Are good intentions bad? With historian Bronwen Everill

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Our Long Walk

Johan Fourie and Jonathan Schoots

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A podcast series about South Africa’s past, present, and future. Economic historian Johan Fourie and historical sociologist Jonathan Schoots interview social science scholars investigating fascinating questions about our country and continent and distil those lessons into practical policy suggestions today.

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Are good intentions bad? With historian Bronwen Everill

Our Long Walk

47 minutes 54 seconds

1 year ago

Are good intentions bad? With historian Bronwen Everill

Why do good intentions by international aid workers often lead to unintended negative outcomes? How should African leaders grapple with the tension between embracing Western ideas without being dominated by them? Hosts Johan Fourie and Jonathan Schoots discuss these – and many more – questions in the first podcast interview with Princeton author and historian Bronwen Everill. Bronwen is the author of Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance (pre-order ⁠here⁠).

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