Fulani: new study unravels the genetic history of Africa’s largest pastoralist community: The Fulani people are Africa’s largest pastoralist group. There are between 25 million and 40? million Fulani people across 17 African countries, from the Atlantic shores of Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan. The Fulani have long intrigued social anthropologists with their complex cultural …
Ghana’s informal settlements are not all the same – social networks make a difference in community development: Informal settlements in Africa are diverse. Across regions and even in the same city, socioeconomic and physical conditions vary. One thing is common though: upgrading them is a challenge. Among the challenges are issues of including people, having …
How democracy can work at community level: 3 lessons from a South African protest movement: Popular protests have surged around the world over the last decade. But do they work? And what lessons can be learnt from communities who have a history of militant protests? When the African National Congress (ANC) was elected to power …
Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that: Community gardens can be a boon for residents. Nattrass/Getty Images In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape …
How a French rabbi helped build a thriving Jewish community in medieval York – before a shocking massacre: On the last night of Hanukkah 2023, a service was held in York on the site of the 12th-13th century Jewbury cemetery. The event was led by Rabbi Elisheva Salamo, the first rabbi to live in York for …
Gaza war: Israelis feel angry at their government and abandoned by the international community: “The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home.” So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is held hostage in Gaza. Lenman summed up the …
High-street regeneration has to start with community trust and care: When British discount retailer Wilko shut its remaining 68 stores in October 2023, people mourned what they took these closures to signal: the demise of the high street. The potential or actual decline of England’s town and city centres has long preoccupied community groups, government …
Community radio: young South Africans are helping shape the news through social media: The number of South African internet users has nearly doubled in the past decade. One 2023 study of 45 developed countries suggests that South Africans even lead the world when it comes to the amount of time spent in front of screens, …
How community gardening could ease your climate concerns: Viktoriia Hnatiuk/Shutterstock Every day, we are bombarded with messages about a world in crisis. Alongside the ongoing reminders of wars, economic recessions and social unrest is news about natural disasters and extreme weather – be that prolonged droughts, freak heatwaves and wildfires or devastating floods and landslides. …
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How community markets for all could be a sustainable alternative to food banks: Troyan/Shutterstock The number of people using food banks in the UK has increased from 26,000 in 2008-09 to more than 100 times that in 2023. Nearly one in five British households experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in September 2022. In the …
Malnutrition in South Africa: how one community wants resources to be spent: Proposed solutions to malnutrition included providing school breakfast. Richard van der Spuy/Shutterstock South Africa has persistently high rates of hunger and malnutrition among mothers and children. More than a quarter – 27% – of children under five are stunted and 61% of children …
The Windrush generation: how a resilient Caribbean community made a lasting contribution to British society: As a young boy in 1962, I remember arriving in England from Jamaica on a BOAC jet plane. It seemed to me like I was going to the moon – the air hostess who accompanied me was the first white …
Queerphobia in Kenya: a supreme court ruling on gay rights triggers a new wave of anger against the LGBTIQ+ community: A demonstrator during Queer Republic protests in Nairobi, Kenya. John Ochieng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Kenyan supreme court recently struck down a government decision to ban the registration of an LGBTIQ+ community rights organisation, …
Community health workers in Ethiopia set out to promote health – in the process they’ve empowered girls in other ways too: GPE/Midastouch Ethiopia has made significant progress in supporting gender equality and girls’ empowerment. Rates of child marriage and teenage pregnancy have decreased substantially. Access to sexual and reproductive health services has increased. There has …
Open source community analysis with actionable insights: Open source community analysis with actionable insights cdolfi Wed, 04/05/2023 – 03:00 Organizations are increasingly adopting open source software development models and open source aspects of organizational culture. As a result, interest in how open source communities succeed is reaching an all-time high. Until recent years, measuring the …
How to encourage positive online communication in your open source community: How to encourage positive online communication in your open source community ultimike Thu, 03/23/2023 – 03:00 Threaded online conversations are a relatively new form of communication that can improve knowledge transfer and availability, but they can also stray from the original intent. Online technical …
How a local community helped us make incredible prehistoric discoveries: Around 400 local children have been involved in this archaeological project in Cardiff, Wales. Vivian Paul Thomas, Author provided The knowledge and control of bronze gave some people who lived between 2200BC and 700BC enormous wealth and power. Their lives and deeds were immortalised by …