It’s the economy, number one
This is number one in our new, weekly round up of economics news. Written and compiled by Grieve Chelwa.
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Grieve Chelwa
Grieve Chelwa, a contributing editor at AIAC, is Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School. He was formerly on the faculty of UCT.
Lucy Sichone–conscience of the Zambian nation
The first Zambian woman to be a Rhodes Scholar, lawyer Lucy Sichone returned home to represent people whose rights were trampled on.
The land grabs in Africa you don’t hear about
There’s little doubt that Chinese and Arab interests are procuring land in Africa, but a careful review of the evidence suggests also point to local buyers.
When Thomas Piketty went to South Africa
Bizarrely, for all the attention paid Piketty’s visit to South Africa, we’ve learned very little about what he actually said. So, what did he tell his hosts?
The World Bank has a terrible memory
Writing from afar plus writing with sun glasses that are heavily tainted with ideology is dangerous.
Is Africa really rising? No.
The rhetoric around “Africa rising” is giving us a false sense of comfort and distracting us from the real work that needs to happen.
Was Cecil Rhodes really a genius?
By studying the actions of his British South Africa Company (BSAC) in present day Zambia, starting about 1890, the answer is an emphatic: No.
Economics has an Africa problem
There is an established tradition in Economics of talking about Africa from afar, western scholars leading the discussion.