In honour of Chinua Achebe
A poetry evening with Okey Ndibe and Harry Garuba. Thursday 30th of October, 17.15. Alumni Room, School of English, University of Leeds. https://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/files/2013/09/Ndibe-Garuba.pdf
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A poetry evening with Okey Ndibe and Harry Garuba. Thursday 30th of October, 17.15. Alumni Room, School of English, University of Leeds. https://lucas.leeds.ac.uk/files/2013/09/Ndibe-Garuba.pdf
Roundtable Harry Garuba (UCT) will lead a roundtable discussion entitled: Africa and the Idea of World Literature. Monday 27th of October, 17.15. Alumni Room, School of English, University of Leeds.
Liberalism in Action in Africa: State Rebuilding, Security Reform and Justice Room P2.11 For the last quarter of a century, liberalism has been the dominant policy paradigm in the realms of politics, development, economics and security in Africa. Indeed, Africa has had little choice but to liberalise, at least officially, given the continued need for...
Location: Michael Sadler Room LG15 (near the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre and Banham Theatre) The Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) is delighted to host the life coach Felicity Okolo on Wednesday 7th May from 4pm-6pm in Michael Sadler Room LG15 (near the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre and Banham Theatre). Felicity Okolo describes herself...
Organised by Dr Jörg Wiegratz, Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development and LUCAS Board Member This workshop is sponsored by LUCAS. We regret that this is a closed workshop for an on-going project but there will be further information on future events / publications later. Jörg Wiegratz (Leeds) and David Whyte (Liverpool): Neoliberalism, fraud...
Translating colonial legacy into postcolonial conflict Location: Clothworkers North Building, Lecture Theatre G.12 Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) / International Journal of Francophone Studies Recent events in Mali, Algeria and Niger have brought North African countries into further turbulence. In addition to leading the NATO strike in Libya against Gadhafi in 2011, leading...
Organised by Leeds University Centre for African Studies Location: Michael Sadler SR (LG.15) 'International Development in Transition: Implications for Health in Africa' Dr. Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University) 'The global AIDS response in a Post-2015 World' Dr. Simon Rushton (The University of Sheffield) 'Neglected Tropical Diseases verses MDGs?: Reshaping Global Health Prof. James...
Location: Conference Auditorium 2 LUCAS are delighted to announce the Leeds premiere of the documentary "Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend" on Wednesday 5th February at 4:30pm. The film charts the rise of Bob Marley and The Wailers to international stardom, and is made from footage shot in the early 1970s and lost for...
In September Dr. Kevin Ward, Senior Lecturer in African Religious Studies, will embark on his final semester of teaching at Leeds, as he will retire in February 2014. There will be a farewell symposium for Kevin on Thursday 23 January, addressing the theme of Dynamics of Religion and Sexuality in Contemporary Africa. All are invited...
Location: Conference Auditorium 2 Ray Bush is Professor of African African Studies and Development Politics at the University of Leeds. He has had a foundational and inspirational role in the Centre for African Studies. As an expert on much of Africa, and especially of Egypt and North Africa, we are delighted he will take the podium...