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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
11 March 2019
In less than a hundred days, more than 800,000 Rwandese people were murdered in a deliberate and well-organized act of genocide, 25 years ago. How did the genocide come to be and why did it happen? Could it have been prevented if the international community had done more? This seminar at the The Hague Campus will address these and other questions. Speakers: Bert Ingelaere and Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp.
08 March 2019
On the occasion of the NVAS Africa Day 2019 on 16 March in Utrecht, the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier about “Performing arts in West Africa”. It focuses on theatre, dance and hiphop in West Africa and contains titles from the ASCL Library catalogue. Check out the web dossier!
07 March 2019
Hogbetsotso is an annual festival of the Aŋlɔ (Anlo) Ewe of Southeastern Ghana. It is celebrated to commemorate the migration of the Aŋlɔ and other Ewe to their present home. In this talk, using the SPEAKING framework of Ethnography of Communication (Hymes 1962, Saville-Troike 2003), the speaker will present an analysis of a segment of the festival known as nugbuidódó, “reconciliation”. He will explore the norms and values embodied in the act sequences that characterise this speech event.
27 February 2019
26 February 2019
Are you exploring your options for a master’s programme, and are you interested in Africa? Join us for the presentations on African Studies during the Master's Open Day on 15 March at Leiden University. Presentations on the African Studies master's as well as the research master's programme will be given, and the differences between the two courses will be clarified.
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