
The Africa Institute
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Entity of @GSUSharjah: An academic research institute dedicated to the study, research, and documentation of Africa and African diaspora
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#Languages: Did you know Hausa is spoken by over 150 million people across West and Central Africa? Learn Hausa this Fall with Aliyu Lawal, The Africa Institute's Lecturer of Hausa. Register by August 25 or email: [email protected] Learn more: theafricainstitute.org/study/learn-ha…


📢 #FellowshipOpportunity: Restitution & Reparation – Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition Apply now for Spring/Fall 2026 residency at The Africa Institute (Global Studies University), in collaboration with Open Society Foundations. Visit our website for #OpenCall details & deadlines:



#Fellowships: At The Africa Institute, fellows pursue advanced research in a collaborative environment. Watch Naminata Diabate, Ali A. Mazrui Fellow (2021–23), on how her residency advanced her work on gender & identity: youtu.be/VqBiWTg13w8?si… 📅 #OpenCall: Applications for the 2026

🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Economies that Work for All by UN Human Rights, featuring Grieve Chelwa (Grieve Chelwa), Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Economy at The Africa Institute, as he unpacks how global debt traps undermine rights

Zaynab El Bernoussi (Z-ⵣ-Zaynab El Bernoussi-زينب البرنوصي-阿詩), Interim Chair of Humanities and Associate Professor of Political Science at The Africa Institute, is featured in Sociological Insights for Development Policy for her keynote on global poverty framing at the 2024 Sociology of Development Conference in DC.


Surafel Wondimu Abebe (Surafel Wondimu Abebe), Assistant Professor of Performance Studies and Theory at The Africa Institute, presented his paper “Time-Space of Waiting: Thinking through the European Guantánamo” at the 2025 The African Literature Association Conference in Nairobi. #ALA2025 Visit our website to



#Fellowships - Meet research alum Idrissou Mora-Kpai (Idrissou MORA KPAI), award-winning filmmaker and 2023–24 Okwui Enwezor Fellow at The Africa Institute, Sharjah. Learn about his work and watch him share reflections on his fellowship experience. theafricainstitute.org/institute-team… Explore fully funded


Faculty Research in Focus: Grieve Chelwa (Grieve Chelwa), Associate Professor of Political Economy and Chair of Social Sciences at The Africa Institute, co-authored The Jubilee Report— a Vatican-commissioned blueprint tackling the global debt & development crises impacting Africa & beyond.


Faculty Research in Focus: Bilal Al-Omar, The Africa Institute's Senior Lecturer of Arabic, has published an Arabic translation of a key open letter by African writers Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Boubacar Boris Diop. The letter addresses linguistic colonialism and language policy, and

