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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 21h

📢 Last chance to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026! Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? 🏆 €500 prize 📚 Publication by Brill 🎓 Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa 📅 Deadline: 30 September ℹ️ buff.ly/UOANokZ

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 Just 2 days left to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026! Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? 🏆 €500 prize 📚 Publication by Brill 🎓 Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa 📅 Deadline: 30 September ℹ️ buff.ly/UOANokZ

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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗪𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿-𝗘𝗹 𝗡𝗶ñ𝗼, 𝗯𝗲𝘇𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗹𝗽 & 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻? Op 12 okt bespreekt Tanja Hendriks @ascleiden.bsky.social & @fggaleiden.bsky.social de complexe relatie tussen rampenbestrijding, klimaatadaptatie, de rol van de staat en mondiale stabiliteit.🔻

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El Niño & Europa: hoe een klimaatschok grenzen overschrijdt

Wat heeft een mogelijke Super-El Niño te maken met humanitaire hulp, Malawi en Europa? Dr. Tanja Hendriks laat in dit Actualiteitencollege zien hoe klimaatschokken, armoede en internationale politieke...

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📢 Just 3 days left to submit your thesis for the Africa Thesis Award 2026! Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? 🏆 €500 prize 📚 Publication by Brill 🎓 Open to theses from universities in the Netherlands or Africa 📅 Deadline: 30 September ℹ️ buff.ly/UOANokZ

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

➡️ Carlien Donkor made a visit to Nzulezo #Ghana, documenting the Indigenous craft of stilt construction unique to the community of Nzulezo, that live on the water. ✍️ Read her blog: buff.ly/0FBci1P ✍️ Register for her workshop on Saturday 26/9 during the Day of Languages & Cultures: buff.ly/c0BSe7S

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📢 Call for Papers: Meat and Mining How can we rethink mining history by placing animals at the centre of analysis? 🐄🐟⛏️ 📍 Leiden, 1–4 Sept 2027 📝 Abstracts (max. 500 words) + short CV due 𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 More info: buff.ly/VQkS9hQ

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NABC celebrated its 80th anniversary on Friday. ASCL, as its academic and knowledge twin institution, would like to extend its warmest congratulations to the NABC, its team, and its members. Here’s to many more years of promoting equal and reciprocal (business) partnerships on the African Continent!

Opening speech by Managing Director Núria Vlonk‑Cunha Soares

Nazly Abd El Rahman (NABC) and Liesbeth Kanis (ASCL)

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌍 What does the war in Ukraine have to do with Africa? In his latest blog, Tycho van der Hoog explores how the war affects African countries through food, diplomacy and military ties, while also highlighting African efforts to influence the conflict. 👉 Read full blog (in Dutch): buff.ly/e0MZgDu

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

📢 Call for panels: ECAS2027 Panel and roundtable proposals are now open for ECAS2027, taking place from 30 June to 3 July 2027 in Lisbon. Theme: African Prisms 🌍 🗓️ Deadline: 27 September 2026 🔗 More info: buff.ly/wQ7zSWT

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻-𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 A seminar series by the KVBK, the NDA and Leiden University explores the future of African-European security cooperation. 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝟭: 22 September 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: Military cooperation 🕓 16:00 - 18:00 📍Leiden University College

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎓 Who’s behind the essays & theses submitted around the world? On 1 October Prof. Patricia Kingori @ox.ac.uk joins the ASCL to discuss Kenya’s academic ghostwriting industry and what it reveals about inequality, academic integrity & outsourced work. 📍 Leiden + online 🕓 16:00–17:30 🔗 buff.ly/QrRWDqG

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📢 Seminar: Collapse of the Khoe in 18th century Cape Colony? This seminar challenges the idea that Khoe societies “collapsed” under VOC rule, highlighting their role in colonial borders, labour, trade and resistance. 📅 16 Sept 🕒 15:00-17:00 📍 Herta Mohr Building, room 0.31 Link: buff.ly/tKnmIgK

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

👨‍🎓 On 23 September from 1 to 2 pm, Mandipa Ndlovu will defend her dissertation about the structural, symbolic, and affective dimensions of urban disadvantage in Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, at @unileiden.bsky.social. Attend the defence at the Academy Building or online: ➡️ buff.ly/BYrj36j

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🎉 We are pleased to welcome the new students of the Master African Studies! Last week, they were introduced to their studies, had a tour through the African Library and learned more about the Embedded Research Projects. Wishing you the best of luck in your studies! @leidenhumanities.bsky.social

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Did you write an excellent thesis on 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮? Don’t forget to submit it for the 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! The deadline of 30 September is approaching! ➡️ For all criteria and application information, see buff.ly/IZfOVsl

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📢 Applications are open for the LDE-East Africa Research Network Master’s Thesis Lab! Work on real-world challenges in #Nairobi and #Kenya, from clean cooking and urban heat to #climate mobility and #housing. 👥 For MA/MSc students at LDE universities ⏳ Deadline: 4 October Apply: buff.ly/gKCMl4o

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Final call for NVAS Conference: Explorations of Water in Africa! @nvafrikastudies.bsky.social in partnership with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, will organise a conference on the urgent topic of water in Africa. Delft: 11-12 September. Online day: 10 Sept. Register! afrikastudies.nl

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A warm welcome to Aba Amandzewaa Anaman, Head Librarian of the Institute of African Studies Library, University of Ghana. Ms Anaman is a visiting fellow at the African Library, exchanging knowledge on collection development, digitisation, research support, visibility and engaging library users.

