Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Recent photos from Ghana libraries
- Animation au centre de lecture et d’étude de Béréba
- Update from Nyariga community library
- Séance de jeux de mots croisés
- Organisation d’une séance de lecture suivie de discussion
- Organisation de deux séances de lecture et d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- La lecture au cœur des esprits à la bibliothèque de Koho
- New library assistant at Sumbrungu Community Library
- Echange avec une usagère au Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba
- Community libraries of Uganda association (CoLAU) updates for May 2026
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Libertarianism… another 20 years in the wilderness?
The big news of the primaries, for intellectuals, is that libertarianism as an actionable political philosophy represented by someone with considerable political experience and success (Ron Paul) cannot even attract 10% of the dedicated “base” of Republicans who vote in … Continue reading
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Are you tugging on your rope?
From Deric Bownds’ mindblog… Jonathan Haidt does a nice job of bringing contemporary relevance to Tomasello and colleagues’ work comparing and contrasting the social behaviors of young humans and chimpanzees. (As these two previous MindBlog posts show (1,2), this laboratory … Continue reading
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Alternance in Burkina suddenly maybe possible?
Lots of encouraging news coming out. First, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré announced he was resigning as head of CDP, and the speculation is perhaps he is preparing himself to be a candidate for 2015. Presumably he would only do this … Continue reading
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Répondre à la jeunesse et gérer les ressources naturelles
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Competing on analytics… or blathering away?
A wonderful Amazon.com review by A.J. Sutter of the now almost 5 years old Competing on Analytics, of little relevance to African economic development except for the mobile phone companies and Western Union/Moneygram! A. FALLACY (and related sins): The most … Continue reading
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What direction for African economies?
Despite all the positive growth numbers coming out of Africa, the future looks bleak indeed over the shorter-term horizon. Lots of autocracies, more and more weapons, porous borders, massive corruption, multinationals very willing to fund private armies, drug cartels discovering … Continue reading
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Michael Kevane 