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Towards an AI for Africa

2026-08-04 18:00:00

A group of men sitting along a wall in a rustic room, engaging in conversation with visible gestures.

Western-developed AI rides roughshod over Ubuntu values of connection and community that animate African ethical life

- by Fainos Mangena

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Ani Liu: eye heart womb

2026-08-03 18:01:00

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A scientist, artist and mother, Ani Liu contemplates how power and control shape the body in her taboo-breaking artworks

- by Aeon Video

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Thucydides the perspicacious

2026-08-03 18:00:00

An ancient Greek bronze helmet with eye cutouts on a black background.

Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all states

- by David Polansky & Daniel Schillinger

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Resist the technocrats

2026-07-31 18:00:00

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Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them

- by Jan Eijking

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Mud below, sun above

2026-07-30 18:01:00

Photo of a woman wearing a traditional conical hat and purple clothing, with a floral scarf visible beneath the hat.

Meet Bể, part of Vietnam’s vital but overlooked network of recyclers – a workforce predominantly made up of elderly women

- by Aeon Video

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How art invented humanity

2026-07-30 18:00:00

Embroidered image of a solar system with orbits and planets on a dark background, featuring vibrant star patterns.

When early humans first painted cave walls, they began to find out who they really were: our minds emerged from our images

- by J F Martel

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