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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
21 September 2015
On behalf of the jury of the Africa Thesis Award, the ASC is pleased to announce this year's final four nominees. In alphabetical order: Ruth Murambadoro, for her thesis on the politicalization of reconciliation in Zimbabwe; Tata Donita Nshani for her ethnography of gender relations in North West Cameroon; Akosua Sarpong Boakye-Ansah for her thesis on inequalities in drinking water quality in urban areas in Malawi; and Merel van ‘t Wout for her thesis on seamstresses in Bolgatanga, Ghana. The winner will be announced soon!
17 September 2015
Margot Leegwater's PhD thesis has been published in the African Studies Collection. Her study examines the effects of land-access and land-tenure policies on local community relations, including ethnicity, and land conflicts in post-conflict rural Rwanda. Violence has historically often been linked to land, and the current growing resentment and fear surrounding these land-related policies and the ever-increasing land conflicts could jeopardize Rwanda's recovery and stability. Leegwater succesfully defended her PhD dissertation on 16 September at the VU University Amsterdam.
11 September 2015
Het ASC interviewde promovenda Margot Leegwater over haar onderzoek naar landconflicten in Rwanda. Leegwater zal op 16 september 2015 promoveren aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Titel van haar proefschrift: 'Sharing Scarcity: Land Access and Social Relations in Southeast Rwanda.' (English:) The ASC interviewed PhD candidate Margot Leegwater about her research on land conflicts in Rwanda. Leegwater will defend her PhD Thesis on 16 September 2015 at the VU University Amsterdam.
11 September 2015
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