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Why using just one language in South Africa’s courts is a problem

Apr 17, '20ByThe Conversation

Language is a crucial element of any criminal justice system. Forensic linguist David Wright has written that people find themselves in the judicial system’s linguistic webs at every step of the legal process.

Lagos is getting less rain, but more heavy storms. What it can do to prepare.

Apr 3, '20Byhttps://theconversation.com/

Lagos State can expect to experience 270 days of rainfall in 2020. Many Lagosians who suffered from the 2012 and 2017 devastating flooding are wondering whether this is usual or not. Nelson Odume unpacks the issues.

Forensic linguists explore how emojis can be used as evidence in court

Mar 23, '20ByThe Conversation

Emojis have become ubiquitous in text communication – messages are peppered with smiley faces, hearts and other graphic icons. They were first drawn by graphic designer Shigetaka Kurita, and generated by a Japanese communications firm called NTT DoCoMo in the late 1990s. Now they’re everywhere.

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22Apr

COVID-19 in Retrospect: Responses to the Pandemic, Vaccine Discovery and the Politics of PharmaCare in Africa

The Rhodes University African Studies Centre in association with the Institute for Africa and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Lagos will host a discussion to examine fundamental questions relating to the politics of global health and Africa’s position in the world health systems architecture.

10:00 - 14:00
Online via Zoom bit.ly/3g8lCcc