The ASCL celebrated its 75th anniversary on 8 September in Museum Volkenkunde. We look back on a festive and interesting day with many partners. Take a look at the photos and read the report!

Algemeen Dagblad interviewde Jan Abbink en Chibuike Uche over 75 jaar Afrika-Studiecentrum, de rol van handel tussen Afrikaanse landen en Nederland - in 1947 en nu -, en de maatschappelijke betekenis van het Afrika-Studiecentrum.

Master and Research Master students of African Studies, as well as students of the LDE minors African Dynamics and Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development for the new academic year have started. In the first week of September they got familiar with the programmes and attended their first lectures.

This book is based on Tamia Botes's Master's thesis 'Where Have the Midwives Gone? Everyday Histories of Voetvroue in Johannesburg', for which she received the 2021 Africa Thesis Award. The 'voetvrou' is a black autonomous midwife who looks after the health of and nurtures new life in her community in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg.

The ASCL Annual Report for 2021 is out now! In addition to an excellent list of publications by our researchers, you will find other highlights such as the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture on African feminism by Nanjala Nyabola, the Comenius Award for André Leliveld, and the Library acquisition trip to Rwanda.

This book by Bert van Pinxteren shows that maintaining former colonial languages as medium of instruction in education will become impossible to sustain. Over the next decade, some African countries will have to transition to African languages. This will bolster the new, decolonised cultural traditions already taking shape on the continent.