Regreso al futuro. Cultura y desarrollo en África - Antonio Santamaría y Jorge García Burgos (coords.) (2013)

Regreso al futuro.
Cultura y desarrollo en África
Antonio Santamaría y Jorge García Burgos (coords.)PVP: 18 euros (IVA incluido)
280 páginas
Formato: 13,5x21 cm
ISBN: 978-84-8319-821-6
Ref: 1CM442

mayo 2013

Los países africanos no se han visto afectados por la Gran Recesión —contagiados por los problemas de los países desarrollados—, sino que, al contrario, gozan de un periodo de expansión económica debido al auge del comercio con los países emergentes (BRICS), con los que han equilibrado la vieja tradición comercial que les vincula a sus antiguas metrópolis. Desde principios del milenio se vive una euforia social en el continente que obedece a una cierta mejora de la situación política y económica. No obstante, y observando el proceso con rigor, quizá existan más motivos de preocupación que de euforia: el temor de que no se aproveche bien la bonanza económica para promover un desarrollo sostenible y vuelvan a repetirse los errores del pasado que caracterizaron los ciclos de expansión y recesión de los años sesenta y noventa. Los africanos deben repensar un modelo de desarrollo que no se importe desde Europa, sino que siente sus bases en los saberes, prácticas y necesidades domésticas, que supere los errores del poder político y revitalice valores de la identidad africana como el respeto a la diversidad y a la naturaleza.

http://www.catarata.org/libro/mostrar/id/851

Afrol News - Ethiopia plans Africa's biggest dam

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Ethiopia
Economy - Development | Society
Ethiopia plans Africa's biggest dam

Projected: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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afrol News / Africa Renewal, 5 November - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.

Dubbed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, it will be Africa's biggest dam and will depend on water from the 6,700-km Nile River, the world's longest river.

But Ethiopia must first resolve matters with Egypt, which, along with Sudan, claims the rights to the river following a 1929 agreement. That agreement excluded other countries along the Nile River trajectory, such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Egypt fears that the dam will suck up water flows to the country and severely affect its domestic consumption.

About 86% of the Nile River's water actually originates from Ethiopia, a point the country is underscoring to press its case. In addition, it says that independent experts believe the dam will not affect water flows to Egypt. "There should not be any concerns about a diminished water flow," Alemayehu Tegenu, Ethiopia's minister of water and energy, told international media.

Such assurances have not calmed Egypt's fears. In early June, then-president Mohammed Morsi directed his foreign and irrigation ministers to get more information from Ethiopia on the dam's impact on water supply to Egypt. Although President Morsi took a cautious approach, some Egyptian politicians were demanding a stronger response.

Many observers, however, believe that the countries will find a compromise point that will allow Ethiopia to complete the project by July 2017 and also ensure that there is no impact on water flows to Egypt's population.

Egypt also recently launched a water transportation route that will connect it with nine other East African countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

Managing trans-boundary water resources is not always a complicated matter.

Since 1994, for example, Angola, Botswana, and Namibia have successfully managed water supplies from the 1,100-km Okavango River that runs through all three countries. They signed an agreement to coordinate water sharing and sustainable use, and even set up the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission to monitor the agreement.

Water is a huge issue in Africa. Up to 300 million Africans still don't have access to safe drinking water, according to the World Bank. The UN in 2010 declared access to clean water a fundamental human right. Drought in the horn of Africa has caused thousands of deaths, killing 260,000 people in Somalia alone from 2010 to 2012, according to the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network, which provides information on food insecurity.

African countries are making mixed progress towards the Millennium Development Goal drinking water global target, which is to halve by 2015 the number of people without access to clean water.

While North Africa has attained up to 92 percent water coverage, sub-Saharan Africa has only managed 63 percent, states the 2013 Millennium Development Goals report. The report adds that in sub-Saharan Africa improvements have mainly been in the urban areas, while in the rural areas about 40 percent of households still don't have access to safe water.

With 2013 declared by the UN as the International Year of Water Cooperation, African governments, development agencies, citizens and others will have to formulate and implement policies to ensure efficient water management.

By Pavithra Rao

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Afrol News - "Cutting aid to Malawi over corruption will endanger lives"

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Malawi
Economy - Development | Politics
"Cutting aid to Malawi over corruption will endanger lives"

Charles Mkula is General Secretary of the Journalists Union of Malawi (JUMA)

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afrol News, 15 October - As Malawi faces its worst-ever corruption scandals, donors are now freezing their aid. But Charles Mkula, head of Malawi's journalists, told afrol News that this will only victimise the extremely poor country and create political chaos.

"I understand that all our development partners have policies of zero-tolerance for corruption," Mr Mkula said, but he also pointed to the fact that hospitals are running out of drugs and that 1.6 million Malawians may soon face hunger, according to international reports.

The European Union (EU) and several other major donors to Malawi have frozen their budget aid to the Southern African country after rampant corruption in government offices was disclosed by journalists organised in Mkula's journalist union JUMA. But this aid makes up 40 percent of the Malawian budget, and among other things goes to finance the country's health and education sector.

Malawians are shaken by the enormous range of the corruption scandal in government offices. "Recent media reports indicate that there is a syndicate of both senior and junior civil servants who have connived to misappropriate large sums of public funds, which have been stashed away in homes, cars, graves as well as being laundered in form of housing properties and vehicles," Mr Mkula sums up.

