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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023

Repair and Relief: 'Building Back Better’ in Post-Cyclone Idai Malawi

07 October 2026

African Dynamics Minor: From Reading Africa to Exploring Kenya

07 October 2026

Infrastructural encounters and unfinished reform: rethinking development in Ghana’s power sector in the age of Global China

07 October 2026

Green Hydrogen in the Global South: Politics, Spaces, and Transformations

07 October 2026

The impact and challenges of artisanal/small-scale and large-scale cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the cobalt market

07 October 2026

Welcome to the new Master students of African Studies!

07 October 2026

Aspirational Mandarin, Operational English: Language, Power and Infrastructure in a Chinese-operated Power Plant in Ghana

07 October 2026

Jan Abbink in Nieuwsuur about the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia

06 October 2026

Meet the visiting fellows!

02 October 2026
The ASCL has a vibrant Visiting Fellows Programme. Selected fellows work together with ASCL colleagues, make use of the excellent African Library, and give a seminar with the CRG they work with. Learn more about our current three visiting fellows: Edwin Asa Adjei, Twasiima Bigirwa, and Jane Akinyi Ngala Oduor.

Library weekly: International Coffee Day

02 October 2026
On 1 October, we celebrate International Coffee Day, a global celebration created by the International Coffee Organization, to bring coffee lovers around the world together for a single day dedicated to coffee. The occasion is also used to promote fair trade coffee and to raise awareness for the plight of the coffee growers.

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