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The Pan-African history of Basil Davidson: Episode 1 – Different but Equal: Screening + Q&A
Tue, 11/03/2014 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Date & Time: Tuesday 11 March, 7-9PM Place: Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS Event in partnership with the SOAS Pan-African Society.... more

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Monday, 16 December 2013
As an individual member of the RAS, you join a network of people committed to Africa's advancement.    Individual membership... more

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African Arguments

African Arguments - How did the DRC become the ICC’s Pandora’s Box? – By Thijs B. Bouwknegt
Wednesday, 5 March 2014 - 3:20pm
ICC indictee Germain Katanga during his trial at... more
African Arguments - Back to the Middle Ages? Response to Thabo Mbeki and Mahmood Mamdani’s op-ed: “Court’s Can’t End Civil Wars” – Anonymous
Wednesday, 5 March 2014 - 10:02am
True, courts can’t end civil wars, but... more

Richard Dowden's Blog

Gay Africa: casualty of a different power struggle
Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Written by Richard Dowden
  Uganda’s war over homosexuality threatens to spread to other African countries and has further damaged the increasingly strained relationship between Africa and Western donors. For the donors it is a matter of human rights for minorities – a corner stone of democracy. For Africa... more

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