Edith de Roos

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 Applications for the Fak’ugesi Awards 2024 are now open! Are you a digital creator, innovator, or storyteller? Showcase your creativity and join Africa's top visionary creators at the Fak’ugesi Awards! Let’s see what you’ve got! Claim your spot as Africa’s best in these categories: 📽️Animation 🎮Gaming 🔮Immersive (XR) & AR 🖼️Digital Arts 🎶Digital Music 🎨 Design 🗓️Closing Date: 15 August 2024. Apply Here: bit.ly/FakugesiAwards… #WitsForGood #FakugesiAwards #Fakugesi2024

Visit our Country Portal: much information about African countries such as news, statistics, maps, images, news feeds and much more. Take a look! countryportal.ascleiden.nl

ICYMI: Applications are now open for the 2024 @AIJC_Conference Masterclass, in partnership with @bellingcat and SKUP! The course will run from 27-29 Oct and focus on the latest investigative journalism techniques. 🔗 Apply before August 30: bit.ly/3A0I3fm

We are very excited to have Dr. Chika Okeke-Agulu @Chikaokekeagulu deliver this year's @ASRJournal Distinguished Lecture entitled Restitution and the Postcolonial Museum. Learn more about the ASA Annual Meeting and join us this December! cc: @PrincetonAAS africanstudies.org/annual-meeting…

Join us for a groundbreaking webinar with Prof. @lyn_ossome, author of "Gender, Ethnicity & Violence in Kenya." Unravel the complex links between gender, ethnicity, and political violence with @diana_jlund @ShonaFeminist & @carole_gaita Register here: nai.uu.se/stories-and-ev…

Museumkennis: wat weet je over #Egypte & Nubië? 👀Bekijk de schat aan kennis @RM_Oudheden over dit onderwerp in de wel 17 (!) thema's op hun website. @NINO_Leiden @museumtijdschr @museumkaart rmo.nl/museumkennis/e…

Kom neem deel aan ons gestruktureerde Nederlandse kursus vir Afrikaans sprekendes. Ons lê klem op praat en natuurlike geselskap. In ong. 20 sessies kan ons u tot vlak A2 lei. In elke sessie fokus ons op die taal verskille tussen Nederlands en Afrikaans. Kontak ons vir meer.

This year marks the 24th anniversary of the prestigious Caine Prize! The 2024 judging panel, chaired by @chikaunigwe, includes Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Julianknxx, @TumiMolekane aka Stogie T, and Ayesha Harruna Attah. Check out the stellar shortlist here: buff.ly/3WDIYdz

The History Department is recruiting a lecturer. Details in the link below, deadline 31 August. Completed PhD is a minimum requirement. Follow the link for details. (For enquiries please use the contact in the ad. Enquiries made via X won't be answered.) sun-e-hr.sun.ac.za/OA_HTML/OA.jsp…..

REMINDER ⏰ | Dear Witsies, the online applications for the Rhodes Scholarships for Southern Africa (2025) close tomorrow (01 August 2024). The Rhodes Scholarships for post-graduate studies bring together and develop exceptional young leaders from across the world at the University of Oxford . Find out more about this prestigious opportunity: shorturl.at/u8xqx Queries: southernafrica.secretary@rhodestrust.com #WitsForGood

⭐️ Presenting our 2024 Shortlist ⭐️ For more, visit: caineprize.com #CainePrize #2024Shortlist

The Caine Prize for African Writing announces 2024 shortlist, including: Tryphena Yeboah for ‘The Dishwashing Women’ Nadia Davids for ‘Bridling’ Samuel Kolawole for ‘Adjustment of Status’ Uche Okonkwo for ‘Animals’ Pemi Aguda for ‘Breastmilk’

🌟 Exciting news! The Netherlands and Kenya defense academies have launched a joint research program on Climate Security in East Africa. 🌍🤝 Huge thanks to @IGADsecretariat , NDU-K, @IPSTCKenya , and the UN Climate Hub! 🌿📚

Reminder: Our #OpenCall for 2025 applications for Senior and Postdoctoral #Fellowships is now open! 🗓️Deadline: October 1, 2024. Visit our website for eligibility and application details. theafricainstitute.org/institute-prog… #sharjah #africanstudies #africandiaspora #residencies

"We translate the Swahili books so we can contribute to world literature. We believe we have something to give the world" _ @mkuki. This interview is a major contribution. We need to work more with African literary translation theory. Please read it. africanarguments.org/2024/07/mkuki-…

Welke boeken over het Nederlandse #slavernijverleden zijn de moeite waard? 📖 @nrc zocht het uit en vond oa boeken van em. prof. Henk den Heijer @LeidenHum en Karwan @FatahBlack @The_NiNsee @MappingSlavery @rememberslavery @JongeHistorici @historiek nrc.nl/index/slim-lev…

Harry Wells, researcher on nature conservation in Southern Africa, wrote a review on the book 'Ondernemers in het wild'. Author of this interesting book is Olivier van Beemen @oli4vb Read the book review! ascleiden.nl/news/book-revi…

Wahome Mutahi (24 October 1954 – 22 July 2003) was a celebrated Kenyan writer, humorist, and journalist. He was popularly known as Whispers after the name of the column he wrote for The Daily Nation (1982-2003). He is featured in our #LibraryWeekly ascleiden.nl/content/librar…

@ASCLeiden @UniLeidenNews @LeidenGlobal @LUCAS_Leiden Learn more about Annachiara Raia's work with Swahili pocket literature from the @ubleiden @unileiden collections in this fascinating #SpecialCollectionsBlog she wrote: ➡️leidenspecialcollectionsblog.nl/articles/islam…

Updated web dossier: Dutch involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Check out the dossier! ascleiden.nl/content/webdos…