Lessons for the West from a Small African Country

Alexander Chula is a Thai-British medical doctor and writer, living and working in London. He studied Classics at Oxford then medicine at the University of London.

His first book, Goodbye, Dr Banda, was published by Polygon in 2023. He has also written for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph and The Critic in the UK, and for The New Criterion and National Review in the US.

Dr. Chula’s book raises compelling questions about the universality of the humanities, the purposes of education, the challenges of nation-building in postcolonial Africa, and cultural transmission and translation. This event was recorded in March 2024.

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Global AffairsHealth and SocietyReligion and Philosophy2024 Year in ReviewAfricaAlexander ChulaCenter for Citizenship & Constitutional GovernmentClassical EducationCollege of Arts and LettersDigest194digest274EducationGlobal AffairsMalawiNation BuildingPost-Colonial AfricaSchoolingUniversity of Notre Dame

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