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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts houses a large collection of ancient Nubian archaeological artefacts. End of 2018 more than 300 objects from the Boston collection travelled to the Netherlands where they are on display in the Drents Museum in Assen. A recent publication by the Boston museum Arts of Ancient Nubia and a Dutch-language catalogue that accompanied the exhibition are now in the ASCL collection. 'Exploring Ancient Nubia' is the subject of our latest Library Highlight!

Rahmane Idrissa recently started at the ASCL as Assistant Professor in Islam in Contemporary Africa. He has two research interests: the politics of Islam and secularism in Africa, and state formation in African contexts. We interviewed Dr Idrissa on the history of his home country Niger, Salafi ideologies and secularism in Mali, and the EU's dealing with migration. Read the interview.