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The ASCL invites applications for a Director African Studies Centre Leiden / Full Professor (1.0 FTE). The African Studies Centre Leiden is a world leading institute of Leiden University that undertakes research and is involved in teaching about Africa and aims to promote a better understanding of and insight into historical, current and future developments in Africa. Candidates must be able to propagate a clear vision on African Studies and its future, and on the role of the ASCL in assuring the prominence of this field of studies in national and international circles.

Chibuike Uche was interviewed by daily newspaper Trouw about the uprising in Nigeria. 'This isn't about Sars or the police anymore. The protest is about the endemic corruption within the public administration, the government and politics', he says. And on a deeper level: 'This is also about the struggle between North and South Nigeria. Between the Islamic North and the Christian South.'

In discussions about conflict in Africa the role of youth and minors is discussed often in a frame of victimhood. In a study funded by UNICEF, a team of researchers based at the African Studies Centre Leiden and in the Anthropology Department of the Univerisity of Bangui have tried to understand the realities behind this phenomenon of 'child soldier'.