News & Events

By hosting African Philosophy Month, the ASCL provides a platform for exchange, reflection, and critical debate, connecting scholars, students, and the wider public with African thinkers and their contributions to worldwide discussions. A host of activities will take place, from seminars to book launches to the Stephen Ellis Debate.

The wars in Eastern Congo and Sudan get little media attention, even though the latter is described as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. On 9 October, the ASCL will organise a panel discussion to discuss the obstacles and possible ways to increase media attention.

In our latest Library Highlight the spotlight is turned on These letters end in tears. This debut novel of Cameroonian writer Musih Tedji Xaviere, tells the love story of two women. The Highlight sheds light on LGBTQ+ life in Cameroon, and the country’s publishing industry.

The Kapsiki of Cameroon know him as Zra Kangacé, for others he is Wouter van Beek. From 1972 onwards Van Beek, retired research fellow at the ASCL, has done anthropological fieldwork among the Kapsiki and Higi (North Cameroon/North-Eastern Nigeria). Recently, Van Beek received a very special gift.

To protest the discontinuation of the research master's programme African Studies, as well as celebrate its intellectual strength, a team of alumni has produced an edited volume showcasing excellent research master theses. The book will be launched on 11 September. 

PhD candidate Carlien Donkor has won a grant from the British Museum’s Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP). She receives the grant for her project that documents the traditional stilt construction of the Nzulezo Community in Ghana.