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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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Aspen Medical Group in Somalia
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Bruce Armstrong, the CEO of Canberra-based Aspen Medical Group, paid a visit to their team in Somalia last week. The team is being led by Dr Hiram Muriuki, MBChB, MBA.
The team provides critical health services to the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS).
UNSOS is providing support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the Somali Federal Security Institutions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-armstrong-79003a4/?trk=mention-text
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AIDS Research and Therapy
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Co-author Wonder Agbemavi, a member of the ANU’s School of Demography, has provided details of a recent publication:
Okyere et al. AIDS Research and Therapy (2023) 20:40
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00537-9
Open Access
‘Utilisation of traditional healers among older
people living with HIV in South Africa: a WHO
SAGE well-being of older people study’
Joshua Okyere, Castro Ayebeng, Bernard Afriyie Owusu,
Wonder Agbemavi, Joseph Kwarteng Amoako, and Kwamena Sekyi Dickson
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ANU African Studies Network, Friday, 28 July meeting
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From Anu Adeyemi, Co-Comvenor , ANUASN
Dear All,
Please be reminded that the ANU African Studies Network holds its July Meeting tomorrow (Friday 28 July) at 5:30pm.
The venue for this meeting remains the same – RSSS Room 2.56. If you have difficulties accessing the building please phone co-convenor Ernest Akuamoah on 0499347397.
Our Agenda in this meeting is as follows:
1. Briefing on meeting with Vice Chancellor by Audrey Kalindi
2. Grant Updates and African Studies Workshop 2023
3. ANUSA – Correspondence and future ANUSA relations.
4. Nomination and Selection of Personnel –
a. Convenor
b. Co-convenor
c. Media Representative
d. College Representatives
Also, please note that the ASN has a web blog and we would be delighted to post recent papers on this web blog. If you have published papers on Africa and you would like them posted here, kindly email david.lucas@anu.edu.au