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The Reckoning examines the assumptions and frameworks through which we understand institutions, leadership, progress and human worth. Through rigorous essays and critical inquiry, it asks how the things we have learned to trust shape what we recognise, reward and regard as possible.
Written by Dr Vongai Nyahunzvi
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A reflection after the Borrowed Mirrors Founding Gathering, Nairobi, 12 October 2026
Dr Vongai Nyahunzvi
Issue 3 · October 2026 · 5 min read
Following the Borrowed Mirrors founding gathering in Nairobi, an examination of what institutional success measures reveal, what they conceal and why the assumptions beneath them deserve closer scrutiny.
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Browsing themes across the publication. These are lenses for reading, not a substitute for the five distortions set out in the book.
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