News & Events

'Dangerous Flowers' is a seventy-minute investigative documentary about the cut-flower industry in Kenya. It was shot in Kenya and the Netherlands over a period of seven years. The film takes the viewer through the flower-industry to discover the environmental, health, gender and cultural implications of this multi-million-euro sector. Film maker Khamis Ramadhan will be present at the screening of 'Dangerous Flowers' on Tuesday 29 October, and will participate in the subsequent discussion.

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.

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.

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!

 Please take note that the ASC and its library will be closed on Friday the 13th from 13.00 hrs.