Events
– Let’s Explore Africa Quiz
Let’s Explore Africa 2016 Quiz Competition, Duke University
November 19, 2016 – 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall, Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Let’s Explore Africa is a quiz competition about the continent of Africa. The
competition started in 2014 at Asheville, NC. Last year students from the
Western North Carolina and Charlotte areas competed. We are extending to
other areas of North Carolina to students in 4th grade and above. A tournament
will be held in each of the NC three regions and winners including top scorers
will move on to compete in the State Championship.
https://igs.duke.edu/events/lets-explore-africa-2016-quiz-competition
– Conference in Egypt
Cairo University
Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts
13th International Symposium:VOICES OF/FROM AFRICA
(15-17 NOVEMBER, 2016)
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Academic Opportunity
– The Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University invites
applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the study of global,
comparative or international affairs. Up to three Fellows will be selected.
Applications are welcome from scholars from any range of social science or
interdisciplinary perspectives whose research addresses global, international,
or transnational social processes, problems, governance, or conflicts.
Fellowships will run from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2019. The salary is
$55,000. In addition, Fellows are eligible for $5,000 per year to fund
research and conference travel, and up to $2,000 in reimbursement for
allowable relocation expenses in the first year. This is a full-time,
benefits-eligible position.
Applicants must have received their PhD between January 2, 2015, and August
31, 2017.
Application deadline is January 3, 2017, at 5 p.m. (CT).
For a complete position description and application procedures, visit:
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New Sources on African Issues:
– The Sub-Saharan Security Tracker
Mapping Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cinema
– Wùlu, le film africain sur le trafic de drogue qui séduit les festivals du
monde entier.
This is a new African film on drug trafficking, which connects festivals in
many corners of the world.
Producer: The Malian Daouda Coulibaly
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Online Source
– Submitted by: M. Bamba DRAME on Mon. Nov 7, 2016
Senegalese Heritage Library provides a variety of books about Senegal and
Africa, available for download.
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New Books:
– Al-Thaqafah wa al-Muthaqafun fi Ifriqiya (Culture and the Intellectuals in
Africa).
Language: Arabic
Author: Hilmi Sharawy,
This is a unique source for Arabic readers in which Helmi Sharawi, one of
Egypt’s leading Africanists, shares his 60 years of experience working on
African issues. The book analyzes his personal involvement, as a
representative of President Gamal A. Nasser, in many African struggles for
independence. The role of Africa and African leaders in Bandung conference in
Indonesia – 1955 is a central theme in this book. What constitutes African
culture, and both the negative and the positive role that Islam plays or might
play in African politics are also examined. The rise of Jihadist groups such
as Boko Haram as well as moderate political Islam in Africa are other analyzed
topics. A key section of the book is entitled Arts and Literature in Africa.
It starts what the author calls the Sociology of African Cinema, a must-read
section of the book The final section of the book is a selected biographical
analysis of leading African thinkers and their impact on developing an Afro-
Arab solidarity movement.
Publisher: General Egyptian Book Organization, 2016
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– Africa’s Best and Worst Presidents:
How Neocolonialism and Imperialism Maintained Venal Rules in Africa
Language: English
Author: Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango
This book calls upon all Africans to stand up fearlessly and tirelessly to
take on decadent and despotic regimes that have always held Africa at ransom
as they get lessons from the best managers of state affairs on whose feats
they must expand. The option to critique, cross-examine and dissect past
African presidents and their excesses is aimed at giving the young and
frustrated generations of Africans the intellectual resources they need to arm
themselves in resolve and pursuit of Africa’s emancipation.
Publisher: Langaa RPCIG: Cameroon, 2016
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– Submitted by Mamadou-Youry SALL on Sun, Nov 6, 2016
at 11:11 PM: “Please see attached the cover and the abstract of my last book
about the Fuuta revoltionary Thierno Souleymane BAAL (1720-1776)”
Book: Ceerno Sileymaani BAAL. Fondateur de l’Almaamiya (1776-1890).
[Ceerno Sileymaani Ball. The Founder of the imamate Dynasty (1776-1890)].
Language: French
Author: Mamadou Youry Sall
Publisher: Presses universitaires De Dakar, Senegal
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To submit information or papers, books and academic events to be shared in
next week’s email, please send requests to leah.rothfeld@duke.edu. Research
Africa also accepts book reviews, to be included in upcoming book review
editions.
