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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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52 books in 52 Days
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Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 December, 2022, political correspondent David Crowe describes how he read 52 books from 52 countries in 52 days, including these five African books which remind us of the wealth of African literature were:
Dream in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Tihiong about Kenya under British Rule
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah about ‘an ugly period of colonial Tanzania’
The Return by Hishman Matar about Libya
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Brathwaite about a sociopath in Lagos
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz, set in Cairo in World War I
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ANU African Studies Workshop 9 December
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With thanks to David Mickler
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Friends of Kahungwe Association
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Friends of Kahungwe Association
invites you to a fundraising
Christmas Dinner for Kahungwe
Friday 9th December 2022 at 7pm
Spanish Club, Narrabundah, ACTA night of delicious Indonesian food, plus live music from Zambezi Sounds and Chicharrita
Funds raised will go towards education for children in Kahungwe, Zimbabwe
If you cannot attend, but would like to contribute, you can make a donation at friendsofkahungwe.org.au