Judith Seaboyer, The University of Queensland Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read anything longer than a screen grab has come to feel like moral panic. But there is plenty of evidence to suggest we must take such unease seriously. In 2016, the US National Endowment for the Arts reported the proportion of American adults who read at least one novel in 2015 had dropped to 43.1% from 56.9% in 1982. In 2018, a US academic reported that in 1980, 60% of 18-year-old school students read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that…
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Sheetal Soni, University of KwaZulu-Natal Gene editing technology allows scientists to make changes to an organism’s DNA. It has made it possible to create cattle without horns, tomatoes that ripen slowly over time, and even mosquitoes that are incapable of transmitting malaria. The next frontier is human gene editing. Its potential is undeniable, and it provides the opportunity to edit disease out of the human genome. Gene editing in humans takes one of two forms. In somatic gene editing, changes are made to DNA in a person’s body cells. In germline editing, changes are made to the DNA in embryos,…
Traditional and Contemporary focuses on Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary tailoring. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See our weekly style catalogue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon ooja Egwurube??? (@sharonooja) on Jan 16, 2020 at 12:52am PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ankara Zone (@ankarazone)…
This week, we’ve curated our favourite fashion styled looks found on Instagram from the most stylish pages. Check them below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ada Ehi (@adaehimoses) on Jan 6, 2020 at 4:38am PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by tylauren (@tylauren) on Jan 13, 2020 at 8:03am PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by All Things Ankara Marketplace (@shopatamarketplace) on Jan 13, 2020 at 10:01am PST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Serwaa Amihere [ Psalm 3…
Joanne Wood, University of Waterloo and Kassandra Cortes, Wilfrid Laurier University Loving an insecure person can be frustrating. You always feel like you have to offer praise or reassurance. Not only can that be exhausting, but in trying to do what you think is helpful, you might actually be making matters worse. When people with insecurities hear something good about themselves, they tend to doubt or even dismiss it, as much research shows. This means, quite perplexingly, that hearing positive feedback can often raise their anxieties, because it may clash with the more pessimistic views they hold of themselves. Insecure…
A few years ago, while in a means of public transport, I noticed a ruckus on the roadside involving a female police officer and a traffic-offending keke driver. The man, despite being wrong, kept hurling slurs at the female officer and also managed to get supporters from other men. One man who stood aggravated in front of his shop said with disdainful confidence to the officer, “If na me, I for slap you!” Shocked and a little confused, I thought, “Slap ke?” I’d never seen such contempt directed to male police officers who often commanded fear. A few years before…
My Dear Daughter, A friend sent me this write up in my email and on reading through I thought I should share it with you. “Sometimes, our days can be so full and busy that we forget how precious and fragile our time on earth really is. It can be so easy to allow little things to creep in and steal our peace and joy. Maybe something didn’t go your way, or someone said something upsetting. Even traffic can cause us to get our focus off if we let it. But, we have to remember that each day is a…
One may be quick to draw conclusively that social justice is a forgotten phenomenon in Nigeria, however, this can’t be further from the truth as there are women and men who have made it their lives mission to ground this seeming lost art of social accountability. One of such people is our Woman Crush Wednesday, Hannah Ajakaiye. Hannah who is an award-winning journalist developed a healthy interest in journalism while in school. Her interest was springboard from her disposition to public service and desire to travel while reporting events that directly (or otherwise) affect the society; being a voice to…
Every year the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosts an invitation-only annual meeting in Davos, the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. In over 500 public and private meeting sessions and forums across five days, this important gathering at the end of January brings together nearly 3,000 of the world’s most prominent CEOs, heads of state and government, economists, celebrities, and journalists to discuss the world’s most pressing and universal issues. This year’s theme will be “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World,” which aims to give concrete meaning to “stakeholder capitalism”. These discussions at Davos will assist governments and international institutions…
Holy Humour The Hand of God Little Philip was walking home in the rain with his mother following Sunday worship. It finally stopped raining as they rounded the corner, where to their surprise and delight appeared a vivid double rainbow in the sky. “Doesn’t it look like an artist painted this rainbow?” his mother exclaimed. “I bet God painted this just for you!” “Yes,” replied Philip, “God did it, and he did it left-handed.” Confused, his mother asked him, “What makes you say God did this with his left hand?” “Well,” said Philip, “we learned in Sunday School that Jesus…