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September 15, 2015

Africa rising too slowly

The following was submitted by ASFL blog team member Babajide Oluwase Out of a population of about 1 billion people, it is not exaggerating to say that majority of Africans are not […]
September 7, 2015

The refugee crisis at home

The following was written by ASFL blog team member Osoteku Demilade While the world is enthralled with the migrant crisis in Europe, the number of homeless people displaced  in Nigeria is already […]
September 5, 2015

ASFL Regional Update

The following was contributed by ASFL Programs Associate Chukwuemeka Ezeugo African Students For Liberty will be posting periodic updates of her activities to keep members and partners informed about what the organization […]
July 29, 2015

Fixing Our Energy Crisis

The following was written by Michael Howe-Ely and first appeared on the Ineng blog The Independent Entrepreneurship Group (Ineng) and the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR) had the pleasure of […]
July 24, 2015

Apply to the ASFL Blogging Team

Application to join ASFL blogging team is just a week away! Are you a student or recent graduate interested in gaining writing experience? Would you like to share your opinions and ideas […]
July 23, 2015

The Pragmatic Case for Radical Libertarianism

Matthew La Corte recently wrote an article titled “The Radical Case for Pragmatic Libertarianism”, which argued that in order for the radical ideas of individual liberty to ever become a reality, we need […]
July 21, 2015

ASFL creates Student leaders for liberty

The following was written by Pretoria-based ASFL Local Coordinator Martin van Staden  Libertarian pioneers were certainly not shortsighted. From general philosophical works like Murray Rothbard’s The Ethics of Liberty to legally-inclined texts […]
July 8, 2015

Populist Policies Have Toxic Costs

The following was contributed by ASFL Local Coordinator Olanrewaju Elufisan Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and most populated country recently enthroned a new administration at the polls, with President Muhammadu Buhari at the […]
June 24, 2015

Libertarianism is not a philosophy of appeasement

The following was written by Pretoria-based ASFL Local Coordinator Martin van Staden  Libertarianism is not a philosophy of appeasement. Unlike our social democratic colleagues, most of us do not dress libertarianism up […]
June 20, 2015

I Have a Dream About Africa

The following is a guest submission by Phumlani M. UMajozi   When Martin Luther King Jr. made the famous I have a dream speech in 1963, he spoke of a country where […]
May 29, 2015

Will Nigerians Miss President Goodluck Jonathan?

The following was contributed by ASFL local coordinator Olufemi Ogunjobi   President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration ends May 29. It is a day that commemorates the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. Also, the […]
May 28, 2015

Demystifying Natural Rights

Back in September, Nathan Goodman clarified the idea of “the invisible hand” in response to those who “misconstrue the concept as a form of magical thinking or religious fundamentalism.” Here, I’d like […]
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