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1960 was the ‘Year of Africa’: seventeen colonies in Africa became politically independent. On the occasion of 'Africa 2020', the ASCL created Infosheets about these countries, indicating demographic developments, income, health and education statistics, migration numbers, agricultural production, urbanisation and regional inequality. Take a look at all Infosheets!

Philosophers beyond borders, published by the ASCL and made by Saskia Pfaeltzer and Maria van Enckevort, celebrates an array of philosophers hailing from Africa and the African diaspora, South America, South Asia, the Caribbean, and beyond. The diverse collection spans the ages, including philosophers such as Anton Wilhelm Amo, W.E.B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon, as well as those alive and still teaching: Gayatri Spivak, bell hooks and Achille Mbembe. Succinct biographies are accompanied by characterful black and white portraits of each individual philosopher. Adriaan van Dis about the book: 'An inspiring introduction that makes your world bigger and frees you from the stuffy western – and sometimes overly white – thinking'.