Wetenschap
Fishing and Fish Terminology as a Window to Understanding Knowledge System of the Luo People of Kenya
Maandag 09 November 2026 15:30 - 17:00
This research investigates the terminology used for fishing and fish among the Luo of Kenya in order to preserve them in a durable format for use at the moment and by future generations, document the variety that exists in their fishing skills and reveal their world view and knowledge system.
Prevalentie van hypertensie en daarmee samenhangende factoren onder Afrikanen
Maandag 09 November 2026 16:00 - 17:30
Vincent Boima promoveert op het proefschrift: 'Prevalence and associated factors of Hypertension among Africans'. Promotor is prof. dr. C.O. Agyemang. Copromotoren zijn prof. dr. B.J.H. van den Born en dr. C. Hayfron-Benjamin.
Ambient Air Pollution and Population Health in the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
Woensdag 11 November 2026 10:15 - 11:15
Achtergrond: Luchtvervuiling is wereldwijd een van de belangrijkste milieugezondheidsrisico's voor de mens. De impact ervan in sub-Sahara Afrika, waar bevolkingsgroepen te maken hebben met een dubbele last van zowel huishoudelijke als omgevingsblootstelling, is echter onvoldoende in kaart gebracht. Dit proefschrift voorziet in deze leemte door middel van drie onderling samenhangende onderzoeken in landelijk Noord-Ghana: het kwantificeren van sterfte gedurende de levensloop, het verkennen van cardiometabole routes en het evalueren van de duurzaamheid van schone kookinterventies.
PhD defence Chong Zhang - A Chinese Power Plant in Ghana: A Multi-Scalar Ethnography of Power,Trust,and Hope
Donderdag 12 November 2026 14:30 - 15:30
Chong Zhang's PhD project examines how a Chinese-owned power plant in Tema, Ghana, becomes a dense social, political, and moral arena where ideas of development are negotiated in practice.
Dealing with Anthrax at the Cattle Frontier: Local Understandings, Colonial Technopolitics and Transimperial Vaccines in French Madagascar, 1895-1960
Donderdag 12 November 2026 15:30 - 17:15
Drawing on extensive archival research in France and Madagascar, this presentation analyses how anthrax – a widespread and very deadly zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis – threatened the profitability of this cattle frontier; and how colonial actors responded to this challenge that was co-produced by the specific properties of the bacterium, cattle mobility and varying disease susceptibility, Malagasy pastoralists’ Eigensinn and colonial-capitalist extractivism.
Workshop: Trust and Trust-Making in Fieldwork. Intercultural, Interregional, and Interdisciplinary Explorations
Vrijdag 13 November 2026 10:00 - 17:30
In this workshop, we will take our own experiences with trust, distrust, and trust-making in the field as a point of departure for a more in-depth reflection on the nature of (dis)trust, its processes and workings, what it does, how it is formed and can be undone.
Vein to vein: blood supply accessibility, safety, and sustainability in Nigeria
Maandag 16 November 2026 16:15
A groundbreaking 429-page doctoral thesis by Adaeze Oreh exposes severe systemic gaps in Nigeria’s blood supply chain and presents a tech-driven roadmap to transform blood safety and sustainability.
Resistance and resilience: Black (Queer) Women’s Voices in Poetry
Dinsdag 24 November 2026 19:30 - 22:00
The evening explores the growing prominence and presence of Black women’s and Black queer women's voices in South African poetry.
Student for a day African Studies
Donderdag 26 November 2026 13:15 - 15:00
During a Student for a Day event you will attend one or multiple first-year lectures. A current student joins you at the lectures and shows you around campus.
Experience Day African Studies
Vrijdag 27 November 2026 13:30 - 17:00
During a Experience Day you will attend a lecture and a tutorial. An important part of a real lecture day is preparing your lectures. After the lectures, drinks will be served and you can ask all your questions to the lecturer and a student who studies African Studies during drinks