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Why African leaders need to learn better communication skills

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imageLeaders like Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, captured here playing football while his country is engulfed in turmoil, need to keep their eye on the ball and communicate effectively during times of crisis. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

From time to time, African leaders make gaffes in what they say and do. Whether they are deliberate or not, these...

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Let's talk about sex education: race and shame in South Africa

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imageA page from a 1934 sex education manual that, like many of its era, managed to be less about sex than about policing racial boundaries.RPH West, Facts about Ourselves for Growing Boys and Girls (Public Health Department of the City of Johannesburg and the South African Red Cross Society, 1934). Wits Historical Papers, South African Institute of...

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