China builds influence using African parliaments
China donated a parliament building to Lesotho to gain influence through access to political elites.
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Africa and International Studies
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The Africa and International Studies Working Group provides a forum that brings together a diverse range of scholars to discuss and debate: substantive issues arising from range of different dimensions of 'the international' in Africa; theoretical and conceptual debates about the relationship between the generalities of the discipline of International Studies and African historically-based specificities; and ideas about the relationship of issues and theory in the pedagogy of International Studies in and of Africa.
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News and analysis
The A.I.R. Club: research with African adolescents
A case for engaging young Africans not only about 'youth' but more broadly in research about Africa.
Making sense of the State: Citizens and state buildings in South Africa
South African citizens understand and construct the state by seeing and feeling its buildings.
The culture struggle, African Union and eliminating violence against women
The African Union’s culture-vs.-rights policy approach to violence against women.
Call for papers: Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony
Whose new world order?: Conflict, insecurity and war – Interrogating Africa and Global hegemony
The Military Ties Between African Ruling Parties and North Korea
Focus of this blog is military ties between southern African liberation movements and North Korea.
BISA and African Affairs Postgraduate Paper Prize winner 2021
Africa and International Studies Working Group have announced the winner of their 2021 paper prize.
Call for contributions to the Africa and International Studies Working Group blog
The Africa group are looking for blog content and are also releasing a conversation series.
Past events
Architecture and politics in Africa - making, living and imagining identities through buildings
A one-day conference on politics in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of public architecture
Beyond the PhD: Excursus on postdoctoral funding applications
Training event for postgraduate students working in Africa and International Studies
African International Relations in the new time of global crises
This panel aims to address challenges affecting Africa's stability and political economy.
What is holding Africa back in decolonising International Relations?
What is preventing the decolonisation of International Relations? With Timothy Shaw and Toyin Falola
Human rights and regional integration in West Africa: a discourse on the ECOWAS Community Court
Our Africa Working Group will be in discussion with Rt Hon Mojeed Alabi, PhD.
Drivers of armed conflict, insecurity and terrorism in West Africa: the need to rethink international and state responses
Event exploring the drivers of armed conflict in West Africa.
Africa's imprints: Historicising African contributions to International Relations
The webinar seeks to remedy some of the neglect of African scholars' theoretical contributions to IR
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