The latest from the Africa at LSE blog View this email in your browser Africa at LSE newsletter Scroll down for latest posts Upcoming Events World-renowned flugelhornist, trumpeter, bandleader, composer, singer and activist Hugh Masekela delivers the 2014 Steve Biko Lecture Europe on Thursday 23 October at 6.30 pm at the Hong Kong Theatre in Clement House. This event is open to all and unticketed. Find out more Click through to see the full list of Africa-themed events taking place at LSE this term. Visit our Video/Audio page to catch up with recent events you may have missed such as Joyce Banda, first female President of Malawi reflecting  on her journey to the highest level of public life and Dr Benjamin Black of MSF discussing the practical and ethical dilemmas of working at the frontline of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone. Follow us on twitter and Instagram @AfricaAtLSE. Latest Posts Streamlining Kenya's Education System to Global Development LSE's Sarah Osembo relates her motivations for co-founding a school in Kenya's Rift Valley.   Xenophobia Is The Disease You Should Be Afraid Of, Not Ebola Jumoke Balogun reports on how the Ebola crisis in West Africa is triggering a new wave of xenophobia in USA.     African political dynasties can flourish in a democracy Elly Twineyo Kamugisha[1] argues that the prevalence on political dynasties in a country does not automatically mean that its political system is undemocratic. Paying your soldiers and building the state in post-genocide Rwanda LSE's Benjamin Chemouni relates how finding an efficient way to pay Rwandan soldiers became a crucial element of post conflict state-building.   Book Review – The New Kings of Crude Ed Reed reviews Luke Patey's latest book which charts the rise of Asian involvement in Sudan, and later South Sudan.   National Health Insurance: struggling to be born Ian Broughton writes about how South Africa's bid to provide universal health care through National Health Insurance (NHI) could fail if government does not learn lessons from other countries, a conference heard last week.   Copyright © 2014 London School of Economics & Political Science, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on our website or you are an LSE academic or student working with an interest in Africa. Our mailing address is: London School of Economics & Political Science Houghton Street London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom Add us to your address book