Meg23 The University of Leeds, Centre for African Studies, and The African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) are delighted to host: Ngugi wa Thiong’o “Africa in the Language of Scholarship” 6th September 2012, 6:15pm Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds No need to book – free of charge, open to … Read more
African Dynamics in a Multipolar World June 26 to 28, 2013 The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 to 28, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (African Studies Centre of the Lisbon University Institute) … Read more
A draft programme for the ASAUK conference is now available. The conference will run from 13.30pm on Thursday Sept 6th to 3.30pm on Saturday 8th September 2012 and is held in conjunction with Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) at Leeds University.There are numerous registration options the details of which are given on the … Read more
The Centre of African Studies was established in 1965 by the path-breaking anthropologist, Dr Audrey Richards. It acts as a hub for graduate level and faculty research, runs weekly seminars and research workshops for graduate students, and organises international conferences both in Cambridge and African institutions. In addition to fostering PhD level research, it runs … Read more
The Caine Prize was won by Rotimi Babatunde for Bombay’s Republic – http://bit.ly/MpYqTO He will be at African Writers’ Evening Wednesday 4th July http://bit.ly/KWPh49 Read the story here http://www.caineprize.com/pdf/2012_Babatunde.pdf The shortlisted writers were at a Caine Prize bookclub event on Saturday – part of “Africa Writes” festival – … Read more
Africa Writes 2012 Date/Time: Saturday 30 June & Sunday 1 July 2012, 12-6PM Venue: Brunei Gallery Building (SOAS) & Torrington Square The Royal African Society (RAS) is pleased to present Africa Writes – its inaugural annual literature and book festival celebrating contemporary African writing. Festival highlights include: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s lecture focusing on the legacy … Read more
The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Antony’s College, Oxford This year participants will explore the historical and contemporary connections between Zimbabwe and her neighbours. We are pleased to announce our keynote speakers this year will be Professor Jack Spence, OBE (King’s College London) and Professor … Read more
Michelle Guittar & David L. Easterbrook Materials relating to sport in Africa in the collection of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University: an overview Karl Magee Boycotts and Bailouts: the archives of the Commonwealth Games Council of Scotland Pascal Charitas Anglophone Africa in the Olympic Movement: the confirmation of a … Read more
The Africa collection at SOAS Library encompasses the whole of Africa and broadly covers the humanities and social sciences. The collection includes rare books and manuscripts in addition to recent and current publications, both in print and other formats (for example audio-visual and electronic formats) from around the world. SOAS Library is a research … Read more
The situation in Mali, is increasingly volatile. The conflict has spread to Timbuktu, home of thousands of manuscripts documenting the rich heritage of West Africa through the ages. The scholarly community is concerned for the safety of this cultural and intellectual heritage housed in the many libraries and private collections in Timbuktu. Its loss … Read more