Join us on 5 March for the Seminar by visiting fellow Wayne Dooling (SOAS) about the history of Cape Town. Dooling will examine how a city shaped by slavery and migration developed a cross-racial urban culture and how British colonial officials began the work of destroying the cosmopolitan city.

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), held in Morocco last December and January, ended in a chaotic final between Senegal and Morocco. From its birth in 1957, AFCON provided recognition and a stage to imagine the continent differently. Those ideals are still tested today, Chaimaa Radouani writes in a new blog post.

On 28 January, inside the coral-stone walls of the Lamu Fort Library (Lamu island, Kenyan coast), Annachiara Raia convened a first roundtable dedicated to the question on how to collaborate in safeguarding and connecting enduring heritage along the Swahili coast.

In this special section of the journal Conflict and Society, the authors call for attention to 'conflict continuities' to understand contemporary violence. They argue that past violent conflict may serve to generate new conflict, in reworked forms. The special section was initiated by the CRG ‘Conflict continuities’.

The session on the Master African Studies was well attended during the university’s Master’s Open Day on 6 February. Current students and alumni shared their experiences on the study programme and research project in Africa. Are you also interested in the Master African Studies? Apply now!

Addis Ababa is undergoing a spectacular metamorphosis. Futuristic high-rise, state-of-the-art museums, new broad lanes, and hundreds of new buildings arise. However, there are dark sides to this urban transformation. In a new blog post, Jon Abbink discusses how the renovation process invites both praise and scrutiny.