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Black Minds Matter tells the story of one of the most outspoken clerics of Africa, Emmanuel Milingo, who was Archbishop of Lusaka from 1969 to 1983. Milingo became widely known for his healing ministry, which was rooted in African spiritual ideas. This brought him into years of conflict with the dominant powers in the Catholic Church, and eventually led to his excommunication in 2006. Black Minds Matter was written by Gerrie ter Haar, emeritus Professor of Religion and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.

In the past few weeks thirteen students of the Master and Research Master African Studies graduated. During an online graduation ceremony on 3 November Christen Faver, Shannon Lorimer, Femke van Zeijl and Mira Demirdirek all graduated cum laude. And on 10 November Marly van den Boom, Daniel Okiror, Bernardo Tiberi Venturucci (Research Master), Diene de Jong, Jochem Scheelings, Junyang Shen, Janina Hubmann, Marcia Semedo Gonçalvez and Samantha da Luz graduated in the Academy Building in Leiden, the last three of whom cum laude. Congratulations!

The African Studies Centre Leiden has two vacancies. For the project 'Decoding Digital Media in African Regions of Conflict' (DDMAC) we are looking for a junior researcher. The key goal of the DDMAC project is to gather empirical evidence defining and demonstrating the use, spread, content and agenda setting role of social media in regions of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa. For the Knowledge Platform INCLUDE we are looking for a student-assistant.