Africa Talks Autumn Seminars 2021
Full schedule of our regular research seminars in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology
The Department of African Studies and Anthropology hosts regular open seminars and talks throughout the year.
Invocation of ‘Political’ Curses: Informalization of Party Politics in Ghana
Dr George Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology
[event in collaboration with MASH]
Wed 6 Oct 3.15pm
Labouring in Hype: Tanzanian Technologists and Digital Health in an Era of Techno-Optimism
Dr Tom Neumark, University of Oslo
Wed 13 Oct 3.15pm
Differing Agendas between Colonial Officials and Local Actors in Colonial Education Provision and Expansion in the Gold Coast,1918 - 1957
Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh, University of Bristol
Struggle for Legitimacy and Control
Dr Nathalie Raunet, Free University Berlin
Professor Stephanie Newell, Yale University
Discussant: Professor Dame Karin Barber CBE, FBA, University of
Birmingham and London School of Economics
Michael Sata, Party Branding, and the Politics of Historical Memory in Zambia, c. 2001-2011
Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa, University of Cape Town and University of Zambia
[event in collaboration with MASH]
3:15-4:45 pm (UK) via Zoom unless otherwise stated
Please use the links provided to register in advance.