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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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The Australasian Review of African Studies 2021
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The Australasian Review of African Studies aims to contribute to a better understanding of Africa in Australasia and the Pacific. It is published by The African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific.
Volume 42, Number 1, June 2021 is available at https://afsaap.org.au/resources/publication/aras/
and contains the following:
Promoting and monitoring antimicrobial stewardship using veterinary vocational schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Diafuka Saila-Ngita, Victor Ndadi Nkuembe, Jérémie Kimbuku
Mavata & Brigitte Bagnol, pp 4-22
Nigerian Colonial Investments, the Crown Agents and the Transfer of Capital to Britain and its Dominions
Dave Dorward pp 23-50
Evwie Kola Nut and its Socio-Religious Values among Idjerhe People of Nigeria
Peter O. O. Uttuh pp 51-63
Mental Health Data A Case for the African Communities in New South Wales
Daniel Kwai Apat & Wellington Digwa, pp 64-80
Book Review: Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Property, Institutions, and Social
Stratification in Africa
Adam Sneyd pp 81-83
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Australian Aid to Africa
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Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies has published
“What parliamentarians think about Australia’s post-COVID-19 aid program: The emerging ‘cautious consensus’ in Australian aid”
Benjamin Day, Tamas Wells
First published: 01 November 2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.338https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app5.338?utm_source=Devpolicy&utm_campaign=9f657373ee-Devpolicy+News+Dec+15+2017_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_082b498f84-9f657373ee-250032321
Wiley also recommends other articles on aid to Africa at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3542
Although the Day and Wells article is of general interest, Africa gets only a couple of mentions:
page 7. Under the Abbott Government, ‘The geographic orientation of the aid program also shifted—towards the Pacific and away from Asia and especially Africa. ‘
Page 10. “Political and economic stability in the region was also a particular concern for many, who rec-
ognised Australia’s ‘special role … in relation to the Pacific’ (Int 8, Liberal). ‘In relation to aid and development, the vulnerabilities of the Pacific are there’, reflected one Labor MP (Int 2), noting the Pacific is ‘on trend to be the least developed part of the world on the human development index—worse than Africa, sub-Saharan Africa”
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AFSAAP Annual General Meeting by Zoom – Nov 27th, 2-4pm
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Received from afsaapaustralia@gmail.com
“AFSAAP Annual General Meeting – Nov 27th, 2-4pm
We would like to announce that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP) will be held on the 27th of November from 2-4PM. AFSAAP is the oldest African studies association in Australia, which has been running since 1978. It is funded by member subscriptions rather than money from outside interests and its main focus is the study of Africa across all academic areas. We welcome new members, new chapters focused on specific discipline areas and those whose work considers developments in Africa as a substantive or partial focus.
The meeting on the 27th will set strategy for the forthcoming year and elect members of the African Studies Executive.
Please note that you will need to be an AFSAAP member to nominate and/or vote at the AGM. You’ll find that our annual membership rates are very reasonably priced (AUD 50 for students, AUD 100 for regular members) so as to encourage participation. Please join or renew your membership here https://afsaap.org.au/join-us/
The positions open for nominations include:
• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• ARAS Editor
• Postgraduate Representative
• Ordinary Member
Nominations for these positions must be sent to the Secretariat by the 21st of November.
In addition to these positions, we propose to amend the constitution in order to expand the executive by creating up to three additional roles – an Associate Editor and up to two additional Postgraduate Representatives. We encourage you to email the Secretariat by the 21st of November to express your interest in these positions.
The Annual General Meeting will be held online via Zoom. You can attend by using the details below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86812468786?pwd=ZWtLdnVxMzJWRjNGRThPaEpNclJMUT09
Meeting ID: 868 1246 8786
Passcode: 306650
We look forward to seeing you there!”