The Long Journey Home - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences


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	BY STEPHEN PINCOCK ARTICLE EXTRAS Related Articles: Why we must re-educate African Science Moving African science forwardAn continent-wide framework is necessary, argues an advisor to the New Partnership for Africa's Development

The Long Journey Home Empty surfaces are hard to find in Kazhila Chinsembu's office at the University of Namibia. Wherever you look - on desks, chairs or filing cabinets - there are stacks of hand-written assignments waiting to be marked. The papers are the work of Chinsembu's hundreds of undergraduate students. Considering their volume, it isn't surprising he smiles wryly when asked about his own research. He'd