Two films, produced as part of a Leeds-led research project, have been selected for screening at the Changing the Story Online International Film Festival, taking place 1-5 June, 2020. The drama films, “Daniel in the Homophobic Lions’ Den”, and “Jesus and the Guys Charged with Indecency”, use stories from the Bible to tell the life…
You may have noticed that our journal, the Leeds African Studies Bulletin has recently moved to a digital, online format, helping us to quickly publish scholarly articles, book reviews and opinion pieces that are easily accessible and free to access. We will publish under 5 categories: Studying Africa, Analysing Africa, Imagining Africa, Reading Africa and…
The Conversation have published an article by Dr Adriaan van Klinken entitled ‘Desmond Tutu’s long history of fighting for lesbian and gay rights’. The article is an abbreviated version of a chapter about Desmond Tutu in the book Reimagining Christianity and Sexuality in Africa, co-authored by Adriaan van Klinken and Ezra Chitando, and to be published with…
Call for Papers BAAL Language in Africa (LIA) SIG Annual Meeting in collaboration with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies 15th May 2020, University of Leeds Keynote speaker & LUCAS Annual Lecturer: Professor Grace A. Musila, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg Grace A. Musila is an Associate Professor in the African Literature Department at the University…
The Norman Miller Archive is a new open multimedia resource featuring selected research, photos, films, journals, books, and field notes from the library of Norman Miller, an academic researcher, journalist, and film producer who worked extensively in East Africa from 1960-2015. Miller’s physical library resides in two collections: at Michigan State University’s Africana Library and at the Smithsonian Institution, while the Norman Miller…
The Leeds University Centre for African Studies is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Lionel Cliffe Prize for the best undergraduate dissertation on a topic relevant to African Studies at the University of Leeds. After careful consideration, the prize has been awarded this year to Jessica Newgas, for her dissertation in English entitled…
Dr Alan Msosa – Human Rights and Sexualities in Malawi Date: 7/2/2019 | Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm Dr Luisa Enria – The Politics of Work in a Post-Conflict State: Youth, Labour and Violence in Sierra Leone Date: 21/2/2019 | Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm Dr Majorke Oosterom – The Spectrum of Violence and Non-Violence: Youth and Social Navigation of Economic Opportunities in Zimbabwe Date: 7/3/2019 | Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm Dr George H. Karekwaivanane…
We are delighted to announce that the University of Leeds is awarding an honorary degree to Rev. Christopher Senyonjo, and that a symposium will be held to celebrate this occasion. Rev. Senyonjo served the Church of Uganda as Bishop of the Diocese of West Buganda from 1974 till his retirement in 1998. He has been…
The Leeds African Studies Bulletin is published annually by the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS). Founded in 1964, it has published pieces by many distinguished African writers and Africanist scholars over the years, including Wole Soyinka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Jack Mapanje, James Currey, Morris Szeftel, Michael Barratt Brown, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Martin Banham, the late Lionel…
