News & Events

While the 2019 Women's World Cup set everyone's mind on football, this Library Highlight deals with football in Africa. The ASCL Library contains several books, articles and DVDs about football, including women’s football, which is becoming ever more popular in Africa. This highlight focusses on the book 'The People’s Game: football fandom in Zimbabwe' by Manase Kudzai Chiwese and the documentary film 'Ladies’ Turn' by Hélène Harder. Read the latest Library Highlight!

The University of Edinburgh hosted the 8th European Conference on African Studies, Europe’s largest conference with an African focus, from 11-14 June. With about 250 panels and up to 1500 attendants, the conference was a huge success. About thirty researchers from the ASCL/Leiden University organized a panel or presented a paper.

In March, the World Happiness Report 2019 was published. Surprisingly, Botswana rank among the most unhappy people around the globe. Now ranked 148, the country belongs to the nine unhappiest the world knows, just one place higher than war-torn Syria. How is this possible, while Botswana has long been seen as Africa’s miracle, a country marked by unprecedented growth rates? Rijk van Dijk searches for answers in the latest contribution to the ASCL Africanist Blog!