News & Events

Malawi has been hailed as a beacon of democratic resilience, but a wave of high-level corruption scandals is threatening its institutions. With elections set for 16 September, Gerhard Anders (University of Edinburgh) will offer timely insights into the country’s political crossroads during the ASCL seminar on 11 September.

We are excited that a large delegation of the African Studies Centre Leiden and the wider Leiden University will participate in the 10th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS). ECAS will take place from 25 to 28 June in Prague.

On the 10th of May, the Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh unexpectedly passed away at the age of 57. She served as executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa and was recently appointed to serve as the 2026 Venice Biennale's artistic director until her sudden death.

From 14 to 16 March 2025 the fourth edition of the Salon du Livre Africain de Paris took place. Some 120 publishers, mostly from francophone African countries and France, were represented at the fair. Cameroon was guest of honour, and Brazil special guest. Heleen Smits of the African Library visited the fair to expand our French-language collection.