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

How do rural households navigate armed conflict, conservation, and land scarcity? Join the ASCL Seminar with An Ansoms on natural resource struggles in North Kivu, eastern DR Congo. 📅 10 Sept 2026 🕓 16:00–17:30 📍 Leiden + online for registered participants Register: buff.ly/K6eNJBM

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🎉 A special visit from Ghana! Professor Abena Busia visited the ASCL and the African Library to honour her father, Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia, a former prime minister of Ghana. Kofi Abrefa was the first to hold the Chair of Sociology and Culture of Africa at the ASC and the ISS in The Hague.

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚨Due to maintenance work, the African Library is closed on Thursday 20 and Friday 21 August. It will reopen during the weekend and from Monday 24 August. The Middle Eastern Library remains accessible via the University Library passage. Apologies for the inconvenience. more info: buff.ly/TNzLYsF

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What does it mean when young people set out for a border carrying absolutely nothing? In a new blog for the ASCL, Chaimaa Radouani reflects on the July 2026 Sebta/Ceuta crossings and what they reveal about the youth's despair, dignity, waithood and wish to leave. Read the blog: buff.ly/Vqaem38

Photo by Chaimaa Radouani. Men sitting on a boat, northern Morocco, August 2024.

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mirjam de Bruijn was recently interviewed in the podcast Achter de Frontlinie about the transformation of Mali. She traces Mali’s transformation from a place of music, research and deep personal ties into a country increasingly shaped by violence and radicalisation. Listen here: buff.ly/7pgboXZ

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Still time to submit your brilliant thesis on Africa! Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Africa Thesis Award 2026 – and win €500 plus publication! ⏳ Deadline: 30 Sept 📍 Details: buff.ly/IYPm8bZ #AfricaThesisAward #AfricaStudies #CallForSubmissions #MasterThesis

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📢 On 23 September, Mandipa Ndlovu will defend her dissertation Myth, Memory, and Political Settlements in the City at Leiden University. Her research examines urban disadvantage, memory, survival, and possible futures in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. 🔗 More info + livestream: buff.ly/99GYQNL

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Registration is open for Beyond the Blue: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Water in Africa, organised by NVAS with IHE Delft. 📅 11-12 Sept 2026 📍 Delft + online ⏳ Register by 1 Sept Register: buff.ly/Zhl5pW7

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Fred van der Kraaij’s new book Liberia in the 19th Century: From American Colony to African Republic has been reviewed in FrontPageAfrica. 🔗 Read the review: buff.ly/lEk5x3O 📕 Read the book Open Access or buy it in the ASCL webshop: buff.ly/3UGF4PV

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

➡️ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: ‘𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜’ This new book by Fred van der Kraaij explores Liberia’s origins, from colonisation by Black American settlers to the first independent African republic. 📕Read Open Access or buy the book: buff.ly/3UGF4PV

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

How do artisanal cobalt mining communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo respond to exploitation, environmental damage, and unequal resource governance? Find out in a new article by PhD candidate Jeleel Abiola Balyaminu and co-authors. 🔗 Read the full article open access: buff.ly/tlILOB2

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What does peace look like when violence has ended, but historical trauma remains? In a new book chapter 'Uneasy Peace', Mandipa Ndlovu explores Bulawayo’s fragile coexistence, shaped by silence, intergenerational trauma and the unresolved legacy of Gukurahundi. 🔗 www.ascleiden.nl/news/uneasy-...

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Call for Papers: Meat and Mining The conference Meat and Mining invites papers on the animals hunted, farmed, transported and killed to feed mineworkers, with animals placed at the centre of the analysis. 📅 Conference: 1–4 Sep 2027 📍 Leiden ⏳ Abstract deadline: 1 Oct 2026 🔗 buff.ly/ckFIovX

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LeidenGlobal @leidenglobal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How can #music serve as an archive? On 9 July @kitlv.bsky.social, the Frequency of Freedom brings together South African practitioners & Dutch-based youth to explore Cape slave memorial traditions through 'Nederlandse liedjies' & the 'Tweede Nuwe Jaar parade' @ascleiden.bsky.social

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Talk & live performance | The Frequency of Freedom: A Capetonian Quintet reintroduces the Holland...

