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CAS News Bulletin Care Package
Reading
UF African Studies Digital Collection
The African Studies Collection, from which this digital collection is drawn, is recognized as a unique resource within the University of Florida's George A. Smathers libraries, ranking among the best such collections in the U.S. Its holdings include disciplinary topics from the natural sciences and applied fields such as agriculture and public health, to the social sciences, humanities, and professions. Reflecting the great breadth and depth of these academic and professional programs, the African Studies Collection facilitates interdisciplinary and applied approaches to the study of the continent, its flora and fauna, peoples and cultures, natural resources and wildlife for which UF's African Studies programs are best known. Check it out here!
Compiled by African Studies Center Leiden, see it here.
Listening
Ideas from Africa Podcast Series
Ideas from Africabrings to you current scholarship, personal stories, and diverse soundscapes focused on redefining understandings of Africa’s multiple pasts and possible futures. Urbanization, music, Afro-futurist literature, sexuality, and the hard task of decolonizing our minds are all part of this dynamic series.
Afropop Worldwide Podcast
Afropop Worldwide is a Peabody award-winning radio program and online magazine dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora. Tune in here.
Ufahamu Africa
Ufahamu Africa is a podcast about life and politics on the continent. Our weekly episodes begin with an overview of what we’re reading and learning from the continent, followed by an in-depth interview with a thinker, maker, or innovator. New episodes are released every Saturday. Listen to episodes here.
Watching
Queen Sono on Netflix
Queen Sono is Netflix's first African original series and was released this year. Read a review here.
"In Atlantics, the Cannes Grand Prix–winning film by the French-Senegalese director Mati Diop, the water is both a threat and a source of comfort..." Read the full review here.
Center for African Studies
Recent Publications
Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel
Leonardo Villalon and Rahmane Idrissa (UF Phd 2009) have recently published their co-edited book: Democratic Struggle, Institutional Reform, and State Resilience in the African Sahel. Lexington books; Rowman and Littlefield, 2020. Click here to access the publisher's website, and click here for a 30% discount code for those interested in purchasing the book.
New article on transboundary watershed management & the Limpopo River in Southern Africa
"A Metacoupling Framework for Exploring Transboundary Watershed Management" by Leandra Merz (UF-Geography), Vanessa Hull (UF- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation) and Di Yang (University of Montana). Sustainability, 12(5), 1879.
The History of Kiziba and Its Kings / Historia ya Kiziba na Wafalme Wake
Translated by Galasius B. Kamanzi and edited by Peter R. Schmidt. This project was funded through the University of Florida Center for the Humanities. Available in Swahili and English.
Two New OECD Publications
McOmber, C. (2020), "Women and climate change in the Sahel", West African Papers, No. 27, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/e31c77ad-en.
Walther, O. (2020), "Femmes et conflits en Afrique de l'Ouest", Notes ouest-africaines, No. 28, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/d5004dd3-fr.
Call for Publications & News
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Other News
Call for Papers
African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE) annual meeting
The objective of the 2020 ABORNE annual meeting organized by the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) and the University of Florida Sahel Research Group (SRG) is to rethink the complicated relationships that bind trade and security in African borderlands.
The conference will make a significant contribution to the academic and policy debates related to the opening of borders to trade and their control by states and regional organizations. The conference will serve as a global forum for border scholars, local, regional and national policy makers and other border professionals from customs and security agencies, irrespective of their disciplinary backgrounds, methodological approaches, or geographical scope.
Contact: Olivier Walther (Chair), Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611, USA, aborne2020@africa.ufl.edu
Curated by Riley Ravary
Programs and Communications Officer
Center for African Studies, University of Florida
