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The African Studies Centre Leiden of @unileiden.bsky.social is the only research centre on Africa in the Netherlands. African Library. Master and Graduate Programme. Seminars. Publications. Visiting fellows.
📣Reminder to join this Thursday's ASCL Seminar 'When Africans speak'!

🔗Information and registration: ascleiden.nl/news/ascl-se...

💭In preparation, read Madi Ditmars' blog about African philosophies and the interdependence of humans as social and collective beings: ascleiden.nl/content/ascl...
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📣 Join us for the ASCL seminar “When Africans Speak” to explore the impact of African anti‑colonial critique and question whether Western universal principles are truly applied globally.

🗓 6 November
🕐 16:00 - 17:30
📍 Room 0.31 Herta Mohr Building
🎙️ Grâce Ndjako
🔗 ascleiden.nl/news/ascl-se...
October 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❓ How do we really understand colonialism, not just as historical episodes, but as processes that continue to shape how Africa is seen, , and how people across the continent think, know, and act in diverse ways?
September 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
📣 ASCL Seminar reminder - buff.ly/3XzB4gh

Join us on 11 September 2025 in Leiden or online for "Democracy and Corruption in Malawi – Between Resilience and Backsliding" with Dr Gerhard Anders (The University of Edinburgh).
August 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
❓ Is democracy in Malawi thriving—or under threat? ascleiden.nl/news/ascl-se...

Join us on 11 September for the next ASCL Seminar: Democracy and Corruption in Malawi – Between Resilience and Backsliding with expert Gerhard Anders.
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM