Events archive
African Studies Seminar
Simidele Dosekun, University of Sussex
23 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
This paper draws from a research project on class-privileged young women in Lagos who dress in a ‘spectacularly feminine style’ characterised by the extravagant use of normatively feminine elements... Read more
African Studies Seminar
Adriaan Van Klinken, University of Leeds
16 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
In February 2016, a group of Nairobi-based artists under the name Art Attack released a music video titled Same Love . They described it as ‘a Kenyan song about same sex rights’, while at the same... Read more
African Studies Seminar
Naluwembe Binaisa, University College London
9 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Co-hosted with the International Migration Institute Lagos is known for the speed of its vibrant business and trade sector, one of the largest economies in Africa and a magnate for continued... Read more
African Studies Seminar
Douglas Johnson
2 February 2017 - 5:00pm
Pavilion Room, St Antony's College
Africa’s newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an... Read more