Africa

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

Ruth Finnegan praises a book celebrating the agency of Africans across the centuries

University that was founded with US support partners with Korean government to set up African institution

Understanding animal behaviour presents many challenges in the field. Matthew Reisz meets Rory Wilson, a biologist who has won awards for his innovative methods of tracking everything from albatrosses to sloths

Western universities warned against establishing outposts after minister announces eight international institutions will be built by 2020

Pius Adesanmi was founder of Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies