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October 12, 2014

Liberty is the Best Form of Feminism

The following is a guest submission by Nigerian student Bakre Fadilah  Advocacy for the rights of women and the girl child has received a boost with the award of the Nobel Peace […]
October 10, 2014

Register for the ISFLC before prices go up!

Need one less thing on your to do list? Sign up for the 8th annual International Students For Liberty Conference now before prices go up on November 1st! For this month only, early bird prices are only […]
October 9, 2014

The “Freedom” Fallacy in the South African Mind

The following is a guest submission by South African student  Martin van Staden  The “Freedom” Charter, widely considered to be one of the most important inspirations for the current Constitution of South […]
October 9, 2014

A Case Against Uwezo Fund & The Youth Enterprise Development Fund

The following was written by ASFL Executive Board member Alex Njeru The other day I attended an exhibition at the KICC grounds on during the international youth week. Needless to say my […]
October 7, 2014

Great Ife Hosts Dr. Anne Bradley

Members of the African Students For Liberty group at the Obafemi Awolowo Univesity, Osun State, Nigeria played host to Dr. Anne Bradley, Vice President, Economic Initiatiatives at the Institute For Faith, Works […]
October 3, 2014

Politics Without Romance: The Insights of James M. Buchanan

What should be done about market failures? When a public good is underprovided, a transaction produces an externality, or consumers and producers have asymmetric information, many people leap to the conclusion that […]
September 29, 2014

A case for the Modernization of Africa

The following was written by ASFL Programs Manager Olumayowa Okediran One does not need statistics from the World Bank or the United Nations to recognize the depth of primitivism of the African […]
September 29, 2014

Does Obama Believe He Should Have Gone to Prison?

As President Obama has admitted since long before entering politics, he’s done his fair share of illegal drugs. In his 1995 book, Dreams From My Father, he wrote that he’d used marijuana […]
September 28, 2014

Towards A United States Of Africa And True Pan-Africanism

The following was co-written by African Students For Liberty Board Member Alex Njeru      As a way to end the lingering crises in several parts of Africa, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe […]
September 28, 2014

African Cultures Must Be Modern

The following was contributed by African Students For Liberty Local Coordinator Stephen Oyedemi One of the beautiful things about most African countries is the diversity of cultures that define them; from Kenya […]
September 24, 2014

Demystifying the Invisible Hand

The phrase “invisible hand” can easily evoke fanciful imagery of invisible hands magically manipulating the world. So it’s no surprise that many critics of laissez-faire, particularly on the left, misconstrue the concept […]
September 22, 2014

A Market Economy Will Deliver Africa’s Economy

             This article, first published on africanliberty.org, was written by Olanrewaju Olagunju A market economy refers to a system in which economic decisions especially the pricing of […]
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