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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.

  • Panellists for Tonight’s Discussion on Elections in Africa:

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    David William Lucas

    5pm tonight, Friday 14th October

    Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building 146. Room 2.56

    Panel Discussion: Elections in Africa: A Necessary Evil?
    Panelists
    • Dr. Babatunde Obamamoye is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Relations,
    Australian National University and a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University.
    • Daniel Mugadziwa is an MPhil Candidate at Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. His research merges climate change, energy and just transition, and is currently exploring sustainable pathways through which the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Southern Africa can achieve just energy transitions, using Mozambique and Zambia as case studies.
    • Anu Ayedemi is an aspiring legal scholar, with great interest in how international economic law can ensure the development of Africa, and how African states can utilise the sociocultural understanding of their environment to transform their laws into tools for
    development and progress. Mr. Ayedemi is currently completing his Master of International Law and Diplomacy at ANU.
    Moderator
    • Ernest Akuamoah is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) at ANU. His research examines the impact of leader characteristics and personal backgrounds on electoral violence.

  • Panel on Elections in Africa

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    Ernest Akuamoah  ( Ernest.Akuamoah@anu.edu.au ) has sent a reminder about the panel on Elections in Africa: A Necessary Evil?
    Date: Friday 14th, 2022
    Venue: Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS) Building 146. Room 2.56
    Time: 5-6pm. There will be light refreshment.

    ‘While elections have become regular events in almost all African countries, the processes are often marred by fraud and/or violence. What accounts for this? Is election enough for Africa’s democracy? What can be done to consolidate the democratic gains? Does the ‘judicialization’ of presidential elections promote democracy or deepen polarization? Is it a deliberate strategy of losers to gain some concessions from winners? Does Africa need its own type of ‘democracy’? Come join our panellists as they discuss these questions and more.’



  • Of Non-native Cultivation: The Indigenization of the Arabic language in Nigerian Arabic Novels

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    The Majlis at the ANU: A cross-disciplinary roundtable on historical and contemporary issues across North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia

    Fri 21 Oct 2022, 1–2pm (AEDT, UTC+11), Online via Zoom
    The use of indigenized Arabic forms a collective identity for the Nigerian writers of Arabic to distinguish their literary outputs from other Arabic literary productions…

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