RAS Events
Tue, 17/10/2017 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
"Too young to matter? How the youth will shape Africa’s future"
The Royal African Society Annual Lecture 2017 delivered by... more
Mon, 23/10/2017 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Mobilising Through Messaging: Democracy and the Digital Space in Kenya
ASAUK 2017 Mary Kingsley Zochonis Lecture delivered by Dr... more
African Arguments
African Arguments - Siasa na Kusengenyana (aka When Kenyan politicians switch from English)
Kenya’s political discourse takes place in... more
African Arguments - Burundi’s newest, biggest rebel group
Who are the Popular Forces of Burundi?
Burundian... more
RAS News
Thursday, 28 September 2017
A message from the Chair, Zeinab Badawi
After a remarkable 12 years at the helm of the Royal African Society, Richard Dowden will step down as... more
Richard Dowden's Blog
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Kgalema Motlanthe should be basking in the glow of a well-lived life. Born in 1949 his youth was dominated by the steady advance of apartheid in South Africa. He talks slowly, describing the 1950s carefully without exaggeration or anger. His father was a social activist in Alexandra Township, the... more
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