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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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Shared Experience and Learning from African Communities in Australia.
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The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia Winter (FECCA) publishes its national magazine, Australian Mosaic, three times a year.
Australian Mosaic is a plain English magazine, which discusses a wide range of contemporary issues associated with multiculturalism, social justice, community harmony, and cultural and faith pluralism in Australia.
Issue 46 (Winter 2017) is about Shared Experience and
Learning from African Communities in Australia.
The varied contents, which include articles on education, citizenship, sport, communication, and much more, can be found at
https://fecca.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Issue-46.pdf
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Tracking population, health and social transitions in Agincourt, rural South Africa
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Tracking population, health and social transitions in Agincourt, rural
South Africa:
Overview of the Agincourt Health and Demographic
Surveillance SystemSPEAKER: Chodziwadziwa (Cho) Whiteson Kabudula –
2017 John C Caldwell Visiting Scholar,
MRC/Wits Rural Public Health & Health Transitions Research Unit (the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Research Unit) at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDATE: Wednesday 13 September 2017, 12.30-1.30pm
VENUE: Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Building 62 NCEPH (entrance on Eggleston Road)
ENQUIRIES
rachael.rodney@anu.edu.au; Chatu.Yapa@anu.edu.au
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Senator Lucy Gichuhi joining the Q&A panel for the first time.
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I am passing on the message from Tanya Lyons ‘president@afsaap.org.au’ It is really for information only since the event is in Sydney. However if you want to register and attend please email david.lucas@anu.edu.au and Tanya’s message with a working link will be sent
Dear AFSAAP,
Hello, Anne Worthington here from Q&A at ABC TV.
This Monday September 11th we have Senator Lucy Gichuhi joining the Q&A panel for the first time.
I thought some of your members and other contacts who are based in and around Sydney might be interested in coming along and being part of the studio audience.
Can you please pass the below information out amongst your contacts?
Thanking you in advance.
Kind regards,
Anne WorthingtonKenyan born Independent SA Senator Lucy Gichuhi will join the Q&A panel on Monday 11th September from the ABC’s SYDNEY studios from 8.30pm.
Also joining host Tony Jones on the panel to answer YOUR questions;
Zed Sesilja – Liberal Senator & Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs
Mark Dreyfus – Shadow Attorney General & Shadow Minister for National Security
A.C. Grayling – Author and Philosopher
Merav Michaeli -Visiting Israeli MPWe are currently taking audience bookings for the show.
To join the audience here’s what you need to do:
Register here.
In Q.13 (how did you hear about us) please write “AFSAAP” as a reference.
Someone from Q&A will then be in touch with more details.