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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
18 November 2013
A South African soldier collected hundreds of postcards in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) during World War I but they lay in a shoe box in the bottom of a cupboard for two generations until they were presented to Andreas Vogt. The 670 postcards all hail from the period just before the outbreak of World War I and offer a unique and fascinating view of this era.
18 November 2013
Since most colonial territories in Africa acquired independence, bureaucratic states have interacted with techniques of governance in which oracles, rituals and other aspects of religion played a prominent role. This workshop on 4 December, organized by the ASC Collaborative Research Group 'Rethinking contemporary African history and historiography', groups a number of researchers from the ASC joined by scholars from other institutions.
13 November 2013
NGOs and state actors increasingly involve religious leaders in interventions that try to eradicate ‘Female Genital Mutilation’ (FGM). According to reports, the inclusion of religious leaders has led to the abandonment of the practice in a number of areas. Based on her research in Ethiopia, Marit Tolo Østebø of the University of Florida and University of Bergen will talk about the role of these religious leaders on 28 November, followed by a roundtable discussion.
13 November 2013
Discriminatory and excluding practices hinder the development of African youth in Europe. How can we move towards a society characterized by participation? How do we empower African youth and other excluded groups to participate and raise their voices? On 20 November, universal Children’s Day, you are welcome to join the debate on how Europe can support African youth and promote their inclusion in society. Location: the Child Rights Home in Leiden.
05 November 2013
Asian Tigers, African Lions is an anthology of contributions by scholars and diplomats about the ‘Tracking Development’ research project. This project, coordinated by the African Studies Centre and KITLV in Leiden, compared the performance of growth and development of countries in Southeast Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa during the last sixty years. How could two regions with comparable levels of income per capita in the 1950s diverge so rapidly? Why are there so many Asian tigers and not yet so many African lions?
03 November 2013
Curious about the experiences of our new Research Masters students so far? One of them, Njeri Mwaura, wrote the first blog of this academic year: 'An activist approach to African Studies'. If you want to know more about the African Studies Masters and the African Studies Research Masters, visit the 'Masters Information day' at Leiden University, 8 November!
01 November 2013
In his recent book entitled Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about it, Morten Jerven analyses the production and use of African economic statistics. Where do these statistics originate from and how accurate are they? Jerven argues that reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth and per-capita income, are central to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital for the NGOs that provide financial aid to them.
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