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19 articlesA Chief Is a Chief Through the People
Botswana's kgotla lets a whole community talk until it agrees. Researchers asked what school leaders could learn from it.
From around the worldUbuntu Travels Well
A new study compared Ubuntu leadership in South Africa and the UK. It is more common in South Africa — and it works just as well in Britain.
From around the worldWhat Mud Masons Know About Building People
An anthropologist spent years with minaret builders in Yemen and mud masons in Mali. His finding: the apprenticeship that teaches the craft also shapes the person.
From around the worldThe Apprenticeship That Ends With the Master Funding a Rival
In southeast Nigeria, a master trader trains a young apprentice for years — and then sets him up in business. A study traces how the system teaches.
From around the worldYour Elders Are a Library. Who Is Reading?
A Kenyan columnist calls the country's elders living libraries — and urges young people to read them while they can.
From around the worldThe Maasai Camp That Schools the Next Generation
In northern Tanzania, elders still take young men into the bush to teach them what no classroom covers. A new study asks what happens as school claims those years.
From around the worldTo the Ends of the World
Eighteen voices from Africa, Arabia, Asia, Oceania and South America on how people grow — and on the people who help them grow. Tap the map to explore.
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