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A Day of Dialogue & Reflection: 30 years of Democracy in South Africa
Explore highlights from a recent colloquium that delved into South Africa’s post-apartheid journey and its future. Featuring insights from top scholars and journal editors, the launch of a new book series and a powerful presentation by intellectual and activist Nomboniso Gasa, the event (co-organised by the Global Souths Hub) sparked vital conversations on the country’s…
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Health Communication Insights from Egypt: Why doctor-influencers avoid academic citations
Noha Atef is a journalism lecturer, scholar, and trainer from Egypt, specialising in digital media and emerging forms of journalism. Her research focuses on digital communities and social media. In this short blog post, Noha discusses her recent work into Egyptian doctor-influencers vlogs and how to make health content more accessible. Noha is currently a…
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Digital Activism and Memory at ECREA 2024
Hear from Silas Udenze, a scholar activist from Enugu State, Nigeria and an interdisciplinary postdoctoral researcher at the Open University of Catalunya. In this piece, Silas shares his research and insights from the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association. Which conference did you attend? I attended the 10th European Communication Research and Education Association…
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Generation and Regeneration: What’s Happening at ASAUK 2024
The Global Souths Hub team are looking forward to attending the 60th African Studies Association of the UK conference (ASAUK). More than 550 academics, independent researchers, media professionals and others will come together for a lively and thought-provoking 3-day event at Oxford Brookes University from Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 August 2024. This year’s conference…
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Africa Day 2024: Empowering African Minds
Purniya Awan is a Contributing Editor at the Global Souths Hub. Her areas of interest are gender, law and development in the Global South. This blog post aims to highlight the history of Africa Day, the significance of celebrating the day and how quality education across the African continent can produce scholars fit for the…
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Launching the Kassahun Checole Prize for Early Career Researchers in African Studies
Third World Quarterly (TWQ) are delighted to announce the launch of Kassahun Checole Prize for the best and most innovative article submitted by an Early Career Researcher (ECR) in the field of African Studies. Both African writers and all those writing on African topics are encouraged to enter the prize. Submissions are now open! Submissions are…
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“A is for Africa”: Towards the Decolonisation of Knowledge Production
Sylvia Tamale, an accomplished Ugandan academic and human rights activist, presented “A is for Africa”: Towards the Decolonisation of Knowledge Production at the third annual Devaki Jain lecture series which took place at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, UK, on the 13th of October 2022. Below is the transcript of Tamale’s insightful lecture (first published in ‘The…
