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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
13 October 2022
On the occasion of the upcoming edition of Bamako Encounters, which will take place in Bamako (Mali) in the coming months, the ASCL Library has created a web dossier on African Photography. The introduction is by visual artist Andrea Stultiens.
12 October 2022
On 19 October 2004, Seychellois poet Antoine Abel died in Mahé at the age of 69. He is considered the father of Seychelles literature.
12 October 2022
On 13 October 2020, Nigerian poet, playwright and scholar J. P. Clark (John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo) died at the age of 85. He is most noted for works in which he explored themes such as violence and protest, institutional corruption, European colonialism, the inhumanity of the human race as well as beauty in nature. J.P. Clark is featured in our Library Weekly.
12 October 2022
Mayke Kaag, named Professor by Special Appointment of the Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), gave her inaugural lecture during a festive ceremony in the university's Auditorium on 5 October. You can still watch the ceremony online.
12 October 2022
According to colleague writers, Zimbabwean author Irene Ropa Rinopfuka Mahamba stands out as one of the local writers representing a true, Zimbabwean perspective on the liberation struggle in this country. Mahamba is the subject of the latest Library Highlight!
07 October 2022
The NVAS (Netherlands Association for African Studies) will dedicate its 25th anniversary conference on 9 and 10 December to Africa’s most widely acknowledged contribution to the heritage of mankind: spoken mediation. Students and NVAS members register for free!
07 October 2022
Students of the LDE minor African Dynamics interviewed African academics working at Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University. In the interviews they focus on these academics' role in strengthening knowledge transfer and capacity building in their home country.
05 October 2022
04 October 2022
Africa needs a new narrative. One that is consistent with developments that are taking place all around the continent, in which the talented youth, creative tech hubs, and leapfrogging play a role. That was the main message of Ahunna Eziakonwa, UNDP Director Africa, during a meeting on 30 September.