EVENTS
– October 30: Documentaries on the Zaire 74 Festival at the Africa in Motion Film Festival
www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/programme/edinburgh/?date=2016-10-30.
– November 2: Innovations in Digital Health and Medical Technology in Africa: A Faculty Panel at Duke University, Africa Initiative
https://igs.duke.edu/events/innovations-digital-health-and-medical-technology-africa-faculty-panel
– November 28 & 29: ‘Pilgrimage Routes in Africa’ International Conference
This conference is organized by the International University of Africa, Khartoum. Scholars from diverse backgrounds and academic trainings will present research papers (in Arabic, English, and French) on the topic. IUA will accommodate participants, and accepted papers will be published in the Dirasaat Ifriquiyya Edition. Contact: Abu Rafas (aburafas62@gmail.com) or (alnour177@yahoo.com).
http://research.iua.edu.sd/images/haj2.pdf
MULTIMEDIA
– Podcast: On the Ground in Western Sahara
Episode 103 of Africa Past and Present can be found at http://afripod.aodl.org for more information from Sam Jury on the Sahwari peoples’ refugee camps
ADDITIONAL
– Perception of Terrorism among the Youth in Major Cities of Dakar, Senegal
Timbuktu Institute: African Center for Peace Studies (Senegal) (October 2016) has issued its first report on “Factors of Radicalization”. The team that conducted the study and report was led by Dr. Bakary SAMBE, Mouhamadou BÂ, Geneviève Duchnney, Yague S. Hanne, Mame Seyni Mbaye.
Full report:
http://timbuktu-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/TIM.1610-Rapport-radicalisation-Dakar.pdf
-Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Fellowship
Applications are due December 15th (reference letters due January 10th).
The application and additional information can be found at: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/7122
For more information, email: jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu
BOOKS
– Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching and Politics by Alex Thurston has recently been published. The description can be found here:
http://www.cambridge.org/cr/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/african-government-politics-and-policy/salafism-nigeria-islam-preaching-and-politics?format=HB.
In future issues, Research Africa will be providing book reviews.
To submit information or a publication to be shared in next week’s email, send requests to leah.rothfeld@duke.edu.
Leah Rothfeld, Duke University, Research Africa Editor
Nathaniel Berndt, Duke University, Associate Editor