"An example is the police arrest of an accounts assistant who was caught with US$ 2.7 million. Another is that of a principal accountant, who was arrested with $1,200 in his vehicle boot while trying to remove the money from his Capital Hill office with a further $25,000 found in his house. The Anti Corruption Bureau also arrested two officers with dubious government contract payments amounting to $7 million in goods and services that were not supplied. Police also arrested eight police officers for stealing $164,000," Mr Mkula explains.

But corruption is nothing new at all in Malawi, with the two last presidents of the country being accused of accumulating US$ 300 million and 1.7 million, respectively. So afrol News asks Mr Mkula why Malawians are so upset by the disclosures this time.

"Since 2011, the country has experienced a steep rising cost of living buttressed by high taxes and municipal rates that do not match service delivery, a situation which has exerted extra frustrations against the public service. It is even hard to imagine the increased national budget, whose 40 percent is donor funded," the country's chief journalist points out.

President Banda struggles to take control
Late last week, President Joyce Banda sacked her entire government and asked for international assistance to clean up the mess left by corrupt officials. Ms Banda insisted she had inherited corrupt structures from her predecessor, President Bingu wa Mutharika, who died suddenly early last year.

"President Banda has in my opinion been slow to act after the first cases of corruption began to emerge," Mr Mkulu tells afrol News. "However, it could be argued that she was trying to find her feet in the whole situation, as shown by her unwavering command to set the wheels of justice in motion by ordering the arrests of all suspects involved and the dissolving of her cabinet of ministers, some of whom are alleged to be involved in the plunder," he adds.

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Most Malawians depend on foreign aid for health services

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e relatively new president, who faces election next year, is in a difficult position as she has yet to build a proper power base in her own party and gain the trust of Malawians. "I do not think that President Banda has the credibility and confidence of the Malawian people [to handle the corruption crisis], though I know for sure that she is willing to get to the bottom of the problem," Mr Mkula comments.

"With the popular belief that the corrupt practices involves top politicians in her cabinet and political party, the Peoples Party (PP), she has to wade carefully since some of those politicians being mentioned are people with a lot of political experience and any move on them can either break or make her political aspirations as well as those of her party," Malawi's chief journalist comments. "She needs to be careful," he adds.

But President Banda "has the powers and means to address corruption in Malawi," he insists, listing a multitude of state organs that enjoy popular confidence. Offers of support have also come from London.

Aid cuts could provoke humanitarian crisis
Shortly after President Banda announced the sacking of her government, two of Malawi's main donors, the EU and Norway, announced they would freeze budget support to the country. This could have devastating effect on the humanitarian situation in Malawi, the poorest country in the Southern African region.

"It is a very unfortunate situation, considering that most of the budget support by the donors is meant to assist in the health, water and sanitation, environment, education and agricultural sectors, with agriculture forming the back bone of the country's economy," Mr Mkula comments.

He adds that a new report from the US agency FEWS has indicated that about 1.6 million people in the country soon may face hunger and starvation due to poor harvests. Further, Mr Mkula warns, "most hospitals do not have adequate drugs, while people are experiencing poor sanitation with poor access to clean and portable water, while a high percentage of the masses remain illiterate."

While the Malawian journalist leader says he understands donors' policies of zero-tolerance for corruption, he now fears that the humanitarian situation will be even worse in Malawi. Mr Mkula points to "the suffering of Malawians" last time aid was cut, under President Mutharika.

"The suspension of development aid to Malawi would largely hinder economic growth and poverty reduction," Mr Mkula warns. He also fears that these economic problems can create further financial and political fuzz in the country, with the opposition already favouring the aid withholding out of opportunistic reasons.

"I do not agree with those who are in favour of the aid withholding," Mr Mkula tells afrol News. That would only be "promoting a de-campaign against the government and paralysing it through inability to perform some of its core functions," he warns. "However, in the long run it will be the common person who will be at the receiving end," he concludes.

By staff writer

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Fundación Sur África - Un enlace siempre recomendado

 


Bienvenidos
al primer Portal del Conocimiento sobre África, que desde 2005 es desarrollado y gestionado desde la Fundación SUR. El Portal del Conocimiento sobre África es una herramienta al servicio de todos aquellos que trabajan en el desarrollo del continente africano, con el fin de interconectar y gestionar todo el conocimiento sobre África, desde el más alto nivel académico, pasando por las noticias de actualidad, hasta la opinión de destacados representantes sociales, así como fomentar la aparición de nueva información.
La Fundación Sur es el máximo referente sobre África en España y una de las Instituciones de investigación, sensibilización, desarrollo y documentación más destacadas a nivel internacional. Entráis en una escuela de conocimiento, comprensión y aprecio de África. Nuestro objetivo es informar y educar en todas aquellas áreas que conciernen al continente africano: sociedad, política, economía, geografía, historia, arte, cultura, religión, filosofía, lingüística, ciencia, tecnología, etc.
Durante los últimos años el objetivo de informar y documentar sobre África se ha inclinado hacia la consolidación de un foro de encuentro abierto a cuantos desean conocer o profundizar en la cultura, valores y problemática del continente africano.
Desde el Departamento África de la Fundación SUR invitamos a la sociedad a participar en el desarrollo y la renovación mundial sobre la base de la diversidad cultural, eliminando prejuicios al reconocer la dignidad de las sociedades de los países del Sur, permitiendo así su Desarrollo económico y social. Nos interesa, no sólo la información, sino la difusión cultural y social, con actividades programadas que fomenten el intercambio con la mayor objetividad posible sobre los acontecimientos africanos.
Esperamos que el paseo por estas páginas sea de vuestro agrado y poder saludaros próximamente en el Centro.

