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Education Delays Sex and Marriage for African Girls
A new statistics from the East Africa’s demographic and health survey points to something we may all be familiar with through sketches or stories: the longer a girl stays in school, the longer she is likely to delay marriage, and the fewer children she is likely to have. The conclusion form the survey is simply:… Continue reading Education Delays Sex and Marriage for African Girls
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria: A Threatened Scheme
The National Youth Service Corps [NYSC] was a scheme set up almost immediately after the end of the Nigerian Civil War. In 1973 to be precise, to help heal the wounds of the civil war and particularly help foster national integration amongst young Nigerian school graduates. That the NYSC scheme was a novel one was… Continue reading The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria: A Threatened Scheme
Learning Reduces Blood Pressure, Scientific Study
A study that has been published in the journal BMC Public Health, shows education reduces blood pressure and the reduction is even bigger in…
Africa Is in a New Era With so Many Success Stories to Tell
It is time the rest of the world recognised the amazing resilience shown by Africa
Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
Social Science Research Council The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is a strategic fellowship program designed to help graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate doctoral dissertation proposals that are intellectually pointed, amenable to completion in a reasonable time frame, and competitive in fellowship competitions. The Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) is open… Continue reading Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship
ASA CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2011 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
ASA CALL FOR PROPOSALS/2011 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL The ASA 2011 Call for Proposals is Now Open! The 54th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association will be held November 17-20, 2011 at The Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. This year’s Annual Meeting theme is: “50 Years of African Liberation” and this year’s Program Chair… Continue reading ASA CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2011 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Making It Slowly but Surely
Success is a marathon, not a sprint. There are rules for success, and one of them is: ‘Never rush’.