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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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Georgia Troup on the Habitat Use of African Elephants
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Georgia Troup’s 2021 thesis is entitled
Understanding the influence of nutritional drivers on the habitat use of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) living in a semi-arid, anthropogenic landscape.
She concludes that her ‘Results also highlight the success of Rukinga in providing a safe refuge for elephants when travelling outside the national parks and into areas of human disturbance. Ultimately, the findings of this thesis highlight how the habitat use of elephants in Tsavo is influenced by nutritional drivers, specifically protein.’
For more details see
https://library.anu.edu.au/search~S1?/Ygeorgia+troup&Submit=GO&SORT=D/Ygeorgia+troup&Submit=GO&SORT=D&search=georgia+troup&SUBKEY=georgia+troup/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=Ygeorgia+troup&Submit=GO&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C
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Fenner School Project: Transforming irrigation in southern Africa
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‘Transforming irrigation in southern Africa’ , a project at the Fenner School, is described at https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/research/projects/transforming-irrigation-southern-africa
The Fenner School has advised that it has ‘received funding for an extension to June 2023, the aim of which is:
By June 2023, we propose to evaluate the extent to which gains comprising increased production, reduced irrigation, increased resilience, and reduced emissions are “climate smart ”, in the face of high climate variability, by evaluating and quantifying the climate change adaptation benefits from irrigation improvements (institutional, technical and non-technical) promoted by the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa (TISA) project.
We will receive $600,000 from the Australian Government from ACIAR / DFAT, our focal countries in SSA remain the same i.e. Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. ‘
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ANU Recent Publications on Africa
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ANU Recent Publications on Africa Draft 5/4/2022
ANU School of Political Science and International Relations
Ernest Akuamoah, 2020. ‘Democratic Governance and Political Development in Africa’, Australasian Review of African Studies, 2020, 41(1), 9–30
https://doi.org/10.22160/22035184/ARAS-2020-41-1/9-30
Ernest Akuamoah, 2021. ‘The Coup in Guinea: Causes and Consequences’, Australian Outlook, 30 September, Australian Institute of International affairs,Atem Atem, Jennifer Balint, Denise Cauchi, Shyama Fuad (forthcoming). ‘Diaspora Peacebuilding through Inter-ethnic Harmony: The South Sudanese and Sri Lankan Diasporas in Australia.” In Understanding Diaspora Development: Lessons from Australia and the Pacific. Edited by Melissa Phillips and Louise Olliff. Palgrave Macmillan, (forthcoming).
ANU RSSS Demography
Houle, B, Yu, S, Angotti, N et al 2020, ‘Clusters of HIV risk and protective sexual behaviors in Agincourt, Rural South Africa; Findings from the Ha Nakekela population-based study of ages 15 and older’, Archives of Sexual Behavior, vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 2057-2068.
Gomez-Olive, F, Houle, B, Rosenberg, M et al. 2020, ‘HIV Incidence among older adults in a rural South African Setting: 2010-2015’, J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. 18-22.
Redinger, S, Pearson, R, Houle, B et al. 2020, ‘Antenatal depression and anxiety across pregnancy in urban South Africa’, Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 277, pp. 296-305.
Ben Brinkmann, Justine Davies, Collin Payne et al. (2021) Impairment in activities of daily living and unmet need for care among older adults: a population-based study from Burkina Faso. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. Online.
Fred J Barker, Justine Davies, Collin Payne et al. (2021) Developing and evaluating a frailty index for older South Africans – findings from the HAALSI study. Age and Ageing, online 1-7.Alisha Wade, Collin Payne (2021). Multimorbidity and mortality in an older rural black South African population cohort with high prevalence of HIV findings from the HAALSI study, BMJ Open, 11, 1-9.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
McConnell, B 2020, Music, Health, and Power: Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia, Routledge, New York.
Sanfilippo, K, McConnell, B, Cornelius, V et al. 2020, ‘Community psychosocial music intervention (CHIME) to reduce antenatal common mental disorder symptoms in The Gambia: a feasibility trial’, BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. e040287.
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/publications/154551
Abraham, I & Liu, S 2020, ‘Middle-Class Anxiety and Moderate Prosperity: South Africa and China in Comparative Perspective’, Australasian Review of African Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 5-26.
FENNER SCHOOL
Bjornlund, H, van Rooyen, A, Pittock, J et al. 2020, ‘Institutional innovation and smart water management technologies in small-scale irrigation schemes in southern Africa’, Water International.CAP
Babatunde F. Obamamoye, 2020. Trans-state security complexes and security governance in West Africa, African Security Review, Volume 29, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2020.1777175