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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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Liberian Novel
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When the Heart Decides, is a story of the triumph of love over adversity, and of the strength of the heart that seeks love even in the midst of one of the world’s bloodiest civil wars. It is a classic African epic that recounts the realities of war with a dash of romance and Christianity.
The publishers are iUniverse and the book was written by George Gyude Wisner II, who lived in his native country of Liberia throughout its civil war. He is also a poet and the coauthor of multiple UNDP-commissioned studies. The book was published in 2013 when he was pursuing a Masters of Public Policy (Development Policy) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.
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From AFSAAP Newsletter Habari kwa Ufupi No 46
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‘ AFSAAP received many entries to the 2013 Annual AFSAAP Post-graduate Prize, which is awarded to the best paper presented at the annual AFSAAP Conference or Post-graduate workshop. The judges enjoyed reading the diversity of papers and quality of postgraduate research in African Studies in Australia.
The AFSAAP Executive are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2013 Monash/AFSAAP Prize – to the value of $3000, which includes a trip to Monash University’s South Africa Campus, and aims to encourage fieldwork in Africa towards the student’s studies – goes to Ms. Christina Kenny from the Australian National University, for her paper entitled – “The ‘liberatory value of indigenous institutions’?: Cultural practice as resistance in the British Colony of Kenya.”
We are also very pleased to announce that Mr. Solomon Peter Gbanie from the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, has won the AFSAAP Postgraduate Prize of $500, for his paper entitled “ ‘The diamond of Western Area is land’: Narratives of land use and land cover change in post-war Sierra Leone.” ‘
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Australian Aid Stakeholder Survey 2013
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The Development Policy Centre has been working hard since August to process and analyse the results of the first Australian aid stakeholder survey. A total of 356 stakeholders in the Australian aid program were surveyed, from the senior executives of Australia’s biggest NGOs and development contracting companies, to the officials of multilateral, partner government and Australian government agencies. This unique exercise has delivered a distinctive set of results that will provide critical input on the future of Australian aid.
Access to the report, podcast of the event, and summary blog, is now available on the website.