Departamento África de la Fundación SUR

Manual para Juezas y Jueces sobre la Protección de los Derechos de las Campesinas y Campesinos

Es hora de hacer justicia a las mujeres y hombres que producen nuestros alimentos:

Lanzamiento del Manual para Juezas y Jueces sobre la Protección de los Derechos de las Campesinas y Campesinos

Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Santiago de Chile, Heidelberg, 10 de diciembre de 2013

En ocasión del Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, la Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC)- La Vía Campesina, la Oficina para América Latina de la Coalición Internacional para el Hábitat (HIC-AL), FIAN Internacional y la Red Iberoamericana de Jueces (REDIJ) se complacen en lanzar el Manual para Juezas y Jueces sobre la Protección de los Derechos de las Campesinas y Campesinos.

El Manual –que ha implicado un amplio trabajo de investigación de más de dos años en el que han participado representantes del Colectivo de Estudios Críticos en Derecho (Colectivo Radar) y en el que se analizan 25 casos provenientes de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala y México además de decisiones del Sistema Interamericano-  constituye un esfuerzo novedoso que pretende contribuir a una mayor protección y realización de los derechos humanos de las campesinas y campesinos en América Latina. Además de ilustrar las principales problemáticas agrarias que se presentan en la región, su objetivo principal es el de poner a disposición de las y los jueces latinoamericanos (pero también de académicos/as, activistas y movimientos) un material que les sirva como fuente de información y reflexión cuando deban decidir casos relativos a conflictos jurídicos en los cuales se ven involucrados campesinos y campesinas. De esta forma, esta publicación espera visibilizar en el mundo de los operadores de justicia las características especiales que presentan las campesinas y campesinos como sujetos de derecho; y superar los paradigmas jurídicos impuestos que frecuentemente ignoran la realidad rural y los modos de vida que allí se desarrollan. 

“La publicación pretende ofrecer a las y los operadores del derecho una justificación teórica y jurídica (a partir del derecho comparado) para la protección de los derechos de las y los campesinos, así como presentar casos modelo que puedan orientarles sobre cómo decidir en conflictos jurídicos similares que afecten tales derechos”, señala Maria Silvia Emanuelli, que ha coordinado el Manual junto con Rodrigo Gutiérrez. “Además, presenta algunos desarrollos del derecho común latinoamericano e identifica, en cada caso analizado, la legislación nacional, regional y en ocasiones también internacional empleada por el o la jueza para que puedan ser retomados por sus colegas”, agrega.

“Creemos, sin lugar a dudas, que este libro contribuye a hacer justicia a las mujeres y hombres que han desarrollado la más antigua profesión de la historia de los pueblos: la tarea central y estratégica, impostergable, de producir alimentos. Este libro-manual nos describe, nos relata, nos contiene, nos pone en el lugar que hemos decidido estar en la historia: Sujetos creadores de alimentos, de festividad, de arte, de culturas del trabajo comunitario y colectivo” afirma Angel Strappazzon, representante de la CLOC. Y añade: “Hacía falta un manual así que desenmascare en el derecho y las ciencias jurídicas  las brutales miserias que nos rodean y que pretenden detener la vida en un estado injusto de cosas y clases”.

Las organizaciones impulsoras de este Manual buscan también contribuir con este trabajo al proceso de elaboración de la Declaración de Naciones Unidas sobre  los Derechos de las Campesinas y Campesinos y otras personas que trabajan en áreas rurales que se desarrolla actualmente en el seno del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU. Se espera que dicha Declaración pueda convertirse en un instrumento jurídico útil para la lucha por la soberanía alimentaria y el buen vivir  en concordancia con la madre tierra. 

El Manual para Juezas y Jueces sobre la Protección de los Derechos de las Campesinas y Campesinos se puede descargar de:  http://hic-al.org/noticias.cfm?noticia=1469&id_categoria=8

Informaciones de contacto:

Daniel Urrutia Laubreaux, Coordinador, REDIJ, Santiago de Chile, e-mail: rediberoamericanadejueces@gmail.com, tel. 0056 982495314;  Maria Silvia Emanuelli, HIC-AL, Ciudad de México, e-mail: hic-al@hic-al.org, tel. 0052 (55) 55 12 67 26; Sofia Monsalve, FIAN Internacional, e-mail: monsalve@fian.org, tel. 0049 6221 6530051; Diego Montón y Deolinda Carrizo, Secretaría de la CLOC, Argentina, e-mail: diegomonton@gmail.com y deosumaj@gmail.com, tel. 0054  261 155615062

Especial Nelson Mandela - Casa África

Homenaje ciudadano a Nelson Mandela en Casa África este lunes 9 de diciembre de 19.00 a 22.00 horas Casa África abrirá las puertas de su sede de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria a toda la ciudadanía el próximo lunes, 9 de diciembre, para rendir un homenaje ciudadano a Nelson Mandela, fallecido la noche de este pasado jueves en Johannesburgo a los 95 años de edad. Los asistentes podrán firmar un libro de condolencias que será remitido a la Embajada de Sudáfrica en España, encender una vela, escribir en cintas de colores sus mensajes sobre Madiba o incluso transcribir sus citas más célebres. Además, tendrá lugar una lectura de textos selectos del líder sudafricano. Será este lunes, 9 de diciembre, entre las 19.00 y las 22.00 horas. Con motivo de la muerte de Madiba, Casa África ha publicado el Especial Nelson Mandela en su portal web como tributo al político y premio Nobel de la Paz sudafricano. Se trata de una sección dedicada a la figura, trayectoria y legado del líder e incluye una biografía en profundidad, sus mejores citas y frases, el contenido del fondo de la mediateca Casa África relacionado con él y con multitud de recursos en Internet sobre su persona. Se incluyen una serie de artículos exclusivos, firmados por el periodista José Naranjo, en los que se hace un repaso al concepto Ubuntu, las mujeres de la vida de Mandela, sus hogares, sus compañeros en la lucha anti-apartheid o las películas que han tratado sobre él. Se ha publicado también el artículo del escritor Johari Gautier Carmona 'Gracias Mandela'. Mediante el hashtag #SiempreMandela, Casa África anima a todos los ciudadanos a enviar sus mensajes de reconocimiento y homenaje a través de las redes sociales, que serán trasladados a Sudáfrica desde su embajada en España.

