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.
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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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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.
Human rights and regional integration in West Africa: a discourse on the ECOWAS Community Court
Catch up on this fascinating lecture with Right Honourable Mojeed Alabi, Kurt Mills and Peter Brett.
Book symposium on Adom Getachew 'Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination'
Sarah Gray, Radia Kesseiri and Peter Brett provide reviews and author Adom Getachew responds.
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