Guinean Coup/African Authors

 

Guinean Coup

The piece by Ernest Akuamoah (ANU School of Politics and International Relations)  on the Guinean coup is available at  https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-coup-in-guinea-causes-and-consequences/ 

African Writers 

On October 7th The Economist reported that Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian writer based in Britain, had been awarded the Nobel prize in Literature for 2021 for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”. 

Also mentioned was Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, ‘a hero of the decolonisation movement across the world and a longtime Nobel favourite’.

Obviously two authors whose works should be discussed at the ANU. 

Justice and Peace Zoom 9/10/21

 

Received from African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific <afsaapaustralia@gmail.com>

‘Please join us for the next AFSAAP Drop-In Meeting on the 9th October at 2PM AEST on the subject of Justice and Peace! The meeting will be introduced and hosted by Professor Helen Ware of the University of New England (UNE). The goal is to build a group within AFSAAP who can discuss developments in this area of work.

If you have an interest in this area, have worked in post-conflict societies in the past, or would like to know more, please come along. Please share with any colleagues who might like to join us (members or not).’

Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87963437558?pwd=T2t2djlFcmpuQ003b3ZQeTNld2MzZz09

Meeting ID: 879 6343 7558
Passcode: 868501