Conference registration and accommodation booking have opened for AfricanStudiesUK conference 29 to 31 August 2024. asauk.net

Wonderful to host “Asante Gold: Removed But Not Yet Returned”, a public #SWWARN lecture at Bath Spa University by Prof Tom McCaskie from SOAS University of London & Uni of Birmingham and Dr Glen Ncube from University of Bristol

“Asante Gold: Removed But Not Yet Returned” explored the history of artifacts looted from the Asante Kingdom (modern-day Ghana) by the British in 1874 & 1896 and was followed by an insightful discussion about colonialism and #restitution. Thank you to all who attended!

ICYMI - Our global South contexts workshop with University of Bristol researchers working on Africa-facing projects🌍 #TransformativePartnerships #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation UoBris PolicyStudies parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/07/04/fra…

We're starting a series highlighting our #SWWARN members' work in and around #Africa! Whatever your field of research, get in touch if you'd like to be featured 😊

“Images of humans and wild and domesticated animals tell an intricate story of interactions and survivorship.” Dr Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin University of Exeter, on researching Sabu-Jaddi rock art in Sudan, which features 1600 drawings from a period spanning 6000 years.

Hidden camera traps in Mondo Missa have captured rare footage of a new chimpanzee group in Garamba! With limited info on these chimps, this footage offers insights into their whereabouts and group sizes, helping African Parks rangers track, monitor, and protect them better.

Congratulations to Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury for his recent paper: "Growth and population structure of Lodoicea maldivica in natural stands in Seychelles" in Plant Biology. doi.org/10.1111/plb.13… #CocoDeMer #PlantBiology #SeychellesIslandsFoundation #Conservation

Jonathan Growcott worked alongside colleagues from the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford and supported by the Frankfurt Zoological Society, Lion Landscapes, TAWIRI and TANAPA to conduct one of the world's 1st, large-scale, joint acoustic and camera trap survey.

ICYMI - the Development Studies Association (DSA) has become the latest signatory of the Africa Charter! 🌍Read more on our website: parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/07/25/cha…… #AfricaCharter #TransformativePartnerships #PerivoliFoundation University of Bristol Unisa UCT Development Studies Association

ICYMI - Coloniality, epistemic injustice, the Africa Charter and more. We were pleased to have colleagues from Perivoli Africa Research Centre taking forward important work on decolonisation (and more!) at the recent #DSA2024 buff.ly/3ypufuI

In 2023, the Bangweulu Shoebill Nest Protection Programme educated over 1,500 people and involved 26 community members in guarding 13 shoebill nests, leading to the rescue and rehabilitation of 12 shoebill chicks over the past two years. The park management also collaborates with

“Why are you not doing research in your home country?” - The complexities of being from and doing research in the Global South By Ilaha Abasli and Ahmed Elassal (@ahmedelassal89) #ECRchat buff.ly/48J1rcx

🌟CONGRATULATIONS🌟 to Josh Arbon for the #new paper AND the journal #cover. 👏 Life-history and genetic relationships in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongoose groups. University of Bristol University of Bristol Biological Sciences Natural Environment Research Council European Research Council (ERC) doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

Dance class: Wednesday 6 Nov, 5-7pm Intro to Afro-Latin dances and cultures, dance social Open to all University of Exeter students and staff, Upper Stannary, Penryn Campus Tickets: £1 – tinyurl.com/FXSU-BHM-Latin… Refreshments provided

Access to Justice and Kenya’s Transformative Constitution Friday 1st Nov 2024, 5-6.30pm A lecture by Justice Professor Joel Ngugi, pioneer of Third World approaches to International Law, Court of Appeal justice and chair of Kenya’s Taskforce on Alternative Justice Systems.