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Habari kwa ufupi - AFSAAP
Newsletter No. 58 - March 2015
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MARCH 2015 AFSAAP Newsletter
Remembering Two Great African Studies Scholars
Professor Anthony Low - 1927-2015
AFSAAP would like to acknowledge and celebrate the life and contributions of Professor Anthony Low. He was
AFSAAP’s first president from 1978-1981, and he made an invaluable contribution to African Studies, and the
academy. In the Australasian Review of African Studies, Vol 34 No 2 December 2013, David Lucas wrote about
Anthony Low’s ‘retirement’ from research – see http://afsaap.org.au/assets/ARAS_Vol_XXXIV_2_Lucas1.pdf. At
the 2012 AFSAAP Conference held in Canberra, (see http://afsaap.org.au/conference/conference-2012/) we also
celebrated his contribution to AFSAAP. You can see in this photo, http://afsaap.org.au/assets/2012conference1.
jpg from the front Professor Low, his wife, his son in law Matthew Neuhaus, and his grand-daughter, with Tanya
Lyons, AFSAAP’s current president, acknowledging his life’s achievements. AFSAAP sends sincere condolences to
Anthony’s family at this time, and would like to thank them for supporting his achievements in African Studies.
Farewell Terence Ranger
A leading Africanist historian - passed away on January 3rd 2015
Many AFSAAP members will know Ranger’s formidable list of publications on African history, in particular
Zimbabwean history. You can see his major publications at this link - http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/
terence-ranger-2015
More importantly, Ranger inspired many young Africanist scholars around the world, and he is considered to be
one of the leading figures in African Studies. Read his obituary here - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/
jan/18/terrance-ranger-obituary
On a personal note, I met Terence Ranger in Harare in 1996, in the bar at the Miekels Hotel, where we discussed
a feminist history of Zimbabwe over a beer, and he suggested the title for my PhD thesis. He connected my
research on women in the liberation struggle to David Lan’s 1985 book “Guns and Rain: Guerillas and Spirit
Mediums in Zimbabwe”, and the title “Guns and Guerrilla Girls: Women in the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle”
was invented. Ranger’s enthusiasm inspired the completion of my research. While it may seem trivial, it is these
moments of inspiration and support - which Professors like Terence Ranger excelled at - that have enabled the
development of knowledge about Africa, for Africa across the world.
Farewell Professor Ranger.
Submitted by Dr Tanya Lyons, AFSAAP President
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Habari kwa ufupi - AFSAAP Newsletter NO. 58 - March 2015
New AFSAAP website structure
The AFSAAP website www.afsaap.org.au has recently been updated to include new menu headings such as
Resources and Opportunities. These provide information on AFSAAP sponsorships, funding opportunities, and
more. Check out the other new features at the website! Make sure you add your name to the Members page
with your areas of expertise (see below). This resource is used by media, researchers and other journals to find
experts in the field of African Studies. See the Members link on the website.
Have your research profile included at the AFSAAP Members page
If you would like your research profile included at the AFSAAP Members page - http://afsaap.org.au/members/
please send the following information to the AFSAAP Secretary via email [email protected]
Name:
Email address(es):
Web site address(es):
University or other affiliation:
Phone number (optional):
Interests (25 words approx): please also include which countries / regions are your principal research area.
AFSAAP conference funding opportunities
Mr. Nikola Pijovic (a PhD student at ANU) has been awarded a 2015 AFSAAP Travel Grant to attend the 6th
European Conference on African Studies, in Paris from 8-10 July 2015. See http://www.ecas2015.fr/. He will
present a paper on Somalia.
For further information on how you can apply for these small grants please see http://afsaap.org.au/
opportunities/funding-to-attend-conferences/
Area-focused African Studies organisations
Members may find that the following organisations provide useful resources and contact information:
Congolese Studies Association
Congo Research Network
Ghana Studies Association
Mande Studies Association
Igbo Studies Association
Lusophone African Studies Organization
Nigerian Studies Association
Tanzania Studies Association
Submitted by Dr Graeme Counsel, AFSAAP Secretary
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Habari kwa ufupi - AFSAAP Newsletter NO. 58 - March 2015
Call for papers
the Fifth Annual Conference on “Business and Entrepreneurship in Africa”
The conference will serve as a forum to present current work on business and entrepreneurship in Africa by
scholars, practitioners, policy makers, from around the world. The conference will be held from April 2-4, 2015
in Syracuse, New York. Further details are in the attached flyer - page 4
Submitted by Nawal el-Gack
Book launch - “Still a pygmy”, by Isaac Bacirongo and Michael Nest
AFSAAP members and their guests are invited to the book launch, to be held on March 21 at Gleebooks in
Glebe, Sydney. Further details are in the attached flyer - page 5
Submitted by Alec Thornton, AFSAAP Vice-President
International Women’s Day event – March 5
In recognition of International Women’s Day Macquarie University will be hosting a panel discussion with
speakers working as Change Agents for Peace. Entertainment will be provided by Miriam Lieberman, who plays
the kora (a 21-string West African harp-lute) and acoustic guitar, and plays both as a soloist and with her trio
(violinist Lara Goodridge and cellist Kate Adams). Further details are in the attached flyer - page 6
Submitted by Lucy Hobgood-Brown
DR Congo MD and MP will speak at UNSW on March 9
The Sydney Development Circle, Faculty of Social Sciences UNSW and SHARE, invite you to meet one of the
Democratic Republic of Congo’s medical social change activists and youngest Member of Parliament, Dr Luc
Mulimbalimba-Masururu, Medical Director of Mission in Health Care and Development in the Democratic
Republic of Congo and Kenya. This free event is in collaboration with HandUp Congo and the Birthing Kit
Foundation Australia, and it promises to be a lively and interactive evening. Further details are in the
attached flyer - page 7
Submitted by Lucy Hobgood-Brown
Photographic exhibition – African/Australians
A new photographic series by Louise Whelan is on display at Customs House in Sydney until March 22.
