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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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ANU African Studies Network
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August Meeting, Friday 25th, 5.30-6.30 pm
Building 146, RSSS, Room 1.21, Lectorial Room 1
From Anu Adeyemi
‘Once again, I like to extend an invitation to you for the August Meeting of the ANU African Studies Network.
At this meeting, there will be a handing over to the new Executive Team (see below), Also, we would be ideating on the 2023 forthcoming ANU African Studies Workshop/Conference and the structure of the AASN moving forward.
Please feel free to send this invitation to others and come along with interested persons.’
NEW EXECUTIVE
African Studies Network held its July meeting on Friday, July 28, 2023, at the Research School of Social Sciences.
The meeting was attended by PhD scholars and academics engaged in African Studies at the ANU.
During this meeting, a new leadership was nominated and selected including the following persons:
1. Iddrisu Bukari – Co-convenor
2. Rita Agha – Co-convenor
3. Iko-Ojo Simon – Media Representative
4. Joel Odota – Media Representative
5. Yangtze Yang – Media Representative
6. Hilda Agyekum – Representative – ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
7. Nawiene David Chutab – Representative – ANU College of Business and Economics
8. Wonder Agbemavi – Representative – ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences”
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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