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On the occasion of the NVAS Africa Day 2019 on 16 March in Utrecht, the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier about “Performing arts in West Africa”. It focuses on theatre, dance and hiphop in West Africa and contains titles from the ASCL Library catalogue. Check out the web dossier!

Hogbetsotso is an annual festival of the Aŋlɔ (Anlo) Ewe of Southeastern Ghana. It is celebrated to commemorate the migration of the Aŋlɔ and other Ewe to their present home. In this talk, using the SPEAKING framework of Ethnography of Communication (Hymes 1962, Saville-Troike 2003), the speaker will present an analysis of a segment of the festival known as nugbuidódó, “reconciliation”. He will explore the norms and values embodied in the act sequences that characterise this speech event.

Are you exploring your options for a master’s programme, and are you interested in Africa? Join us for the presentations on African Studies during the Master's Open Day on 15 March at Leiden University. Presentations on the African Studies master's as well as the research master's programme will be given, and the differences between the two courses will be clarified. 

The ASCL’s research group 'Collaboration and Contestation in Words: Dialogues and Disputes in African Social Realities' organised a workshop late 2018 on the question: to what extent is the concept of free speech appropriate when it comes to a discourse that spreads hate, in particular homophobia?