Africa 2020: For the press
Country information
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Fenneken Veldkamp
Phone +31 (0)71 527 5769 (m: click to dial)
Mobile +31 (0)6 426 38 454 (m: click to dial)
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Rik Jongenelen
Phone +31 (0)71 527 3358 (m: click to dial)
r.g.l.jongenelen@asc.leidenuniv.nl
Press releases about Africa 2020
Press release about the Africa Knows conference (in English), 12 November 2020
Press release about the Africa Knows conference (in Dutch), 12 November 2020
Press release with latest info about the conference 'Africa: 60 years of independence' (in Dutch) 24 January 2020
Press release about the conference 'Africa: 60 years of independence' (in Dutch) 19 December 2019
Press release about Africa 2020 (in Dutch) 12 November 2019
ASC in the media about Africa 2020
Ton Dietz interviewed on Radio 1 about the Africa Knows! conference (in Dutch, 2 December 2020)
Clingendael Spectator-serie 'Afrika: 60 jaar onafhankelijkheid': Lidewyde Berckmoes: De toekomst van oorlog en vrede in Afrika: drie trends (in Dutch, 18 augustus)
Chibuike Uche interviewed by Knack about Nigeria's economic development (in Dutch, 12 August 2020)
Clingendael Spectator-serie 'Afrika: 60 jaar onafhankelijkheid': Ton Dietz: De gevolgen van Afrika’s kolossale bevolkingsgroei (in Dutch, 7 juli 2020)
Clingendael Spectator-serie 'Afrika: 60 jaar onafhankelijkheid': Jan Abbink: Zeven factoren bepalen de politieke vooruitzichten in Afrika (in Dutch, 28 mei 2020)
Chibuike Uche and Akinyinka Akinyoade interviewed by Trouw (30 January 2020)
Jan Abbink interviewed on Radio 1 about 60 years of independence (28 December 2019)
Bert van Pinxteren interviewed by Voertaal about African identities (2 December 2019)
Posted on 20 December 2019, last modified on 11 December 2020