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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
12 September 2013
Both in northern Uganda and South Sudan people driven away by violence in the past are now returning to their home communities. Some of them, however, find their lands occupied by others and end up in conflict. Why is there so much confusion and contestation about land when violent conflict is over? And what makes land issues so difficult to resolve? ‘Governance off the ground’ is a film by Mathijs van Leeuwen, Doreen Nancy Kobusingye and Peter Hakim Justin of the African Studies Centre.
12 September 2013
Unemployment in Africa: How appropriate is the current definition for policy purposes? In today’s seminar Dr William Baah-Boateng from the University of Ghana questions the definition of unemployment as used by the International Labour Organization (ILO) within many developing countries. The ILO-definition tends to put adults without an official job, yet who are active in the informal sector, into the ‘discouraged worker’ category. This definition gives a misleading picture about the unemployment situation in these countries.
12 September 2013
Njeri Mwaura (28) from Kenya/USA and Affoh Guenneguez (23) from Côte d’Ivoire are two of our fresh Research Masters students. Curious about their background, education so far and (career) expectations for the future? Read their personal stories, and watch this space for the blog Njeri will write for us!
09 September 2013
Please take note that the ASC and its library will be closed on Friday the 13th from 13.00 hrs.
09 September 2013
Matatus (mini buses) provide transport for about 70 percent of Nairobi’s population. The sector is one of the largest in Kenya and has been thriving since the 1950s. In this seminar on 21 November Kenda Mutongi, Professor of History at Williams College (USA), focuses on the social, economic, cultural and political history of matatus and how they have become so deeply rooted in Kenyan life.
09 September 2013
The Research Masters in African Studies 2013 has taken off! A group of highly motivated new students will for the coming two years follow an interdisciplinary programme that combines in-depth study of a particular theme and region with fieldwork. The Research Masters in African Studies is offered in cooperation with Leiden University.
09 September 2013
Artisanal Mining & Youth. Livelihoods, leisure and love in Tanzanian urbanizing mine settlements. Over the last three decades, artisanal gold mining has increasingly provided a source of employment for hundreds of thousands of miners in Tanzania. Gold strikes in the country’s ‘ring of gold’ have catalyzed widespread labour migration. Many of the migrants are youthful, having hopes of economic improvement. Dr Deborah Bryceson of the University of Glasgow will speak about this Wednesday 2 October.
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