Jan 24, 2023 | Commentary, Research
“This is kind of a hub, if you will, that’s bringing in goods and services to the wider group of people in the informal settlements. And you can think about anything that you need in your life, in your home. So things to do with food, clothes, anything that you...
Jan 20, 2023 | Commentary
By Elizabeth Dessie “I have lived everything there is to be lived in this city. Now I need to leave because all that is left for me here is misery and I want a better life for my child.” It is with these words that Tizita, a 21-year-old mother of one from Gojjam in...
Jan 19, 2023 | Commentary
By Patience Adzande While on fieldwork in Maiduguri, I met Aisha (not her real name), who introduced herself as the commander of the vigilante group in her community (Figure 1). I was pleasantly surprised and impressed – not just because she is a female member of the...
Jan 9, 2023 | Commentary, Research
“Beyond patrolling, beyond the police, beyond anti-terror police activities which come from a global war on terror, what are people doing every day and what have they been doing every day to keep themselves safe?” In this episode, Wangui Kimari talks to...
Jan 4, 2023 | Commentary, Research
By Miriam Maina, Farouk Braimah, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Alphonce G. Kyessi, Joseph Macarthy, Evance Mwathunga, Basirat A. Oyalowo, Ansumana Tarawally, Abdulai Turay and Ola Uduku ACRC housing domain researchers in Accra, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Lagos and Lilongwe...
Dec 14, 2022 | Commentary, Research
“It’s not our data as SDI, it’s not ACRC data, it’s not their data. It’s the community’s data. So you have to have that understanding that, at the end of the day, it has to benefit the community.” In this episode, Miriam Maina...
