Artists compose music to open up understandings of health care and specific conditions. Some academics open use everything from yoga to photography to observation and drawing to help educate health sciences students.
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Proverbs Tell Us How Peoples Govern Their Emotions: What A Study Of Ghana’s Akan People Revealed
Elders are not expected to grieve in public. Success should be acknowledged but not to the extreme because that would lead to pride, which is a cultural no-no.
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Mary Keitany (Kenya), Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) and Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) take the lead in the women's marathon at the 2012 London Olympics. Gelana won gold, and set an Olympic record. (Photo/ Wikimedia commons)
Africa At The Olympics: Success At The Games Has Something To Do With The Status Of Women
The most unexpected factor that predicts Olympic success is the participation of women in sport, which acts as a proxy indicator on the status of women in the country.
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Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole, both 27 years old, on their wedding day; South Africa is the only African country that recognises same-sex marriage. (Photo/ Flickr/ Trent Kelley)
Homosexuality In Africa And ‘Morality’ As A Political Contest
Our attitudes about sex and morality often have little to do with sexual acts themselves. They are more often about our perceptions of power or powerlessness
A Very Short List Of Top African Intellectuals
Some of the top African intellectuals include Wole Soyinka, Mahmood Mamdani and Ali Mazrui. But the list is far from exhaustive.