Lezing en debat

boekpresentatie van Dr. Tanja Hendriks’ nieuwe boek The State in Relief: Civil Servants and Disaster Governance in Malawi, uitgegeven door Hurst en het International African Institute.

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Conny Braam was mede-oprichter en jarenlang voorzitter van de Anti-Apartheidsbeweging in Nederland. Sinds haar debuut Operatie Vula uit 1992 heeft zij vele romans en verhalenbundels gepubliceerd. In haar nieuwe boek, Memoires van een activiste, schetst ze haar activistische carrière van 1968 tot nu. Wat dreef haar destijds in de jarenlange strijd tegen Zuid-Afrikaanse apartheid? Programmamaker Britt van Rossum gaat met haar in gesprek.

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A conversation with Ifrah F. Ahmed.
In Soomaaliya, New York Times contributor Ifrah Ahmed tells the story of Somalia through its history, food and people, tracing how spices and flavours carry the marks of centuries of movement and exchange.

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The Global South isn’t an emerging force in music. It’s already shaping the soundtrack of global culture. From Africa and the MENA region to Latin America, music ecosystems that have long driven creativity and innovation are increasingly influencing what the world listens to now and next. Yet while music travels effortlessly across borders, opportunity, investment and ownership don’t always move with it. With Phiona Okumu.

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Marking 30 years of the Prince Claus Fund, this panel explores what principled, trust-based support for artists from marginalised communities and conflict-affected contexts looks like in practice, and what's lost when that support disappears. Featuring Lady Donli, a Nigerian artist, cultural curator, and archivist whose work blends Afrobeat, soul, funk, rock, and alternative African music traditions into a sound that is fearless, fluid, and distinctly her own.

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This talk follows the frontline humanitarians who negotiate access with rebel groups in North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, to foreground the work of local aid workers who are the backbone of humanitarian operations. Myfanwy James examines how global endeavours are built on the personal networks, knowledge and skills of local humanitarian workers who are rarely given credit.

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