links for 2007-06-05
Charles Kenny: Is Africa a Failure? Really excellent short paper by Charles Kenny arguing that Africa’s successes in increasing maternal and child health overshadow shortcomings… Read More »links for 2007-06-05
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June 2007
Big emotions, small scales
Newton Aduaka may appear a bit immodest when, in talking about his work, he invokes Giacometti. Specifically, he talks about the shock the artistic world… Read More »Big emotions, small scales
Ken Vickery drops some history on us
Historian Kenneth Vickery is a pinch-speaker today, filling in for George Ayittey. It’s awfully hard to fill Ayittey’s shoes, but Ayittey has been well represented… Read More »Ken Vickery drops some history on us
A 3.3 million year old toddler
Zeray Alemseged is an Ethiopian paleontologist who claims responsibility for an amazing discovery: the world’s oldest child skeleton. In northeastern Ethiopia, he’s discovered a skeleton… Read More »A 3.3 million year old toddler
Bono versus Mwenda
This post is part of a series of posts from TEDAfrica in 2007. It doesn’t make much sense without reading this earlier post on a… Read More »Bono versus Mwenda
Getting rowdy with Andrew Mwenda
Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda is man of strong opinions. His opinions in 2005 about Museveni’s government were strong enough to put him in jail briefly.… Read More »Getting rowdy with Andrew Mwenda