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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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UNGA declares ‘International Decade for People of African Descent’
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The 72nd plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly, on 23 December 2013, adopted a Resolution proclaiming the ‘International Decade for People of African Descent’. This decade commences on 1 January 2015 and ends on 31 December 2024, under the theme “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development”. This decade will officially be launched immediately following the general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the UNGA. There is reason to celebrate this long awaited proclamation. Indeed recognition, justice and development are quintessential elements to the continent’s transformation, growth and development. The time is now for Africa’s forward march. Forward ever, backward never. Africa must unite.
Click https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/237 for more details.
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Research on non-government health institutions
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Belinda Thompson is a PhD candidate at the Crawford School focusing on ‘not -for -profit, non-government hospitals and large clinics in developing countries’ including Africa.
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Changing the African Narrative
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On March 20th, 2014 ABC radio Canberra hosted a discussion regarding changing the African narrative in the western media. The panellists were H.E. Molosiwa Selepeng, the Botswana High Commissioner and dean of the African heads of Mission in Canberra, Phoebe Mwanza, the President of African Professionals of Australia ACT Chapter and Margaret O’Collaghan who worked with UNFPA in Zambia and is currently an academic visitor at the ANU Crawford school. The panellists pointed out that the African narrative needs to change because Africa has made great strides in economic development and democratisation. They urged western media to tell the diverse range of stories taking place in Africa, as there are many positives that do take place there. The African Media Resource Centre of Excellence launched a similar initiative last year in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The entire interview can be downloaded here.