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Globally, it has become clear that mineral extraction, once heralded as the epitome of progress, is central to the Climate Crisis in the Anthropocene. In the latest volume of the African Dynamics Series, the contributors write histories and ethnographies of mining in southern Africa in which the human is decentred. 

 From 21 December to 18 January, the 35th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament, known in short as the 2025 AFCON or CAN 2025, was hosted by Morocco. Senegal won the tournament, beating Morocco.

This book is a rare history of how colonialism in southern Africa impacted cattle's subjective historical experiences. It explores major colonial impacts, including wagon labour, disease epidemics and veterinary infrastructure, but also the development of industrial slaughterhouses.

On Thursday 12 February Gitty Petit will defend her dissertation Unbefitting healing objects? Relations to health and protection among young middle class adults, indigenous healers and religious leaders in Dodoma, Tanzania.