An Africanist Perspective

An Africanist Perspective

How reflexive catastrophizing inhibits policy imagination in African states

On the need for a grounded understanding of contemporary challenges and progress in African states

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Ken Opalo
Mar 14, 2025
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This is the fourth post on the impacts of aid cuts on African states; and the urgent need to grow out of aid dependency in the region. The first three posts are available here, here, and here. See also the excellent posts from Gyude Moore and Grieve Chelwa on the same topic.

This post should be read as a pep talk for these difficult times.

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