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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
21 January 2015
The ASC is delighted that Egosha E. Osaghae, Professor of Comparative Politics and Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Nigeria, will give a public lecture on 20 March: 'Globalised Conflict Situations: Nigeria’s Boko Haram in Perspective'. In his lecture, Prof. Osaghae will analyse ethno-religious conflicts in Nigeria as a product of the intersection between local/domestic variables and global forces. This lecture is a co-production of the African Studies Centre Leiden, LUF (Leiden University Fund), ICCT (International Centre for Counter-Terrorism), Connecting in Times of Duress (Leiden University) and Grounding Land Governance.
19 January 2015
ASC senior researcher Benjamin Soares has a new co-edited volume out: New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa. The book analyzes Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups, which has sometimes led to tension, conflict, and even violence.
19 January 2015
Rapid economic growth in Africa over the past two decades has provoked intense public and academic debate about the nature and sustainability of Africa’s economic transition. Is this simply another commodity boom, or is current growth rooted in a more profound transformation of the African social and political fabric? The programme committee of the 10th 'New Frontiers in African Economic History Workshop' (30-31 October, Wageningen University) launches a broad call for papers in the field of African Economic History. Morten Jerven ('Poor Numbers') and the ASC's Chibuike Uche are among the committee's members.
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