The political life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship |
Simukai Chigudu launches his book, 'The political life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship'. He explains the cholera epidemic, the response to it in Zimbabwe and from the world and life after the epidemic, remembering the epidemic |
Simukai Chigudu |
24 February, 2020 |
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Why is contemporary Africa poor: insights from archaeology and deep history |
Professor Shadreck Chirikure, University of Cape Town, gives a talk for on using archaeology to learn about present day Africa. |
Shadreck Chirikure |
11 February, 2020 |
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A Forum for Reason: Reflections on the Role of South Africa’s Constitutional Court |
Prof Kate O'Regan, Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and a former judge of the South African Constitutional Court, gives a talk for the Africa Oxford Initiative. |
Kate O'Regan |
10 February, 2020 |
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The Future of UK-Africa Research Partnerships Development Research and Beyond |
Gill Wells is the Head of Research Services European and International Team and Strategic Lead on GCRF at the University of Oxford. |
Gill Wells |
13 December, 2019 |
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Communicating the Diagnosis of Life Threatening Conditions to Children |
Professor Alan Stein, Head of Section, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Oxford delivered this talk at an AfOx insaka. |
Alan Stein |
13 December, 2019 |
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Africa Works: Reflections on Failures and Successes in Healthcare Innovation |
Jake McKnight talks about the failures and successes of projects he’s studied or been involved in, reflecting on the idea that ‘Africa Works’, and as researchers and implementors, it’s up to us to fit local cultures rather to try to ‘fix’ them. |
Jake McKnight |
8 November, 2019 |
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Gbagba and Jaadeh! as Anti-Corruption Revolutions from 'Below' |
Corruption is often bandied about in adult circles as the misuse of public influence for private gain. But, what if children could articulate how corruption is enmeshed in everyday human interactions? |
Robtel Neajai Pailey |
8 November, 2019 |
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Fighting against Poverty in the African Great Lakes Region: a question of Power and Resistance |
AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Aymar Bisoka from the Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. |
Aymar Bisoka |
23 September, 2019 |
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Social ecology of cocoa farming in Ghana |
AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Rebecca Asare from the Nature Conservation Research Centre delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. |
Rebecca Asare |
20 September, 2019 |
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Gender and water access- leveraging on social capital for inclusive access |
AfOx Visiting Fellow Professor Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. |
Salome Bukachi |
20 September, 2019 |
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Medical advice and negotiations of medical authority in Nigerian HIV consultations |
AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Eniola Boluwaduro delivered this talk at All Souls College. Using the methodology of conservation analysis, Eniola examined the way in which doctors negotiate medical authority with patients during HIV consultations in Nigeria. |
Eniola Boluwaduro |
16 August, 2019 |
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Driving Africa's prosperity through sustainable and innovative practices |
Guest lecture by the 6th President of Mauritius- Prof Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. |
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim |
4 June, 2019 |
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Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture Discussion |
The discussion after the lecture, with an international guest panel on decolonising education and reimagining the higher education space in Africa and the Diaspora. |
Running Grass, Sizwe Mkwanazi, Shaeera Kalla, Nompendulo Mkatshwa. |
17 May, 2019 |
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Is Africa a Dissimilar System? Oxford Africa Society 2019 Annual Lecture |
The Oxford Africa Society will host an annual lecture delivered by the Director of the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre and Rhodes Professor of Race Relations, Wale Adebanwi. |
Wale Adebanwi |
17 May, 2019 |
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Decolonising African museums: the Africa perspective |
The debate on decolonising museums has been very lively across the gardens, libraries and museums in Oxford over the last few months. |
Fredrick Manthi |
15 April, 2019 |
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Bolder Action for health in Africa |
This talk was delivered by Dr Tolullah Oni, Clinical Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge. |
Tolullah Oni |
15 March, 2019 |
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Is energy bad for Africa? |
This talk was delivered by Prof Malcolm McCulloch, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy. Many utility companies are setting up large scale energy projects in African countries. |
Malcolm McCulloch |
15 March, 2019 |
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Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the digital era is transforming Kenya |
Writer and political activist Nanjala Nyabola delivers our first insaka of 2019. In this podcast, Nanjala explores shifts in power, popular action and social capacity in the digital age. |
Nanjala Nyabola |
6 February, 2019 |
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