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Internet and New MediaJuly 15, 2021
What Will Be the Language of Our Digital Future?
Without online diversity, only a handful of people will dictate the fate of the world.
Nanjala Nyabola
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March 22, 2021
Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
Nanjala Nyabola
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August 26, 2020
Without Trust, Politics Is Reduced to Spectacle
People must believe in public institutions in order to believe in the promises of democracy. Take a Kenyan’s word on this.
Nanjala Nyabola
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AfricaMay 11, 2020
Africa Is Not Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus
If reporting doesn’t improve, the creativity and agency of swaths of humanity will be lost to history.
Nanjala Nyabola
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August 30, 2019
Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude
Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.
Nanjala Nyabola
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EconomicsDecember 21, 2018
Zimbabwe Has 5 Currencies but No Plan to Address Its Crisis
How can Zimbabwe recover from 80,000,000,000 percent inflation?
Nanjala Nyabola
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Campaigns and ElectionsMarch 28, 2018
In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death
Social media amplify the threat posed by Cambridge Analytica and the rest of Africa’s secretive political-consulting industry.
Nanjala Nyabola