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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023

African Dynamics Minor: From Reading Africa to Exploring Kenya

07 October 2026

Repair and Relief: 'Building Back Better’ in Post-Cyclone Idai Malawi

07 October 2026

Aspirational Mandarin, Operational English: Language, Power and Infrastructure in a Chinese-operated Power Plant in Ghana

07 October 2026

Infrastructural encounters and unfinished reform: rethinking development in Ghana’s power sector in the age of Global China

07 October 2026

The impact and challenges of artisanal/small-scale and large-scale cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the cobalt market

07 October 2026

Welcome to the new Master students of African Studies!

07 October 2026

Green Hydrogen in the Global South: Politics, Spaces, and Transformations

07 October 2026

ASCL Annual report 2025

06 October 2026
The ASCL Annual Report for 2025 is out now! In it, you will find highlights such as the launch of the new research programme, library acquisition trips to West Africa, and the well visited panel discussion on media attention for the wars in Sudan and the DRC. 

Jan Abbink in Nieuwsuur about the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

06 October 2026

New blog: Beyond Books: Reflections from a professional exchange at the African Studies Centre Leiden

05 October 2026
Aba Amandzewaa Anaman, Head Librarian of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, undertook a work exchange with the African Library in Leiden to share ideas and experiences. Her stay included a visit to the National Library and a workshop with Leiden University Libraries.

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