Clips

A selection of recent publications:

Kenya’s E-Waste Soldiers of Ill Fortune, The Mail&Guardian, February 2014.

Crowdsourcing 2.0: Why Putting the Slum on a Map is not Enough. The Con, February 2014.

The Gamble of Land: Russians in Africa, The Con, July 2013.

Smart Apps for Safer Cities: Taxi Crimes and Panic Buttons, The Urban Fringe, November 2012.

The Next Step: How Mobile Money Could (Rightly) Supersede the Government, The Urban Fringe, October 2012.

Finding Relief in the World’s Most Congested City: A Sunday Afternoon on Sao Paulo’s Minhocao, The Atlantic Cities, May 2012.

Processions, Pump and Paraguay’s Easter Festivities, Huffington Post, May 2012.

An Excursion of Carnival Blocos Part II: ‘Twist and Shout’ Brazilian Style, Huffington Post, March 2012.

An Excursion of Carnival Blocos Part I: ‘Fire In the Underwear,’ Huffington Post, February 2012.

Making Sense of Muti and Traditional Healing Culture in South Africa, Slate, January 2012.

Taking the Rough Road to the African Dream–And Back, Mail&Guardian, November 2011.

Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, MIT: The economics professor who is shaping health care reform at the national and state level, Slate, August 2011.

How Cell Phones Both Help and Hurt Women Abroad, Slate, July 2011.

A Conversation About Kibera: Uncovering an Urban Myth in a Kenyan Slum, Counterpoint, March 2011.

On Excited Professors and Autocratic Leaders: An Introduction to Macroeconomics, Counterpoint, November/December 2010.

Where We At? Checking in with the Millennium Development Goals, Counterpoint, October 2010.

Democracy: Freedom of Expression?, Counterpoint, September 2010.

‘Perception of Impunity’ in Cases of Xenophobic Violence, Mail&Guardian, July 2010.

Slumming it, Ja!, Mail&Guardian, July 2010.

SA adds Voices to Outcry over Gaza Flotilla Attack, Mail&Guardian, June 2010.

Dancing Queen, Young and Free, Only Six, Mail&Guardian, June 2010.

Pass The Ball! The Social and Economic Ramifications of the 19th Annual FIFA World Cup, Counterpoint, April 2010.

The Fair Goddess and The Sun-Kissed Caucasian, Counterpoint, February 2010.