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The Gifts of African: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World

The Gifts of African: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World

A book on the amazing intellectual legacy that Africa has given the world, profiling its creators, thinkers and innovators.

2022

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Jeff Pearce

Ethiopian Diaspora Leadership: Why do we have to shame you first before we shame the world?

I’m sure that to no one’s great surprise, least of all my own, my phone didn’t blow up and ring and ring after I spoke to this year’s…

Oct 23

Ethiopian Diaspora Leadership: Why do we have to shame you first before we shame the world?

Oct 23

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My Remarks to the Amhara Diaspora Global Conference 2024

“…As cynical and ruthless as it may sound, we live in an era where a besieged people has to compete for its turn of sympathy and tangible…

Oct 20

My Remarks to the Amhara Diaspora Global Conference 2024

Oct 20

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God Save the King… Somewhere Else: Why the idea of a new constitutional monarchy in Ethiopia is a…

There are some who keep campaigning for the restoration of the old Ethiopian monarchy, but it’s not necessary and there’s a better…

Oct 9

God Save the King… Somewhere Else: Why the idea of a new constitutional monarchy in Ethiopia is a…

Oct 9

Jeff Pearce

India and How Not to Save the Himalayas: A Lesson in Weird, Misconceived, and Failed Promotion…

I’m on LinkedIn. Practically everyone’s on LinkedIn. One of the first things you learn about LinkedIn is some people simply don’t “get”…

Oct 1

India and How Not to Save the Himalayas: A Lesson in Weird, Misconceived, and Failed Promotion…

Oct 1

Jeff Pearce

Jake Tapper’s Smear of Rashida Tlaib Is Worse Than You Think

They say, “Journalism’s not a crime” — and it’s not. But when Big Western News Brands lie and slander, they hardly ever face any…

Sep 26

Jake Tapper’s Smear of Rashida Tlaib Is Worse Than You Think

Sep 26

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Gondar’s Grief: People are “waiting for their turn to come to be killed”

A two-year-old is an amazing little creature. Your own child or maybe your niece or nephew, doesn’t matter — you can watch that happy…

Sep 3

Gondar’s Grief: People are “waiting for their turn to come to be killed”

Sep 3

Jeff Pearce

The White Savior’s Job Audition: Why “Rasmus the Clown” needs to go back in his box and leave…

Social media can be a dumpster fire. It can be cruel but every so often, it’s just. In his cringingly obvious efforts to gain attention at…

Aug 27

The White Savior’s Job Audition: Why “Rasmus the Clown” needs to go back in his box and leave…

Aug 27

Jeff Pearce

Yes, AI is Dangerous — Because of the Corporate Humans Behind It. And It Could Get Much Worse.

Whether you realize it or not, the oligarchies of the West and powers that be are working hard to take away the last right that we can…

Jul 25

Yes, AI is Dangerous — Because of the Corporate Humans Behind It. And It Could Get Much Worse.

Jul 25

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Being Brave With Others’ Money and Faces

A charity pushing into Africa tried to recruit me. I poked around to learn what it was up to. The results were disturbing.

Jul 12

Being Brave With Others’ Money and Faces

Jul 12

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Tom Gardner’s Africa Alzheimer’s

I am fairly sure I’m at least 20 years older than Tom Gardner, give or take a couple of years, but I’m sorry to report that The Economist’s…

Jun 20

Tom Gardner’s Africa Alzheimer’s

Jun 20

Jeff Pearce

Jeff Pearce

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Writer person. Books - Prevail, The Karma Booth, Gangs in Canada; in June 2021, Winged Bull, a bio of Henry Layard, the Victorian era’s Indiana Jones.

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