News & Events

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.

Our latest archival collection is now available for consultation in the African Library. Explore the research collection of Ton Dietz, former ASCL Director, on his favourite spot in Africa: Pokot in Kenya. Pokot residents gave Dietz the name Ilat, or ‘thunder and lightning’.

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 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!

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.