Seminario de AFRICAInEs - Granada 13 de diciembre de 2013

Rift Valley Institute Update December 2013

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Curso-taller de Elaboración de Diagnósticos participativos en Granada - Enero 2014

Public lecture 11 December: Land conflicts and state formation in Africa. Theoretical reflections with Ugandan illustrations

Diamantes negros - Premio Cine Español 2013 Festival de Málaga

Diamantes Negros, primera película española que destapa el escándalo de aquellos que se aprovechan del futbol para traficar con menores.

Esta película ya ha movilizado más de 90.000 personas en contra del tráfico de menores en el fútbol a través de la plataforma change.org, encabezada por Alassane Diakite, joven futbolista malines cuya historia personal es también la historia de Diamantes Negros

Premio del Público en la pasada edición del

Festival de Málaga. Cine Español 2013, comenzando con una espectacular trayectoria en festivales internacionales

La película cuenta con la colaboración del programa GloVal Respect del Valencia CF, cuyo compromiso a favor de la infancia, del deporte limpio y la protección de los menores, coinciden con la misión de Diamantes Negros. 

El próximo viernes 29 de noviembre tendrá lugar el estreno en salas de DIAMANTES NEGROS, película dirigida por Miguel Alcantud y protagonizada por Hamidou Samake, Setigui Diallo, Carlo D’Ursi. Cuenta con la participación especial de Guillermo Toledo y Carlos Bardem.

Es muy importante que la película tenga visibilidad y llegue al mayor número de personas posible.

Os agradecemos el interés mostrado y esperamos de corazón que os guste la película y que queráis uniros a nuestra causa.

¡Muchísimas gracias por todo!

