STREAM: Gender and Sexuality
Within African Studies, the concepts of “gender” and “sexuality” have followed complex and sometimes contradictory trajectories that are only partially …
STREAM: Women and the Environment in the African Arts
Cultural concepts, attitudes and behavioural patterns are embedded in African arts. In African philosophy, the earth takes on feminine attributes. …
STREAM: Navigating and Negotiating Marriage
Convened by: Benjamin Lawrance ( University of Arizona), Kate Skinner (University of Birmingham) This stream focuses on the ways in …
STREAM: Slavery and Marriage in African Societies
Stream organisers: Benedetta Rossi (University of Birmingham, UK) and Joel Quirk (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa). In what ways have …
African Critical Inquiry Programme Announces 2017 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award
The African Critical Inquiry Programme has named Eric Sunu Doe as recipient of the 2017 Ivan Karp Doctoral Research Award. …
STREAM: Text, paratext and context in African autobiographical narratives.
Always straddling and dismantling the boundaries between truthfulness and imagination, between memory, concealment and referentiality, between psychology, history, geography and …
STREAM: The Environment in Contemporary African Literature, Film, Music and Art
Recently through international news media millions of viewers have become witnesses to eco-catastrophes ranging from typhoons, landslides, floods, wildfires and …
STREAM: Precarious prospects: corridors, grabs and extractions at the pastoral margins
Photo credit: Evans Otieno (evanstieno@gmail.com); http://www.startuplions.org/?page_id=34 This stream invites contributions on the drivers, implications and outcomes of large-scale investments in infrastructure, …
STREAM: The Politics of Development in Africa
This stream invites papers and panels which explore the impact of politics – broadly defined – on, and in, African …
STREAM: Lagos Studies Association
Established in 2017, the Lagos Studies Association is an international, interdisciplinary organization of academic and non-academic practitioners whose interest focus …
