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The Centre’s primary mission is to advance research and teaching on Africa while building deep academic partnerships with African scholars and institutions.
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Events
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - Challenging a ‘Democracy of the Police Boot and the Torture Chamber’: Human Rights Resistance in Late Twentieth-Century Kenya - Katherine Luongo, Northeastern University
17 Mar 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm S1, ARB
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - 'Literary Activism: Practice, Praxis and Production in Contemporary Africa' - Prof Madhu Krishnan, University of Bristol
10 Mar 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm Room S1, ARB
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - “Thinking through Africa: Production, Performance, Practice”- Sulaiman Adebowale
3 Mar 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm Room S1, ARB
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - Beyond Crisis: Meaning-Making and Economic Life in Contemporary Zimbabwe - Dr Sibanengi Ncube, Walter Sisulu University
24 Feb 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm Room S1, ARB
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - 'Mobilizing Africa: Neo Pan-Africanism and the Politics of Online Resistance' - Dr Bamba Ndiaye, Emory University
17 Feb 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm Room S1, ARB
CAS LT Seminar Series 2026 - Afrobeats as Method and Philosophy - Prof Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan
10 Feb 2026 4:30pm to 6:00pm Room S1, ARB
Centre of African Studies Library
The African Studies Library supports research and teaching in the Centre and throughout the University with a particular focus on Africa south of the Sahara.