Is the African Academy Broken? (BONUS)

Nairobi Ideas Podcast by The Mawazo Institute

Dec 10, 202465:27Government & Organizations

If the African academy is broken, how can it be reimagined? In this bonus episode with Prof. Wandia Njoya, we pick up our conversation on how to build alternative systems that encourage intellectual freedom and critical...

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