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This seminar tells a story of social and political ruptures in Gamba, Gabon, the enclaved site of Shell-Gabon’s onshore terminal since the 1960s, which itself receives crude from one of the largest oilfields on the continent, Rabi-Kounga.

Africa is the continent that has been most bedevilled by development plans and policies. Rising GDP in recent years has not led to better quality of life for most residents. What is the future for Africa in the 21st century? How can all the plans and policies for prosperity be realised? We are delighted that Professor Henrietta Moore, Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London (UCL), will give the 2018 Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture on 6 December!

On Thursday 18 and Friday 19 October, Voice4Thought organises, in collaboration with BplusC and LeidenASA, ‘Anger in Leiden’ – a two-day event with arts, citizenship, activism and science.

Ananda Devi’s new novel, Manger l’autre, is a tale of excessive consumption, an allegory of our society obsessed with body image and consumerism. With humor and wit, she exposes the taboo of body dysmorphia and obesity and shows the protagonist mirroring our world in a violent and absurdist way. Manger l'autre is the subject of our latest Library Highlight!