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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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When China Met Africa film screening
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When China Met Africa is a 74 minute film in Chinese with English subtitles. It will be screened at 5.30 on Wednesday, December 2nd, in The Auditorium, China in the World Building 188, Fellows Lane, ANU. Fellows Lane is behind the Law Building, enter near the bridge.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Beyongo Dynamic, a political scientist focused on Sino-African trade and investment, who has just returned from fieldwork in Zambia.
To download the poster, see
https://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/asiapacificscreens/s4/when_china_met_africa/aps_1202_when_china_met_africa.pdf
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BETWEEN THE PLOUGH AND THE PICK
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From Margaret O’Callaghan (Crawford School, ANU)
In November, 2015, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific through the Crawford School’s Resources Environment and Development Program, hosted an international conference on informal (or artisanal) mining in the contemporary world as part of two ARC research grant funded projects. The primary purpose was to engage with the scholarly understanding of contemporary agrarian transition, the political ecology of mineral extraction and other related aspects. Dozens of participants came from all over the world and discussed their research into the nature and dimensions of this form of mining. African countries rated a number of mentions and Kenyan Catherine Ngonze who has just joined the UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support in Belgium, spoke about the African Mining Vision and related matters. She noted how Africa’s strong economic growth, infrastructure boom and rapid urbanization have been driving a demand for construction materials and other relatively low value materials, but which nethertheless have great employment creation value and helps to stimulate intra-Africa trade. She has also been working on a project with women miners, including in Zambia.
The conference program also included a keynote presentation on wealth creation in Africa by Professor Gavin Hilson, and two papers on Ghana, one by Ms Elizabeth Koomson and the other by Professor Petra Tschakert
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Three African Events in Melbourne, October 28th-30th
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The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
AFSAAP will hold its 38th annual conference at the Deakin University campus at 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne, from October 28-30, 2015. Wednesday 28th will be the Postgraduates Day.
The main conference will be held on the Thursday and Friday. Contributors from the ANU will include Cristina Kenny, Ibi Losoncz, Nicola Pijovic and David Lucas together with Nawal El-Gack from the University of Canberra.
The conference program is now up on the website https://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-2015/
DFAT’s Matthew Neuhaus will be a guest speaker at this conference and also at the AAA conference (see below).
Doing Business in Africa: Linking Education with African Opportunity
The Africa Australia Association is hosting a conference on the above theme at Victoria University on October 29th and 30th. Haileluel Gebre-Selassie is the Conference Chair. See https://www.africalink.org.au
The Zimbabwe Information Centre is hosting a reception with Senator Sekai Holland to raise funds for the Zimbabwe National Peace Trust.
The reception will be held at 6:30pm Wednesday 28 October at
Maurice Blackburn, Level 10,
456 Lonsdale St MelbourneEntry $50 (concession $25). Suggested donation
$50 (tax-deductible)Bookings are essential: www.trybooking.com/JIYO
Senator Sekai Holland met her husband at the ANU.
She holds many awards including French Légion d’Honneur 2011,
and the Sydney Peace Prize 2012.