6. Concluding Thoughts: A Glass Half Full
Overall, this blog series represents a personal and academic endeavour to engage more critically with water, development and politics in Africa. Coming in rather blind, I first sought to gain a fundamental understanding of issues of representation surrounding water in Africa by examining media portrayals and the use of indicators to measure water scarcity. Then, the commencement of COP27 inspired reflections on the global forces affecting water and development in Africa; thereafter I zoomed into the local scale by examining the management of water supplies. While I have learnt a lot from researching and writing these posts, I am aware that the wealth of topics to explore is perhaps as abundant as water itself (admittedly not the best metaphor, given how controversial this may be) and that I have merely scratched the tip of the iceberg. Writing another 100 blog posts would not get me anywhere near fully understanding the complexities of water and politics in Africa. Nevertheless, here