Centre of African Studies E-Newsletter October 2013

Events at the Centre Governance for Development in Africa Initiative - Residential School 2014   CAS in association with the University of Mauritius' Business School and with the support from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation is organizing the next Residential School on 'Governance and Development in Africa' in March 2014 in Mauritius. The residential school is for 20 participants who are policy makers,  academics, researchers or civil society representatives from any African  country who will gain, through this training, new ideas and knowledge on  the broad issue of governance and development. We welcome applications  from a wide range of backgrounds. Deadline for applications: 15 December 2013  Find out more    Africa Seminar Series ‘Senegal’s Art Today: An increasing diversity of practice', by Salimata Diop Monday 2nd December 2013, 5pm – 7pm, Room 4429, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS Art consultant and curator Salimata Diop will introduce the audience to the fast changing landscape of Senegalese art, including recent reforms in the Dak’Art Biennale management and vision and several audacious initiatives led by artists and their supporters. She will take the audience on a virtual tour around the practices of the most dynamic Senegalese artists. Find out more       Book Launch: Gbagba by Robtel Neajai Pailey Monday 9th December, 5.30pm- 7pm, Room 4429, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS CAS hosts the London launch of Gbagba - an anti-corruption primer for children by Mo Ibrahim Foundation PhD Scholar and Liberian writer Robtel Neajai Pailey. Find out more Climate Change in northern Tanzania Thursday 30th January 2014, 6pm – 8pm, Room 116, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS A presentation by geographer Ben Wisner, who has worked on disaster response and mitigation for more than 30 years. He is a leading member of the Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction a coalition of NGOs and other organisations in low and medium income countries. In Tanzania he is involved in a project to evaluate the impact of climate change in the Kilimanjaro and Pare areas. In association with the Britain Tanzania society Find out more CAS Seminar Series on Eritrea - with Dan Connell Monday 3rd February 2014, 5pm – 7pm, Room 4429, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS Find out more  - with Dr Gaim Kibreab In collaboration with Justice Africa Monday 17th February 2014, 5pm – 7pm, Room 4429, Russell Square College Buildings, SOAS Find out more  Film Series: History on Film (2nd edition): Slavery and the African Diaspora from a Global Perspective Thursday 20th 2014, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS Dr Marie Rodet (SOAS) screens her film The Diambourou: Slavery and Emancipation in Kayes (Mali) and welcomes keynote speaker Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) Find out more Thursday 27th February Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS A screening of Voices of the Afro-Sri Lankans and keynote speech by Shihan de Silva (Institute of Commonwealth Studies) Find out more  Leventis Post Doctoral Fellows Seminars:   Continuity and Change in Contemporary Hausa Lyrical Performances Through the prism of Islam and the politics of cultural production in northern Nigeria Abubakar Liman TIME & LOCATION CHANGE: Wednesday 4th December  in B101 (Brunei Gallery Building) Find out more Africa Business Group Series ABG Seminar: The Extraction of Africa - is Talk Enough? Monday 27th January 2013; 12 - 2 pm, Room 116 Emma Vickers & George Boden (Global Witness) Chair: Dr Jonathan Di John (SOAS) Emma Vickers, a Sudan specialist, and  George Boden, expert on oil governance in Uganda, will discuss their findings, frustrations and fears from two countries at different points on the extraction journey and so explore many of the broader issues around extraction in East Africa - corruption risks, managing huge revenue streams with low government capacity, community consultation and  environmental considerations.   Free to members of the Africa Business Group Find out more    Other CAS events   BCA Flagship Workshop Event Sourcing talent for business in Africa’s emerging markets Thursday 28th November, 6pm - 9pm, Stephenson Harwood, 1 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M Clare Reilly (Africa Diageo), Frances Mensah Williams (Interims for Development & ReConnect Africa), Karl Craven (Spiral HR Global Solutions)   BCA is delighted to host a panel discussion with leading industry experts on sourcing talent for business in Africa’s emerging markets. The Diaspora are a key part of the solution to the talent issues facing Africa’s emerging markets, with many willing to move back home for the right opportunity. A key source of talent, they have the skills and expertise both on a local and international level and there is a growing trend of professionals and graduates returning to play a part in Africa’s growth story. How can companies access, attract and retain the best talent in Africa and from the Diaspora?   Free to members of the Africa Business Group Find out more        Maaza Mengiste talk - Reflections on Writing Fiction from History Friday 6th December 2013, 5.30-7pm, Room G3, Russell Square College  Buildings, SOAS Ethiopian author of Beneath the Lion’s Gaze discusses her award-winning novel which was selected by The Guardian as one of the 10 best contemporary African books, and gives a preview of her next work. Find out more   Film Screening - 'Heaven and Earth': Church Education and Monastic Culture in Ethiopia Followed by Q&A with the director Mackonen Michael Tuesday 28th January at 7pm - Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS Tickets - £7 (£5 students) Find out more  For more events, click here to check the CAS website Other SOAS events ‘Brain circulation: Exploring direct and indirect contributions to the homeland by the UK-based Somali diaspora’ Thursday 28th November 2013, 7pm – 8.30pm,  Room G3, Main Building, SOAS Dr Laura Hammond (Head of Development Studies at SOAS), Frantz Celestin (IOM Somalia), and Dr Muna Elmi (Worldwide Somali Students and Professionals) As the future of the current system of Somali remittances is called into question by UK banking regulations, now is a pertinent time to consider alternative ways that the diaspora community can contribute to the Somali economy through the transfer of knowledge and skills. Organised in association with the Bloomsbury Somali Studies Group, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Somali Heritage Academic Network (SHAN) Ltd All welcome but space are limited. Please RSVP tobssg.events@gmail.com Find out more Prof Richard Reid Inaugural Lecture: The Trouble with African Past Wednesday 4th December 2013, 6.30pm – 9pm, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS The significance of precolonial History has declined markedly in the public and professional eyes of the people of sub-Saharan Africa over the last forty years. History has been demonised – depicted as a deeply dangerous and as the source of savagery and instability – or portrayed as irrelevant when set alongside the needs of economic modernisation and development. This lecture explores this trend in the context of Uganda, chosen for its particularly rich oral and literary heritage and its complex and troubled twentieth century. Prof. Richard Reid will consider the role of History in a modern African society vis-à-vis the developmental agendas and notions of economic growth against which African ‘progress’ and prospects for ‘stability’ are currently measured. Find out more African History Seminar: ‘Forced African Migration and East India Company Records: Resistance and Freedom’ Shihan de Silva, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Wednesday  4th December, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, FG01, Faber Building This paper explores a part of the easterly slave trade and its consequences in the Indian Ocean World.  