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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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HIGH COMMISSIONER TO MAURITIUS
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The Foreign Minister has announced the appointment of Ms Jenny Dee as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Mauritius with non-resident accreditation to Comoros, Madagascar and Seychelles.
Ms Dee is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and was most recently Director, External Budget Section. Her overseas experience includes a posting in Harare.
“Australia works closely with Mauritius and its island neighbours on maritime security, economic growth and sustainable development, including through the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), and the newly established Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub.”
https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170626.aspx
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Photography and Image Art in Ghana
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CU?IOUS FILMS
A series presented by The ANU Visual Anthropology ForumA lunchtime screening of
“Future Remembrance”
A film by Tobias Wendl & Nancy du PlessisSubtitled “Photography and Image Art in Ghana,” Future Remembrance is a delightful documentary film about photography in a small Ghanaian fishing town. We learn about local photography from the photographers themselves, who take us into their studios and describe their work. “Beauty is our business.… If you don’t photograph yourself, when you have died, you have died forever. Nobody remembers you, nobody knows you. You are doing it for future remembrance.” During the course of the film we are introduced to other image arts such as advertising signs, funerary sculpture, and spectacularly-made coffins.
Thursday 11 May 2017
12:00 – 1:00
The Theatrette
Sir Roland Wilson Building
McCoy Circuit
ANUFeel free to bring your lunch!
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Democracy in Africa: past, present and future
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Speaker: Ambassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis
Date & time
Wednesday 12 April 201712.30pm–1.30pmBrindabella 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 of: one, a nation to independence; two, a people to a government of their choice; and three, diverse groups to autonomy in the management of their day-to-day affairs.”
“Ambassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is President of Eri-Platform, an international civic association promoting inclusive dialogue on vital national, regional and international issues impacting Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. He has served in many roles, including as a Member of Parliament, ambassador to the EU, and Commissioner for Coordination with the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia. His recent book is Eritrea at a Crossroads: A Narrative of Triumph, Betrayal and Hope.
See: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/9315/democracy-africa-past-present-and-future?utm_source=Devpolicy&utm_campaign=90219da947-Devpolicy+News+March+24+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_082b498f84-90219da947-250032321