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? Here’s why you should submit it to the Africa Thesis Award 👇 The Africa Thesis Award 2026 is open now – and it could open doors for your future too! 📅 Deadline 30 September 2026 ℹ️ www.ascleiden.nl/content/afri...

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How do sign languages emerge, spread, and change? Join the kick-off symposium for the Vici project 'Through the Hands of Signers' featuring a keynote by Dr. Sam Lutalo-Kiingi (Kampala). 📍 Lipsius 0.11 🕘 09:00–18:00 📅 10 July 2026 🕘 09:00–18:00 📍 Lipsius, room 0.11, Leiden 🔗 buff.ly/jN24WhM

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Wat leert voetbal ons over Afrika? De Africast onderzoekt het. In de nieuwste WK-aflevering van De Africast bespreken Jos Hummelen en Mustapha Esadik de paradox van het Senegalese voetbal. Met een column van Cheikh Niang. Beluister de aflevering hier of sla hem op voor later. 👉 pod.link/1553857543

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

📢 South Africa witnesses nationwide anti-immigration protests, demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals. Beneath their grievances lies a dangerous political habit of turning migrants into convenient scapegoats, writes Tinashe Chimbidzikai. Blog: 🔗 ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...

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Beyond 'illegal foreigners': Why South Africa must rethink migration, legality and belonging | African Studies Centre Leiden

South Africa witnesses nationwide anti-immigration protests led by the group March and March, demanding the deportation of undocumented foreign nationals. Framed as a campaign to defend jobs,…

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the ELIAS (European Librarians in African Studies) 2026 meeting in Leiden. Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to making this a memorable day! #AfricanLibrary #ELIAS2026 #AfricanStudies 👉️ www.ascleiden.nl/news/elias-m...

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Join us for a seminar by Professor Sonwabile Mnwana, who examines how the rapid expansion of platinum mining in rural South Africa is reshaping land, livelihoods, and local politics. 📅 25 June 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 📍 Herta Mohr Building 💻 buff.ly/MFMwU44

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Join us for a seminar by Neil Maheve, who explores life in Kanyemba, northern Zimbabwe, where people live alongside elephants, lions, buffalos, and hippos not by choice but through kugarisana (living together, enduring together). 📅 25 June 2026 🕐 13:00–15:00 📍Herta Mohr Building 🔗 buff.ly/2kkPKPp

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Join us on 24 June for a seminar by Dr. Hubert Amu, who will present findings from a continent-wide systematic review examining the health impacts of climate change and ecosystem degradation across Africa. 📅 24 June 2026 🕒 15:30–17:00 CEST 📍 Herta Mohr Building + online 🔗 buff.ly/7nBab5g

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Join us for the conference Trade, Tariffs, and Development in Africa to discuss the continent's place in a changing global trading system and the impact of trade policy on development. 📅 18–19 June 2026 📍 Herta Mohr Building, Leiden, The Netherlands 🔗 buff.ly/voZok75 📸: Markus Winkler on Unsplash

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Join us for the launch of Orchards of Privilege: Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700–2023, by Robert Ross, Professor Emeritus of African History at Leiden University. 📅 11 June 2026 🕒 15:00–17:00 📍 Herta Mohr Building, Leiden University + online 🔗 buff.ly/qaGhDAF

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Did you write a master’s thesis on Africa? Here’s why you should submit it to the Africa Thesis Award! ✔️ Have your work published by Brill ✔️ Win € 500 ✔️ Boost your research career 🗓️ Deadline: 30 September 2026 ℹ️ All submission details: buff.ly/iYlZuCh

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis and Rashida Adum-Atta, who successfully defended their PhD dissertations on 2 June at @unileiden.bsky.social. Read the feature story in Mare about this remarkable day! buff.ly/wJwQouD (in Dutch) #Ghana #ReligiousCoexistence

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

How do global power shifts affect workers’ lives? Join visiting fellow Robel Mulat Asmammaw for a seminar on labour, development, and geopolitics in Ethiopia’s Hawassa Special Economic Zone. 📅 10 June, 13:30–15:00 📍 Leiden University 💻 buff.ly/YTKMgOI #Ethiopia #ChinaAfricaRelations 📸 Ermias Abebe

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Leiden University will host 3 consecutive PhD defences connected to the Madina Project. The dissertations by Martin Luther Darko, Kauthar Khamis, and Rashida Adum-Atta each explore forms of religious coexistence in Madina, Accra (Ghana), focusing on healthcare, beauty practices, and food exchange.

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African Studies Centre Leiden @ascleiden.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🌟 On the occasion of Jon Abbink's emeritus status, the volume 'Ethnography, History, and the Politics of Knowledge in Africa' has been created in his honour. The Festschrift celebrates Abbink's wide-ranging career covering culture and politics in Ethiopia and Africa in general. 1/2

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