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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
10 May 2022
On the occasion of Jan-Bart Gewald’s selection as a fellow at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), we interviewed him about the research project The 'Big Hole', Kimberley South Africa, 1870-1920 which he will conduct there. ‘Without “the Big Hole”, southern Africa wouldn’t exist as it is now.'
06 May 2022
In Jean-Marie Teno's latest film 'Chosen', Teno recounts his meeting with a woman whose life journey mirrors a generation of Africans: who left Africa one day and are now struggling to find their way back home. Read the Library Highlight!
06 May 2022
The war in Ukraine also has an impact on Africa: 45 of the 54 African countries depend for more than a third on grain from Ukraine and Russia. Ton Dietz was interviewed about the consequences of this war on the African continent, in the 'Africast' podcast.
03 May 2022
When ASCL researcher Stephen Ellis died in July 2015, African Studies lost one of its most prolific, provocative and celebrated scholars. This collection, edited by Tim Kelsall, aims to provide scholars and students with an introduction to the main themes in Ellis’ work.