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On the occasion of the Africa 2020 year, the ASCL has created Infosheets about the countries that became independent in 1960. Of the seventeen colonies gaining independence in that year, Nigeria was the sixteenth one: on October 1. Read about Nigeria's political, demographic, socio-economic and agricultural developments in the past 60 years. Also find out about Nigeria's leaders of independence in the ASCL web dossier!

On 10 September, Dr William Ellis (University of the Western Cape) gave an intriguing webinar entitled 'Walking with herders: Animal and plant ontologies in Namaqualand'. Dr Ellis talked about his project with Nama pastoralists in the dry arid regions of the Northern Cape, South Africa, where he and his research group have been walking with herders and learning from them literally 'on the hoof'. As part of the webinar, Dr Ellis showed photos of herders and animals in their environment, taken by Clement Cupido. Take a look at these magnificent photos and read the stories about the herders.