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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
15 December 2022
The Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) held its Annual Meeting on 12 December. LeidenASA is the network of Leiden based Africa-researchers. It has more than 170 scholars who work on Africa-related research and education. Fifteen researchers gave pitches on their projects, and sketches of Leiden University's Africa strategy were outlined.
15 December 2022
Megan Vaughan, Professor of African History and Health at University College London, gave the Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture on 1 December. She spoke about Africa in the time of Coronavirus, and explored the differing experiences in different parts of the continent. You can now watch the video!
12 December 2022
On [31?] December 1949, Bissau-Guinean film director Flora Gomes was born in Cadique. Gomes's 'Mortu Nega' (Death Denied; 1988) won the prestigious Oumarou Ganda Prize at FESPACO 1989.
08 December 2022
PhD candidate Loes Oudenhuijsen has been awarded the 2022 Queer African Studies Association Prize for the Best Published Scholarly Essay by a Graduate Student. She won the prize for her article ‘Quietly Queer(ing): the Normative Value of Sutura and Its Potential for Young Women in Urban Senegal’, published in Africa in 2021. Congratulations Loes!