Through ship records, the way that the slave trade was conducted in the Indian Ocean and how slaves resisted captivity will be studied.   East India Company factory records at Sumatra enable us to ascertain the varied origins of the slaves (Madagascar, Mozambique, Angola, Nias and Batta), gender composition of the slaves, the extent to which the identity of the slaves was maintained after displacement, how they were rewarded for their labour, and how they reacted to freedom after emancipation.  African History Seminar: 'Bitten by Dog': Flogging and the Perversion of Justice in 1930s Kenya Corrie Decker, UC Davis 11 December 2013, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, FG01, Faber Building This paper is a close reading of a 1934 case from Kenya in which a European settler woman was charged with the murder of a Pokot man who she suspected of stealing. De Silva argues that the white male jury, predisposed to view the woman as a potential victim of 'black peril,' was instead swayed by the testimony of the African witnesses. This case provides some insight into how Africans used the colonial courts to shift public opinion against corporal punishment Find out more  More events Events and seminars in the UK Oxford Centre of African Studies Seminars The African Studies Centre organises a lively programme of seminars, workshops and international conferences. At least three research seminars on Africa meet each week during Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity Terms: African Studies Seminars African History and Politics Seminars South Africa Discussion Group   We host a variety of annual events including: Oxford Africa Annual Lecture Researching Africa Day Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture at Rhodes House   Next year there will be a special conference focussing on 20 Years of South African Democracy. Podcasts of past seminars and events hosted by the African Studies Centre are available both on the Oxford University Podcasts Website and on iTuneU.   Cambridge Centre of African Studies Seminars The Centre's weekly seminar series features the work of prominent academics. Speakers aim to interest a wide audience, and the general The next African Studies Seminar Series will start in October 2013.   Find full listings  Leeds Centre of African Studies Seminars   Theology and Religious Studies Symposium: farewell to Kevin Ward - Dynamics of Religion and Sexuality in Contemporary Africa   23rd January 2014 Find full listings London School of Economics Sierra Leone Research Community Roundtable Event - From Peacebuilding towards Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Sierra Leone’s Future  Friday 6th December at 2.30pm, New Academic Building: Alumni Theatre, London School of Economics Find out more  King's College London Africa Research Group Evening Seminars, Department of War Studies Wednesdays, 5.30 - 7pm, K6.07, 6th Floor, King's Building, Strand Campus, King's College London   Next Seminar: 'China's Role in African Security' - Dr Chris Alden, LSE, Wednesday 27th November Find out more Birkbeck College Africa Research Network (AfNet) Seminar: ‘Reflections from the Field’ Wednesday 27th November, 5.30pm – 7pm, Room 114 Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, Birkbeck College Panelists:  Rachel Deacon (LSE, Department of Social Policy), ThienVinh Nguyen (UCL, Department of Geography), Robtel Neajai Pailey (SOAS, Department of Development Studies), Naomi Roux (Birkbeck College, Department of History of Art) Royal African Society events Next event: Afro-Disco featuring Afrobeat Rhythm King Tony Allen Saturday 30th November, 8pm - 1am, Rich Mix London, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA Find out more about upcoming events     Britain-Tanzania society: Find out more about the society events Anglo-Ethiopian society Find out more about the society events Chatham House Find out more about upcoming event Art, Film & Theatre Hassan Musa: Contemporary Calligraphy 21st November – 21st December 2013, Gallery of African Art (GAFRA), W1S, London, United Kingdom GAFRA presents Contemporary Calligraphy, a solo exhibition of works by Hassan Musa, curated by art historian and lecturer Elsbeth Court. Find out more  Guest Projects Africa Submissions for 2014 now open Yinka Shonibare's Guest Projects Africa creates a platform for artists of African origin from all artistic disciplines. The opportunity offers access to a free space creating a platform for exciting group projects. Projects run yearly from February to October with winning proposals allocated a specific month at the Hackney Guest Projects Space.  Find out more Watch Africa Film Festival 20th November – 7th December 2013, Cardiff, Wales Watch-Africa is proud to present the first African Film Festival in Wales. With 11 feature Long Films, 4 Short Films with Q&A’s, workshops and master-classes, all within 8 days. The festival will bring African culture and flare through films, discussions and workshops from leading experts in the film industry. Find out more   4th UK Portuguese Film Festival 27th November - 8th December, London Utopia – 4th UK Portuguese Film Festival will showcase an exciting mixture of contemporary films and a one-off special archive session. With the Portuguese language as a common base, the theme for the 2013 international programme is “Film, Memory and Landscape”, featuring films from across the Lusophone world. Find out more Screening of Beyond Forgiving: A South African Story Tuesday 3rd December 2013, 8pm, Bloomsbury Baptist Church Screening of this award-winning documentary about reconciliation in South Africa, organised by Initiatives of Change.   Find out more   Screening of Namibian Short Films Thursday 12th December at 7.30pm, Harecourt (United Reformed Church), 120 St Paul's Road, Highbury, London N1 2LR The rare chance to see short films by Namibian film-makers Perivi Katjavivi, Tim Huebschle, Oshosheni Hiveluah & Joel Haikali. Followed by a Q&A with cineaste, curator, film critic and director of AfricAvenir Windhoek Hans-Christian Mahnke. Free – booking recommended Click here to book Find out more   Dream Nation launches 'Tangle Company' Dream Nation launchesTangle Company, a resident ensemble of artists who have been cherry-picked from the best of England’s African-Caribbean black British theatre talent. The aim is for Tangle Company to be important opportunity for artists to work together to collaborate, develop new stage material and hone their craft, taking inspiring performances to parts of the UK where there is limited opportunity to access such work at first hand. Find out more Conferences in the UK & Abroad Callaloo First Annual Conference 27th - 30th  November 2013, Pembroke College, Oxford University This conference advances and challenges the newest theoretical scholarship emerging from the interdisciplinary fields of U.S.A.-derived Diaspora Studies and British-derived Trans-Atlantic Studies, as these fields have diverged and converged in relation to the idea of Africa. 