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Ranking African universities is a futile endeavour

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageSomali university students celebrate their graduation. Universities that fare well on national measures may be ignored by international ranking systems.Feisal Omar/Reuters

African higher education circles have reacted with suspicion and disdain after it was revealed that a system is being developed to rank the continent’s universities against...

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Why culture, not race, determines tastes in music

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageMusic is culturally - and not racially - ingrained. Reuters/Andrew Winning

One frequently hears questions such as: Why do different races generally listen to specific genres of music? Why do music genres have a huge racial divide?

In societies obsessed with and manipulated by the notion of race, these questions are understandable. But it is also...

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How current measures underestimate the level of poverty in South Africa

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imageUnused cooling towers overlooking an informal settlement in Soweto. A new study suggests that poverty in South Africa is actually higher than the figures usually quoted.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Unlike many other countries, South Africa does not have one recognised “official” poverty line. Instead, a number of different thresholds are...

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