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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.

  • Australian Awards for Africa

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    David William Lucas

    Please note that the closing dates for 2018-2019 have past. For information only . Keep in view for 2019-2020.

    Africa Australian Award Scholarships for Africa for 2018-2019: information from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

    For Africa the following countries are included

    https://dfat.gov.au/about-us/publications/Documents/africa-information-for-intake-commencing-2018-19.pdf

    Participating countries for 2019 entrance

    Scholarships and Short Course Awards
     Botswana
     Ghana
     Kenya

     Madagascar
     Malawi
     Mauritius
     Mozambique
     Nigeria
     South Africa
     Tanzania
     Zambia

    Short Course Awards Only
     Cameroon
     Cote d’Ivoire
     Ethiopia
     Namibia
     Rwanda
     Senegal
     Seychelles
     Somalia
     South Sudan
     Uganda
     Zimba

  • Africa at the Australian Population Association conference

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    David William Lucas

    Australian Population Association conference program will be held in Darwin from July 18-20. See
    https://apaconference.cdu.edu.au/

    The draft program includes four African presentations:

    ‘The Transition of polygamy in Benin: explanatory factors and sources of changes in time.’
    Robert Djogbenou

    ‘Sexual behaviour typologies in the context of the HIV epidemic: socio-demographic determinants in rural South Africa, 2010-2011.’
    Brian Houle, Shao-Tzu Yu, Nicole Angotti, Enid Schatz, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Jane Menken & Sanyu Mojola

    ‘A mother’s death and child survival: a comparative analysis of two demographic surveillance sites in rural South Africa.’
    Brian Houle, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Kobus Herbst & Samuel Clark

    ‘African-born people in Australia: what the 2016 Census tells us.’
    Ingrid Tejada & Lev Makaev

  • South Sudanese and Sudanese church leaders consult on peace in Canberra

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    David William Lucas

    On Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 May 2018, a group of 26 Sudanese and South Sudanese church leaders from across Australia came together in a National Consultation at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Canberra, under the auspices of the National Council of Churches in Australia.

    The two day consultation culminated in the finalisation of a key Unity Statement for Peace which was delivered to the South Sudan peace talks in Addis Ababa the following day, Thursday 17 May.

    Download the attached Statement

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    https://www.ncca.org.au/news/media-releases/item/1342-australian-sudanese-and-south-sudanese-church-leaders-statement

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