By Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, Michael Jerryson. Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by…
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Gavin Sarkin And Chris Hays. It’s easy to write off Nigeria as a place destined to perpetuate violence, corruption and…
As Africa struggles to take its rightful place in the global arena, it must, once again, face the dreadful prospect…
John O. Ifediora. Nigeria, like its oil-exporting counterparts such as Venezuela, Iran, Algeria, and to a lesser extent, Indonesia, exhibits…
Obinna F. Muoh. From the student in a rural town somewhere in Nigeria that is literally burning the mid-night oil…
By Francois Bourguigon. Reviewed by Michael West. Inequality not only seems to be an intractable problem, it also seems to…
John Ghazvinian. Reviewed by Steven Martinovich. With continued instability in the Middle East and the political difficulty of drilling on…
By Ha-Joon Chang Reviewed by Professor Arne Rückert. Ha-Joon Chang’s book Kicking Away the Ladder represents an important addition to…
Morten Jerven. Reviewed by Katrina Manson. Africa is becoming something of a trend. Analysts have recently sought to paint the…
Edited by Thokozani Simelane, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman. The world’s demand for energy coupled with a decreasing stock and supply of fossil…