Africa

Inadequate funding and lack of interregional collaboration hindering much-needed scholarship, report says

Such events could help close the networking gap between African scholars and global research communities, says Fife Ogunde

Tribute paid to internationally renowned South African chemist

Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor says ‘co-creating’ institutional cultures was critical for a diverse academy

Researcher hopes showing at United Nations will spur further action to help the most disadvantaged artisans

Report warns that racism persists in South Africa’s leading university, but it has attracted criticism

Matthew Reisz discovers what anthropologist Ruben Andersson learned behind bunkers in Bamako

Western countries’ determination to tackle the migration crisis without taking any risks with their own personnel is wasteful and counterproductive, the Oxford anthropologist tells Matthew Reisz 

Emma Dabiri’s research uncovers the ways that our immediate reactions to people are still underpinned by the ideologies of ‘scientific racism’

Event will include discussion on how diversification of the African academy can prepare graduates for the future

Government agency has said that academics without a doctorate will have to leave their roles – but this could account for two-thirds of the workforce

American University in Cairo withdraws chair in comparative religions at request of donor’s son