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An account of D. Elwood Dunn's triple careers in academia, and services to two distinct governments of Liberia: William R. Tolbert’s and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s (consultant). Situated between the crisis years of the True Whig Party (TWP) regime and the hopeful years of the first post-civil war government stand more than three decades of teaching, research and public intellectual engagement. The author employs a rich repertoire of unpublished documents that include his personal cabinet notes and a wide range of government papers.

On the occasion of the ASCL seminar Subaltern Metropolitan Adventure and Colonial Mediation in Nigeria by Prof. Moses E. Ochonu, that took place on 7 April, the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier on African-authored travel writing. Read the web dossier.

In het kader van 'European City of Science' Leiden2022 heeft het African Studies Centre Leiden de wandeling 'Sporen van Afrika in Leiden' samengesteld. Tijdens de wandeling maakt u kennis met gebeurtenissen, personen en gebouwen uit de geschiedenis die Leiden met Afrika heeft. De wandeling wordt dit jaar meerdere keren georganiseerd onder begeleiding van een gids. These walks have Dutch-speaking tour guides.

Registration for the two Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) minors that the ASCL co-organises is open! It concerns the minor African Dynamics and the minor Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development. The minors are accessible for third-year bachelor students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam and can accomodate 40 students each. Registration will close on 14 April.