- Interesting case study of the promise and limitations of participatory budgeting in Cameroon’s capitol (via Jamie Hitchen & Nick Branson)
- Nanjala Nyabola writes that Wangari Maathai was not a good woman – and that Kenya needs more like her
- Read Andrew Lebovich on the challenges of writing contemporary history in Algeria and west Africa with this piece on the geography of academic publishing around the world
- In Uganda, women fight to repeal colonial-era anti-abortion laws, while Rwandan women are regularly jailed for having abortions without proper documentation, and Kenyan women share stories of their experiences with abortion
- In the US, laws permitting the open carry of guns have their roots in the antebellum South, gun control is also a question of racial justice, and the frequency of school shootings means that kindergarteners are regularly asked to rehearse for their own deaths
- Song of the week: Mashayabhuqe KaMamba’s haunting “Hallelujah to the G^ds (Rest in Peace Digital Kid)”, written for a young South African fan who died at an initiation school
Rachel Strohm 