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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
17 October 2023
On 16 October 1939, South African religious leader, social and political activist Charlotte Makgomo (née Mannya) Maxeke died in Johannesburg at the age of 68. She was the first black woman to graduate with a university degree in South Africa with a B.Sc. from Wilberforce University Ohio in 1903. Maxeke dedicated her life to the struggle for women's rights and education for all.
16 October 2023
16 October 2023
The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) wants to create a broader space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa. LUNHA started earlier this year as a collaboration between the ASCL and the Law, History, and Anthropology departments.
13 October 2023
Chika Unigwe's latest novel, The Middle Daughter is a retelling of the Greek myth concerning Hades and Persephone. In the original myth, the Greek god of the Underworld Hades abducts Persephone to rule beside him in his realm. Chika Unigwe rewrites the story, not letting Hades get away with taking a wife who doesn’t choose him.