Further details are in the attached flyer - page 5
Submitted by Lucy Hobgood-Brown
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FIFTH AFRICA BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CONFERENCE
April 16 – 18, 2015
Whitman School of Management
Syracuse University
Syracuse, N.Y., USA
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline:
January 24, 2015
Registration Fee Due: February 2, 2015
Full Papers Due: March 21, 2015
Conference: April 16-18, 2015
Partners & Co-organizers
Syracuse University, USA
Makerere University Business
School, Uganda
Université Laval, Canada
State Univ. of New York at Oswego,
USA
Université Paris‑Dauphine, France
University of Canberra, Australia
École Nationale Supérieure de
Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée,
Côte d’Ivoire
Université Cheikh Anta Diop,
Sénégal
Contact Information
Prof. Pierre Yourougou
721 University Ave.
Syracuse University, USA
Phone: (315) 443-8087
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Issouf Soumaré
FSA, Laval University
Québec QC Canada
Phone: (1) 418-656-2131 Ext. 4021
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Diana N. Ntamu
Makerere University Business School,
Uganda
Phone : +256 414 338 125 /6
Email: [email protected]
Call for Papers
Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Society and the Africa Business
Program at the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies,
Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University are organizing
the Fifth Annual Conference on “Business and Entrepreneurship in
Africa” jointly with Makerere University Business School and Laval
University and in collaboration with other partner institutions on April 24, 2015 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
The conference will serve as a forum to present current work on business
and entrepreneurship in Africa by scholars, practitioners, policy makers,
from around the world. Authors are invited to submit original,
unpublished manuscripts that address any aspect of the business and
entrepreneurship directly or indirectly related to Africa. Manuscripts may
focus solely on one country, on comparisons between countries or crossborder entrepreneurship or businesses. Case studies are also welcome.
Best papers will be recognized for special awards and selected papers
will be published in the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.
Please visit the conference website (www.africabusinessprogram.com)
for guidelines on submitting your abstract or panel session proposal
and for information on the Best Paper Competition. Please address
any request to [email protected]. Papers in English or French
will be considered for presentation.
Possible areas of study include, but are not limited to:
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Competitiveness of African Economies
Doing Business in Africa: Public Policy Options for creating business enabling environment
Entrepreneurship Education, Business Incubation
Business Financing : Venture Capital, Private Equity Funds, Banks, Bond and Stock markets
Information and Communication Technology and African Businesses
Reverse Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship
Foreign Direct Investment
China and India African Business Engagement
The Diaspora Investment, Remittances and Entrepreneurship
Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Microenterprises and Microfinance
Social Entrepreneurship
Women and Youth Entrepreneurship
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BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION
Finch Publishing and Gleebooks invite you to the launch of Still a Pygmy by Isaac Bacirongo and
Michael Nest, a memoir which tells the story of how Isaac grew up as a Pygmy hunter-gatherer
in the forest of Congo and now finds himself in Sydney, Australia. The book launch is
• Date:Saturday21stMarch,
• Time:3:30for4pm.
• Venue:UpstairsatGleebooks,49GlebePointRoad,Glebe
• [email protected]
byWednesday18March
Still a Pygmy by Isaac Bacirongo and Michael Nest (Finch Publishing) will be available on 1 March
2015 in paperback ($27.99) and ebook ($9.99). You can find out more about my book at
www.finch.com.au/still-a-pygmy.
We hope that you, your family and friends can join us for this celebration.
For further information, please contact Laura at Finch Publishing on 02 9418 6247
[email protected].
Books can be pre-ordered from Gleebooks by phoning 02 9660 233
or online at http://tinyurl.com/kbluppz.
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