ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe
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Although the study of ants can be interpreted to suit any political or philosophical argument it can fuel organisational imagination, write Rox Middleton, Liam Shaw and Miriam Gauntlett

COMPLEX multicomponent societies rely principally on communication. Researchers suggest that evidence of 100 million years of communication gives us a deeper insight into the evolution of ant sociality.
Emergent properties of groups occur when many things interact to produce effects that are not seen in the case of the isolated individual element.
From simple things like waves and crystals, to complex ones like swarms and consciousness, these effects are ubiquitous.
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