ASCL research group 'Collaboration & contestation in words: dialogues & disputes in African social realities' organises a series of three masterclasses around the theme of sexual polemics in spring 2022. For the programme & registration (by 15 April!) see: ascleiden.nl/news/crg-maste…

Au Sénégal, l'un des pays des plus homophobe, se faire traiter de lesbienne équivaut à avoir une cible dessinée dans le dos et être livrée à la vindicte populaire. Le risque : un lynchage physique ce qui est déjà arrivé. #kebetu #JesuisLibain✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Vorige week nam Oeganda de strengste anti-LHBTI-wet aan van het hele continent. Het argument: homoseksualiteit is on-Afrikaans, een westers importproduct. Maar juist de anti-homowetten komen uit het westen zegt Loes Oudenhuijsen: ze hebben koloniale wortels. Zondag 10u, NPO Radio 1

On 21-22 September, I organise a workshop on #Islam, #WomensRights and everyday life in #Africa, at AfricanStudiesCentre, with @AnnelienBouland and Prof. Mayke Kaag. Consider submitting an abstract - deadline is 10 April. Read our Call for Papers here⬇️ ascleiden.nl/news/deadline-…

Caroline Archambault and David Ehrhardt Universiteit Leiden signal the "committeefication" of development: the process by which committees become an increasingly important vehicle for collective action #ECAS2023 #AfricanFutures #Cologne

What is development, and who makes it? Caspar Swinkels Universiteit Leiden AfricanStudiesCentre proposes to take the perspective of work and workers when analysing development interventions. #ECAS2023 #AfricanFutures #Cologne

Public keynote on 21 Sept.: Muslim women’s interpretive authority reconsidered: Everyday interpretation among female Islamic leaders in #Senegal, by Joseph Hill University of Alberta, organised by CRGs ‘Collaboration & Contestation in Words’ and ‘Africa in the World’⬇️ascleiden.nl/news/muslim-wo…

Excited about the seminar series on Future Directions in Queer African Studies organised by AfOx @ TORCH Oxford Visiting Fellow Gibson Ncube & @doboulanger @AfCultures first seminar 22.2.24 (5pm GMT) includes papers by Loes Oudenhuijsen & Melusi tinyurl.com/5n8fduw7

Looking forward to tonights seminar on Future Directions in Queer African Studies organised by AfOx & TORCH Oxford Visiting Fellow Gibson Ncube with @doboulanger @AfCultures first seminar 22.2.24 (5pm GMT) papers by Loes Oudenhuijsen & Melusi eventbrite.co.uk/e/advancements…