'The Trans-Atlantic, the Diaspora, and Africa' also showcases African Diasporan creative writers, established and emerging, from Africa, the Caribbean, the UK, and the USA for readings in Oxford and London. Find out more AfriCAN Climate Knowledge Sharing Workshop and Award Ceremony 28th November 2013, ICRAF (World Agroforestry Center), Nairobi, Kenya This one day event will showcase and share examples of integrated approaches of climate change adaptation and mitigation, as practiced in Africa. There will be discussion about how knowledge platforms help African farmers and residents to better adopt climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies. Find out more BIEA Seminar - Embers Of Empire: Towards A World History Of End Of Britain Friday 6th December 2013, 10.30am, British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi Professor Stuart Ward & Christian Damm Pedersen, University of Copenhagen Chair: Professor Ambreena Manji, British Institute in Eastern Africa Find out more TEDx Euston Saturday 7th December, The Mermaid Conference & Events Centre, London TEDx Euston aims to reflect ideas and inspired thinking of a new generation of African thinkers and leaders, presenting to an audience committed to engaging and re-engaging in an active and meaningful manner with the continent. Includes presentations from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Nigeria), Herman Mashaba (South Africa), Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya), Nkwo Onwuka (Nigeria), Sada Mire (Somalia) Redi Tlhabi (South Africa). Find out more The Lagos Dialogues 2013 12th – 15th December, Lagos, Nigeria Bringing together scholars and creative professionals from Africa for this international conference and dialogue on buildings, culture, and the built environment in Africa. Hosted by the organisation ArchiAfrika, based in Ghana, with support from organisations and institutions throughout Africa, and across the world. Its main aim is to provide a venue and forum for discussion, debate and academic discourse on emerging themes related to the African City and the built environment on the continent. Find out more  Exhibition by Trevor Marchard, SOAS - Mud Masons of Mali Natural History Museum in Washington D.C,. open until April 2014. The exhibition is curated by Mary Jo Arnoldi and Trevor H J Marchand, and it features a new documentary film, Masons of Djenne, 2013, 22 minutes. Directed by Trevor H J Marchand, executive producer Mary Jo Arnoldi, videographer Pete Durgerian. Find out more Call for papers:  GAPSYM7: Africa and Food: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities Food and Africa, Africa and Food – to many in the West these two terms are closely linked, though only on a very superficial level: Africa is either associated with a lack of food and famine, or with gastronomy and the cultivation of exotic fruits. By organizing an international conference on Africa and Food, the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association will look beyond such superficial connotations. Its aim is to contribute to the scholarly debate in which food is not only seen in terms of problematic situations in Africa, but also and primarily in terms of new challenges and opportunities that have emerged in the area. Deadline for abstracts: 6th December 2013. Find out more Southern Africa City Studies Conference 2014 27th – 29th March 2014, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa As a partnership between the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES) in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Witwatersrand and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town, the conference offers an exciting platform for Southern African scholarship on cities. Enquiries should be submitted to sacitystudies2014@wits.ac.za Find out more Call for Papers: LSE Africa Summit - Emerging trends in African Entrepreneurship 4th- 5th April 2014, London School of Economics The inaugural LSE Africa Summit will be held on 4th - 5th April 2014 as part of a broader set of initiatives hosted by the Department of International Development, LSE. It aims to engage the university with Africa through a wide range of partnerships, programmes and activities. The two-day Summit, comprising a Business Conference (4th April 2014) and a Research Conference (5th April 2014) is aimed at creating a platform for Africans and non-Africans to capture, discuss and add value to the changes and opportunities that are emerging in Africa. Deadline for full papers: 10th December 2013 Find out more Call for Papers: AEGIS Thematic Conference - ‘Africa in the Global South: biographies of mobility and aspirations of success’ 15th -17th  May 2014 Frankfurt, Germany South-south connections between Africa and other regions of what has come to be known as the Global South have existed for centuries, but, since the end of the Cold War, new patterns of interaction have emerged. As many recent studies evidenced, in fact, countries such as China, India and Brazil play today a highly influential role in defining emerging political, economic and cultural scenarios throughout the African continent. However, beyond the macro-narratives about new forms of south-south political and economic engagement that this geopolitical landscape has generated, a much less investigated universe of interactions, transactions and movements of people, objects, stories and ideas successfully proliferates. Find out more Call for Papers: Scientific Council for The Problems of Economic, Social, Political & Cultural Development of African Countries 27th – 30th May 2014, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Find out more Call for Panels and Papers: ASAUK Biennial Conference 2014 9th – 11th September 2014, University of Sussex While we are not attempting to give the conference an overarching 'theme', we would encourage individuals, journals, centres and networks to offer a single or series of panels on particular topics so that there can be sequential debate through the conference. Find out more Call for Abstracts: Africa and/in the Age of Festivalization A symposium organized by Lindiwe Dovey and Carli Coetzee (SOAS) as part of the ASAUK Biennial Conference 2014. Panelists from and/or working across varied disciplines (Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Film Studies, History, Literary Studies, Postcolonial Studies etc.) are encouraged to submit abstracts. Click here to download full symposium details (.doc 14KB) Call for Panels and Papers: 12th North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa (NEWSA) 17th – 19th October 2014, California State University, San Bernardino, Vermont, USA We encourage scholars from all disciplines who are currently working on southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to submit proposals. Drawing on the successful precedents of the former Southern African Research Program at Yale and the Canadian Research Consortium on Southern Africa, this program is designed to give southern Africanists the opportunity for close and intensive discussion of work across a wide variety of scholarly fields. Deadline for abstracts: 31st March 2014 Find out more  Call for Papers: Journal of Southern African Studies 1st Biennial Conference: Southern Africa beyond the West: Political, Economic & Cultural Relationships with the BRICS & the Global South 7th-10th August 2015, Livingstone, Zambia The primary aim of the conference will be to consider Southern Africa’s place in a future world in which the influence of Western powers is in relative decline. To this end it will focus on social, political and cultural aspects of the region’s relationships with other regions, including the Lusophone world, China, India, Russia and their spheres of influence, as well as examples of South-South linkages, recognising at the outset that what are presented as new linkages have a long history. Deadline for paper proposals:  1st August 2014 Final paper deadline: 1st May 2015 Queries to Lyn Schumaker: lynschumaker@yahoo.co.uk Call for Panels & Papers: National Conference of the South African Association of Political Studies -  South Africa’s democracy at 20: Diagnosis and Prognosis September 2014, Pretoria, South Africa An opportunity for the broad political science community in South Africa to