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Development approaches from the African periphery

Prof. Peter Little (Emory University, USA) will give an ASCL Seminar on 5 October, in which he will address 'the litany of different development approaches' from the perspectives of marginal populations and geographies in rural Africa.

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Save the date: 7 December Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture!

We are thrilled to announce that the Stephen Ellis Lecture 2023 will be given by Dr Mercy Iroaganachi, University Librarian of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her lecture deals with the place of archives in modern African Studies and puts a searchlight on the patronage of the National Archives of Nigeria, Ibadan.

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Warm welcome to the new students!

The new students of the Master and Research Master African Studies, as well as the LDE minors African Dynamics and Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development have started! Early September, more than sixty students were introduced to their courses.

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John Kegel awarded seed grant for new interdisciplinary project

John Kegel has been awarded a Kiem seed grant from Leiden University for the project 'The re-enchantment of infrastructure in Africa: Comparing Colonial and Contemporary Coastal Corridors'. The Kiem grant is an initiative from the university to stimulate new interdisciplinary, interfaculty research partnerships and encounters.

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Bridging boundaries through virtual well-being exchange

As part of its teaching innovation agenda, the ASCL took the lead in a EUniWell project that explored how students from different geographical and cultural backgrounds perceive well-being in their respective societies. 

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Just published: Human Trafficking in Nigeria

This volume about human trafficking in Nigeria (1960-2020) highlights the overlap between child trafficking and child fostering, presents Nigeria's legal framework and institutional intervention mechanisms, showcases (inter)national organisations' willingness to minimise it, and reveals contexts in which people become victims of trafficking.

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Recent publications

A just transition for antimicrobial resistance: planning for an equitable and sustainable future with antimicrobial resistance
Modern transformation of rural livelihoods in Africa: the case of the Dodoma region Tanzania
Rule by Junta
Human Trafficking in Nigeria 1960-2020: Pattern, People, Purpose and Places
Young protesters’ ambivalence about violence in the 2015 crisis in Burundi: local legacies of conflict and generational change

Upcoming events

05 October 2023
ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
12 October 2023
Kick-off iAfrica Film Festival 2023: Money, Freedom, a Story of the CFA Franc
12 October 2023
3rd JUSTREMIT Conference 'Regulating Remittances: Methods, Case Studies and Theories'
12 October 2023
PhD defence Ibrahima Poudiougou
16 October 2023
CRG Seminar: One night with free-roaming Nguni cattle - Emotional priming for writing on cattle's experiences of colonialism

ASCL in the media

Interview with Robert Ross in NRC about his book Things Change
Tycho van der Hoog interviewed about the AU joining the G20
Klaas van Walraven cited in article about the coup in Niger
Klaas van Walraven in Business AM about house arrest of Gabon's president
Mirjam de Bruijn on NPO Radio 1 about coups in West and Central Africa
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