Month: April 2017
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Democracy in Africa: past, present and future
Speaker: Ambassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis Date & time Wednesday 12 April 2017 12.30pm–1.30pm Brindabella Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU “.. this lecture will discuss the basic causes of the democratic deficit in Africa today and its prospects. The discourse will focus on the concept of self-determination as a political right…
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Veteran Africanist Vet Wins Mitchell Award
Focusing on what is important This post is based on extracts from a transcript of the address given by Robyn Alders upon her acceptance of the inaugural Mitchell Humanitarian Award at the 2017 Australasian Aid Conference. The full text of Robyn’s speech is on the Devpolicyblog of 24 February, 2017. See also https://devpolicy.org/australian-veterinarian-robyn-alders-wins-inaugural-mitchell-humanitarian-award-20170216/ “About a month ago, I was sitting…
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AFSAAP Annual Conference 2017
The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) is a national network of academics, students, consultants, activists, diplomats, artists, community leaders, and others who share a mutual interest in the promotion of African Studies in Australasia and the Pacific region. AFSAAP was founded in 1978 and this will be the association’s 40th Annual…