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On 31st July 2020, the documentary film Kenyan Christian Queer will have its online global premiere! Register now (for free) to watch the film and attend the Q&A with cast members and director, Aiwan Obinyan. The film offers an intimate portrait of a group of LGBT Christians in Kenya, their courage, determination and hope. It specifically features...
Please note that this event has been postponed. Information about the rescheduled event will be posted as soon as we are able. Asbestos in the Southern African Imaginary In late 2019, Zimbabwe’s The Herald announced that the Shabanie-Mashaba Asbestos Mine, closed in 2009, had “awakened from slumber”. Long the subject of rumours, responses to the...
Please note that this event has been postponed. Information about the rescheduled event will be posted as soon as we are able. The Leeds University School of Politics and International Studies , the Leeds University Business School and the Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to invite you to an insightful seminar from...
Please note that this event has been postponed. Information about the rescheduled event will be posted as soon as we are able. Institute for Transport Studies (ITS) & Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) research seminar with speaker Dr Hazvinei T Tamuka Moyo, University of Cape Town, South Africa. One of the consequences of the Group...
Please note that this event has been postponed due to industrial action. A rescheduled date will be announced in due course. Abstract: This paper offers a critical inquiry into the role and function of traditional philosophies of care, humanity and community in framing concepts of illness, wellness, treatment, recovery, and treatment for the Malawian patient....
Please note that this seminar has been postponed until further notice - Updates will be added to the website, and will be shared via our newsletter. If you wish to join the newsletter please email african-studies@leeds.ac.uk 2020 sees the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, one of only two...
Abstract This presentation is designed to highlight the transport, mobility and accessibility needs of urban poor and socially vulnerable populations in African cities, and to identify more effective solutions for addressing these issues. Overwhelmingly, the urban poor rely on walking as their main mode of transport, often travelling long distances to get from the peripheral...
LUCAS, together with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, is delighted to invite you to attend our research seminar, delivered by Dr Thomas Hendriks, Evans-Pritchard Fellow in African Anthropology, St Anne's College, University of Oxford. All are welcome to attend. Abstract In modern social thinking and critical theory, norms are generally thought in opposition to...
We are pleased to welcome you to this rescheduled GCRF African SWIFT knowledge-sharing seminar organised jointly with GCRF-AFRICAP and LUCAS: Title: Gender and climate change communications practices: Pilot research in two communities in rural Kenya Guest speakers: Dr Lata Narayanaswamy (Lecturer in International Development, University of Leeds) and Dr Chris Paterson (Senior Lecturer in International...
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to announce Shane Doyle's inaugural lecture as Professor of African History, which will be hosted at the University of Leeds on Thursday 5th December 2019 at 5:30pm, room TBC. All are welcome to join us for this fascinating presentation entitled 'The Family in African History'. Abstract...