News & Events

A  number of films about the ASC and the Africa Works conference were recently made: a film about the ASC that was broadcast on Dutch television (RTL7 Business Channel), a film about the Africa Works conference that took place on 16 & 17 October 2014, and interviews with several ASC researchers during this conference: Ton Dietz, Stephen Ellis, Mirjam de Bruijn and Akinyinka Akinyoade. Many more interviews with keynote speakers and conference visitors can be watched on the conference website.

During the Africa Works 2014 Conference in Leiden, a petition on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was drawn up, asking for immediate action from the Netherlands government and the European Commission. The petition was handed over to Mr Hans Docter (the Netherlands envoy on Ebola), and was also addressed to Ms Lilianne Ploumen (the Netherlands Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) and to Mr Fernando Frutuoso de Melo (the Director General of EuropeAid). Mr Fernando Frutuoso de Melo has recently responded to the petition.

The ASC Annual Public Event, a performance by poet Phillippa Yaa de Villiers from South Africa, was a big success. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers is the Commonwealth poet 2014. For the ASC Annual Event she performed Shades, in which she explores race, identity and politics in South Africa. After the performance she was recognized as 'ASC honorary artist', a special membership of the ASC Community. The event took place on 8 December at the Hogeschool Leiden. Have a look at the pictures!