The African countryside is changing dramatically. Government policy needs to catch up. The post Africa's Rural Economies Are Being Completely Transformed appeared first on World Politics Review.

Africa is at an earlier stage of this transition than Asia or Latin America. Nearly all rural Africans still till some land of their own, which often remains their chief source of income.

Black African immigration to the U.S. has exploded over the past few decades. Today, there are about 2 million Black African immigrants – up from 184,000 in 1990. Black African immigrants now ...

South Africa’s modern rondavels: family homes may be changing, but traditions remain Sinenhlanhla Memela, Rhodes University Wed, January 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM UTC ...

Since 2008, farmland acquisitions have doubled prices worldwide, squeezing family farmers and other poor rural communities. Such land grabs are worsening inequality, poverty, and food insecurity.

When she was a kid in the 1980s and ’90s, Evita Robinson took an annual summer road trip from Long Island down to Camden, S.C. Robinson and some of her extended-family members piled into two or ...

Although mini-grids are on track to provide the least power access cost — $0.20 a kilowatt hour by 2030 — installation needs to be accelerated if all of Africa’s rural areas are to receive ...

This installment highlights how China’s satellite TV project for 10,000 African villages has supported the promotion of ethnic languages and dialects in remote rural Africa via dubbing in local ...