Mahmood Mamdani
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Battle over GNU positions distracts from policy debate
The political transition is a good opportunity for greater transparency about how the government shapes the economy
Review: Mahmood Mamdani on the ‘non-national’ state
Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
An open letter to the City of Cape Town: Land restitution and the Rondebosch Golf Club
Families were forcibly removed during apartheid and this dispossession has not been rectified during democracy
Our universities need relevance and excellence
In shaping Africa’s universities we should take the best from two examples: Dar and Makerere
Beware Human Rights Fundamentalism!
The South African lesson has guided African practice in difficult situations. In Mozambique Renamo sits in Parliament instead of in jail.
Darfur: the politics of naming
The similarities between Iraq and Darfur are remarkable. The estimate of the number of civilians killed over the past three years is roughly similar. The killers are mostly…