Congrats to the African Studies grads!

Graduation ceremonies for the master and research master students of African Studies took place in the last two weeks. Eighteen master students graduated; the topics of their  theses ranged from political youth movements in Uganda to bus transport in South Africa.

Four research master students graduated. To mention a few examples: in her thesis Manon Schouten deals with the significance of the pre-colonial timeframe 1840-1890 for Namibia's past and present; Daan Sanderse deals with the causes of the Marinid decline in what today are called Morocco and Algeria. And the thesis of Mia Yang (who unfortunately couldn't be present at the graduation ceremony) focuses on Chinese contractors navigating an 'unfamiliar' environment in Senegal.

Not only master students graduated, also students from the bachelor's programme African Languages and Cultures got their degree. Their theses deal with the contribution of performance poetry to gender equality in Ghana, and the curriculum in Ugandan lower primary schools. One of the bachelor students who graduated, Eva Mud, will continue to work in the research project Voice4Thought of Prof. Mirjam de Bruijn. As Prof. De Bruijn said: 'We are very glad to welcome the new Africanists!'