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On the occasion of the ASCL seminar Subaltern Metropolitan Adventure and Colonial Mediation in Nigeria by Prof. Moses E. Ochonu, that took place on 7 April, the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier on African-authored travel writing. Read the web dossier.

In het kader van 'European City of Science' Leiden2022 heeft het African Studies Centre Leiden de wandeling 'Sporen van Afrika in Leiden' samengesteld. Tijdens de wandeling maakt u kennis met gebeurtenissen, personen en gebouwen uit de geschiedenis die Leiden met Afrika heeft. De wandeling wordt dit jaar meerdere keren georganiseerd onder begeleiding van een gids. These walks have Dutch-speaking tour guides.

Registration for the two Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) minors that the ASCL co-organises is open! It concerns the minor African Dynamics and the minor Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development. The minors are accessible for third-year bachelor students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam and can accomodate 40 students each. Registration will close on 14 April.

ASCL researcher Lidewyde Berckmoes has been awarded an Embassy Science Fellowship. The Dutch Research Council NWO, in collaboration with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has awarded six Embassy Science Fellowships (ESF-NL) in total. For a period of one to three months, the fellows will contribute to a scientific and societal issue from a Dutch embassy or consulate somewhere in the world. Dr Berckmoes will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia, to contribute to inclusive knowledge communities.