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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field.

African Studies Centre Oxford University

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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Africa. In every Faculty and Division across the University there are active research programmes focused on the continent. The African Studies Centre, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Africa. Alongside the vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc in African Studies, inaugurated in 2006, is already recognised as Europe's most prestigious and successful training programme in its field.

    The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar

    The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar

    In this seminar we hosted Antonia Witt of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. Their lecture is titled The African Union and Post-Coup Intervention in Madagascar.

    • 44 min
    The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands

    The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands

    In this seminar we hosted David Anderson of Warwick University as he presented on "The Dead Speak: Identity, Autochthony and the Occult in Kenya’s Western Highlands".

    • 53 min
    Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs

    Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs

    In this seminar we hosted Professor Francis Nyamnjoh as he presented his lecture titled Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs.

    • 34 min
    The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution

    The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution

    In this seminar we hosted Jennifer Riggan as she gave a lecture entitled: The Intimate State: Teachers as Fault Line Between Repression and Revolution

    • 52 min
    An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War (Book Presentation and Discussion)

    An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War (Book Presentation and Discussion)

    In this podcast we hear from Selina Molteno, Publisher, Oxford & Robin Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford, as they discuss their lecture titled An Expatriate Family in the Nigerian Civil War.

    • 40 min
    Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa

    Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa

    In this seminar, Rogers Orock (University of Witwatersrand) and Peter Geschiere (University of Amsterdam) jointly provide a lecture titled: Anusocratie? Freemasonry, Sexual Transgression and Illicit Enrichment in Postcolonial Africa.

    • 57 min

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