Pioneering filmmaker, Sarah Maldoror, was born on this day in 1929. Born in France of Guadeloupean descent, Maldoror is respectfully regarded as the matriarch of African cinema. (cont’d)

Zimbabwe, she wrote: the women telling their country’s story for a new era theguardian.com/global-develop…

Call for Applications: Queen Elizabeth Scholarship for early career women scholars from West Africa (2023-24) #QES #QE #queenelizabeth #research #women #africa #carletonU #canada Apply here carleton.ca/africanstudies…

The Department of Law and Legal Studies, along with the Institute of African Studies would like to invite you for a hybrid talk with visiting scholar, Dr. Sarah Kinyanjui. Social change through the law: pursuing the gender constitutional promise in Kenya carleton.ca/law/cu-events/…

rare photo of Gao in 1920 Mali, archives nationales d'outre mer #archivesxt the former capital of Songhai was reduced to a small town in the late 17th century after its collapse, but remained relatively important well into the 19th century when it was captured by Massina

Join Michael Afenfia in Winnipeg at the Winnipeg International Writers Festival #THINAIR2023

Looking forward to presenting on climate adaptation in Africa at the Institute of African development Cornell University on the 27th September . events.cornell.edu/event/institut…

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Exclusive: first colour photographs shed fresh light on Ethiopia's most treasured icon and its looting by an agent of the British Museum: theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/25/exc…

Anxious And Divided: The Human Impact Of Nigeria-Niger Border Tensions humanglemedia.com/anxious-and-di…

Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws theconversation.com/queer-film-in-… via The Conversation Africa

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“State-led Homophobia Threatens Academic Freedom in Africa” - my view is out in Nature Human Behaviour . While Uganda criminalised production and distribution of knowledge about homosexuality (20-year prison sentences), Queer African scholars continue publishing in defiant resistance!

Nobel-prize winning gynaecologist announces plans to run for president of DRC theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…

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Shepherd Ndudzo's celebrated sculptures tell an untold history of southern African art theconversation.com/shepherd-ndudz… via The Conversation Africa

For those in central Ohio, I'm marking the centennial of Robert Mugabe's birth w a presentation on one of his Zvimba contemporaries. Nelson Samkange's political career spanned from ZNP publicity secretary in 1961 to ZANU-PF MP in 2013. #Feb21 International Affairs at Ohio State cas.osu.edu/events/politic…

Editor's Choice: 24 Books We Are Excited to Read in 2024! iselemagazine.com/2024/02/13/edi…

Israel’s destruction of archives, libraries strip Gazans of their past mg.co.za/thought-leader…