focus its attention on analyzing the political dynamics and trends in South Africa, comparing it with similar cases, providing explanations and identifying trends, to test theoretical premises and look for opportunities of conceptualizing specific aspects of South African politics or engaging in different forms of theory building and teaching and learning in Political Science. Deadline for proposals: 15 January 2014 Find out more  Menu CAS Events SOAS Events Events & Seminars in the UK Art, Film & Theatre Events Conferences in the UK & Abroad Funding Opportunities & Prizes Contact   Funding Leventis Nigerian Post-Doctoral Fellowship in London The Centre of African Studies of the University of London invites applications from Nigerian academics to take part in a scheme of collaborative research funded by the Leventis Foundation. PLEASE NOTE: Leventis co-operation programme applicants must be Nigerian nationals residing in Nigeria. Next deadline: 31 May 2014 Leventis Fellowship Further details Mo Ibrahim Foundation Governance for Development in Africa Initiative (GDAI) The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the Centre of African studies, in partnership with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has launched a new initiative that aim to build skills, develop talent, and enable Africans to improve the quality of governance in their countries. The programme has four strands: PhD Scholarships at SOAS. Next deadline to apply 30 April  2014 MSc Scholarships at SOAS. Next deadline to apply April 30 2014 Residential Schools in Africa. Next deadline to apply 01 December 2013. Governance conversations to be streamed to PCs and other media in Africa.Click here for more information. GDAI Further Details NEWS: One of our Mo Ibrahim Foundation PhD scholars, Ms Robtel Pailey,has been recognised in the 2013 “99 Under 33” - an international list of the most influential foreign policy leaders under the age of 33. The prestigious award was launched in 2011 in the US by global affairs magazine Diplomatic Courier and Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, an organisation helping to foster the next generation of foreign policy leaders. Find out more Collaborations The Centre of African Studies collaborates with the following institutions: Aegis Africa Confidential African Foundation for Development(AFFORD) Anglo-Ethiopian Society Britain-Tanzania Society Business Council for Africa Cycle Africa Film Africa LIDC Mo Ibrahim Foundation Royal African Society Projects The Centre of African studies is currently working in partnership with AFFORD (Africa Foundation for Development) on the Africa-UK project funded by Comic relief to enhance the impact of the African Diaspora in International Development. The aim and outcome of the project for CAS is to map .... Contact Angelica Baschiera ab17@soas.ac.uk Manager Caitlin Pearson cp40@soas.ac.uk Executive Officer Tel +44 (0) 7898 4370   Follow CAS on Facebook Follow CAS on Twitter Funding Opportunities & Prizes Governance for Development in Africa Initiative (GDiA) at SOAS PhD Scholarships Next deadline to apply: 30th April 2014 Find out more  MSc Scholarships Next deadline to apply: 30th April 2014 Find out more Residential School in Africa (Mauritius) Next deadline to apply: 15th December 2013 Find out more Leventis Nigerian Post-Doctoral Fellowship at SOAS   The Centre of African Studies of the University of London invites applications from Nigerian academics to take part in a scheme of collaborative research funded by the Leventis Foundation. PLEASE NOTE: Leventis co-operation programme applicants must be Nigerian nationals residing in Nigeria. Next deadline to apply: 31 May 2014 Find out more     The Culture of Resistance Scholarships at SOAS A new set of MSc/MA scholarhips are now available for students from DRC, Somalia, Sudan, Sierra Leone (as well as Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza and Burma) to pursue study at SOAS. To request an application visitwww.soas.ac.uk/scholarships Other SOAS Scholarships On the SOAS Scholarship website you can also find information about other scholarships specifically for African students: The Canon Collins Scholarships at SOAS.  There are two scholarships available available in 2013-14 for study at SOAS. These scholarships are for Masters study in any subject field. Open a national of and resident in one of the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The application process normally opens in December and closes in February, for study commencing in September the following year. Please go to the Canon Collins website and click "Apply for A Scholarship" and then "Canon Collins Scholarship for Masters Study in the UK" for further information on how to apply.   Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (for students from African Commonwealth countries) Ferguson Scholarships (for African nationals from an African Country) Standard Chartered Scholarships (for a range of full-time Taught Masters programmes. The programmes relate to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East/NorthAfrica Find out more   ASAUK Teaching Fellowship Scheme, 2014 ASAUK is offering a £9,000 grant to support a teaching fellowship in the Social Sciences or Humanities for a UK-based academic to work in an African university. ASAUK is looking for applications from early career academics who have finished doctoral degrees on African topics in British universities since 2009. The award is open to applicants of any nationality who have graduated from a British university. The award is designed to cover 3-4 months’ subsistence with additional travel expenses provided for one international airfare Deadline for applications: 31st March 2014 Find out more   University of Sussex Funding Opportunities Post-Doctoral Professor Clionadh Raleigh, University of Sussex, is looking for a 2-year postdoctoral fellow to work on the spatial and temporal dynamics of conflict, with a focus on Africa. A key component of this work is to examine disaggregated data and create innovative methods to discern subnational patterns in conflict incidence, type and impacts.  PhD The ERC funded ‘Geographies of Political Violence Project’ is recruiting two PhD students to begin in 2014. Each studentship includes a tax-free maintenance bursary of £16000 per year for three years, plus a waiver of UK/EU fees for 3.5 years for one student.  Contact  Prof. Clionadh Raleigh at C.Raleigh@sussex.ac.uk Click here to download application information (.doc 17KB) W. E. B. Research Institute Fellowships, Harvard University Started in 1975 as the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the Institute has annually appointed scholars who conduct individual research for a period of one to two semesters in a wide variety of fields related to African and African American Studies. Fellows work in a range of fields and interests, including art and art history, Afro-Latin American research, design and the history of design, education, hiphop, African studies, the African diaspora, African American studies, literature, and creative writing. Deadline for applications: 8th December 2013 Find out more Audrey Richards prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies The Audrey Richards Prize is awarded biennially for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies which has been successfully examined in a United Kingdom institute of higher education during the two calendar years immediately preceding the ASAUK Biennial Conference. The 2012/ 2013 prize will be for theses examined between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2013. Nominations must be made by supervisors or examiners, with the permission of the candidate, by 31st March 2014 Find out more

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