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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
16 October 2023
The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) wants to create a broader space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa. LUNHA started earlier this year as a collaboration between the ASCL and the Law, History, and Anthropology departments.
13 October 2023
Chika Unigwe's latest novel, The Middle Daughter is a retelling of the Greek myth concerning Hades and Persephone. In the original myth, the Greek god of the Underworld Hades abducts Persephone to rule beside him in his realm. Chika Unigwe rewrites the story, not letting Hades get away with taking a wife who doesn’t choose him.
12 October 2023
11 October 2023
On 12 October 2014, Kenyan-born American academic, professor of African and Islamic studies, and political writer Ali Al'amin Mazrui died in Vestal, New York, at the age of 81. He is best known for the nine-part television series entitled The Africans: A Triple Heritage that he both wrote and narrated.