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Grâce Ndjako, philosopher, author and translator, will explore the impact of African anti-colonial critique during the seminar on 6 November. She will explore the impact of African anti‑colonial critique, raising the question of whether Western universal principles like René Descartes’ radical doubt are truly applied globally.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced that Tanja Hendriks, along with 17 Leiden University researchers, will receive a Veni grant, embedded at the ASCL. Hendriks will work on the research project 'Taking risks with disasters: speculative humanitarianism and climate change in Malawi'.

In a blog for the Global Health in Africa course of the Research Master African Studies, student Christiana Banja argues that we need to think differently about health in Africa: one that is fair, respectful, and includes everyone’s voice.