Kippie Moeketsi at 100: the soul-stirring story of a South African jazz legend

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Its 100 years since the birth of reedman Jeremiah Morolong Kippie Moeketsi on 27 July 1925. He was one of the most influential saxophonists shaping South Africas modern jazz style. His death in poverty in 1983, when Black...

Africa’s smallholder farmers are using bright ideas to adapt to climate change: G20 countries should fund their efforts

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Across most of Africa, rural communities grow their own food, relying on smallholder agriculture. But climate change is threatening this way of life. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall and degraded soils are already...

Extreme weather affects mental health: what vulnerable women in Kenya told us

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Climatic shocks and environmental changes are increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st century. Extreme weather, such as heatwaves, tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall, floods,...

Armed banditry is becoming a crisis in Nigeria: why fixing the police is key

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Armed banditry in Nigeria has escalated into a full-blown security crisis, particularly in the North-West and North-Central regions. What began as sporadic attacks has now morphed into coordinated campaigns of terror...

How to improve university EDI policies so they address Jewish identity and antisemitism

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According to Statistics Canada, police-reported hate crimes against Jews rose by 82 per cent in 2023. In the months following Oct. 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza, university campuses across Canada became sites of...

Our kids’ recess at school is essential to well-being and learning — and shouldn’t be scaled back

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The Toronto Star recently reported on a Ministry of Education memo it obtained that asks boards for input into a new regulation that would provide school boards with the ability to structure their school day schedules for...

How the internet and its bots are sabotaging scientific research

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There was a time, just a couple of decades ago, when researchers in psychology and health always had to engage with people face-to-face or using the telephone. The worst case scenario was sending questionnaire packs out to...