This LeidenGlobal lecture on 27 September by Tycho van der Hoog (ASCL) will illuminate the obscure history of the fraternal relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and various African liberation movements. The lecture coincides with the photo exhibition 'Heritage on the move', currently to be seen in the hall of the Pieter de la Court building.

When Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa fled into exile in November 2017, he declared that ‘by the will of the people’ he would return as leader of the country. On 14 November 2017, a ‘coup that was not a coup’ was announced. A week later, Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe’s new president. In this seminar Sibanengi Ncube, University of the Free State, will argue that the opposition and civic organizations were recruited and used to settle ZANU PF factional scores.

The consequences of climate change are experienced worldwide, but the African continent appears to carry the heaviest burden when it comes to adapting to climate change. To explore how climate change could be addressed in Africa, the Netherlands Association for African Studies (NVAS) organizes the NVAS Africa Day 2018 ‘Responding to climate change in Africa’, together with the World Wide Fund for Nature. The NVAS Africa Day takes place on 20 October at WWF Netherlands’ climate-neutral head office in Zeist.

The African Studies Centre's Annual Report for 2017 is out now! In 2017 the outcome of the external evaluation was generally positive about the ASCL, with particularly high praise for the Centre’s library. It was also the year in which senior researcher Prof. Chibuike Uche was appointed as the Chair holder for the new Stephen Ellis Chair for the Governance of Finance and Integrity in Africa at Leiden University.