News & Events

Stephen Ellis' wife Gerrie ter Haar, Honorary Fellow of the ASC Community, would like to thank all of you for your expressions of sympathy following Stephen’s death. She is also grateful for the practical support provided to her to finalise some of Stephen’s work. This includes his book on the history of organized crime in Nigeria that is scheduled for publication in Spring next year, in the UK as well as in the US. Two academic articles that Stephen finished also shortly before his death will be published in the next couple of months. Read the thank-you card here.

Ms Sheila Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, will give a lecture at the ASC on Tuesday 29 September, followed by a discussion. During the meeting, economic and social-cultural human rights, as well as children’s rights, in particular of unaccompanied migrant children, will be discussed. Young Eritreans flee the country massively. After Syria, it is the country most refugees entering Europe originate from. Ms Keetharuth presented her report on the human rights situation in Eritrea last June.

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!