gender gap − and older women are eager for education that meets their needs
by lisadtinsleyLila Rabinovich – Social scientist, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Every day, families across the U.S. have to make difficult decisions about budgeting, spending, insurance, investments, savings,…
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We analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias
by lisadtinsleyThe Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. Angus Kittelman, Kent McIntosh, Maria Reina Santiago-Rosario and David Markowitz Written teacher comments about students can show implicit racial or ethnic…
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Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them
by lisadtinsleyMichael Brown – Conservation Science Fellow, Smithsonian Institution Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the Nigerian Sahara and carved spectacularly intricate, larger-than-life…