Akua Banful

Akua Banful

Akua Banful is a PhD candidate in English and comparative literature at Columbia University, where she works on questions of climate, culture, and empire. She is also the Andrew W. Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Climate and Inequality at the Climate Museum.


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Meritocracy Is a Dystopia

Netflix Brazil’s 3% presents a desperate future city that nevertheless proclaims its citizens all have an equal shot at success. Sound familiar?