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REFA Blog

Reflections, arguments, and dispatches from the REFA Hub and its Network Fellows. The blog is a space for ideas in progress, perspectives on what is happening across the continent, and the thinking that sits behind our research.

  • Why REFA, and Why Now

    REFA Blog March 2026 Why REFA, and Why Now From the Convener and Founder’s Desk Dr Ruth Badru I always like to start with this story that I first read about 11 years ago in Chinua Achebe’s Education of a British Protected Child, where he shares his adaptation of a very short Hausa tale from…