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The African is Not at Home

By Nanjala NyabolaOctober 26, 2015
African migrants and refugees within the continent bear the contradictions of binding African identity to land.
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The Jewish Messiah

By Alex CocotasAugust 27, 2015
A new documentary about former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's murderer hits too close to home for Israeli authorities
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Myth of the Garbage Patch

By Maya WeeksMay 22, 2015
The massive plastic trash gyre isn't an island, it's the disaster of capital circling the globe on ocean currents
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The New Somali Studies

By Safia AididApril 14, 2015
What would a decolonized Somali Studies look like?
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The Space NDN's Star Map

By Lou CornumJanuary 26, 2015
The creation story is a spaceship
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What's the Matter Boss, We Sick?

By Adia BentonDecember 11, 2014
Centuries of colonial domination have the leaders of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea more focused on not exporting Ebola than on curing it within their borders.
The Austerity Kitchen

Native Regard

By Christine BaumgarthuberNovember 25, 2014
Some colonial women held captive by Native American tribes found the experience liberating
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