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Citing Africa podcast series two launched

The FLCA has launched series two of the Citing Africa podcast, exploring the ways ideas and biases become hegemonic within international organisations working in African countries. Focussed on how knowledge and technology shape economic and social development, expert speakers discuss topics ranging from how data is used in African countries to how neglected tropical diseases became a global health issue.

Citing Africa investigates knowledge production about and from the African continent. The podcast addresses the structural factors shaping the type of information we value and what this means for debates on decolonisation.

Listen to the podcast and learn more.

Young, Gifted and Black in Academia event

The FLCA will host a workshop on 20 October for current and prospective Black students, supporting those planning a career in academia or a PhD programme.

The event will see Black doctoral students and academics discuss their experiences navigating academic institutions as minorities.

FLCA in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter

Staff at the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa have published a statement in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.

We support the efforts of those working to ease ongoing tensions within the United States of America and those working to combat the issues of racism, police brutality and institutional oppression throughout society.

With millions of Africans in the diaspora calling the United States their home, we call upon everyone who engages with our work to support those who struggle for justice and equality in order to achieve lasting peace in our world. 

Africa Talks: Decolonising Knowledge Systems

Kickstarting our 2020 Africa Talks series, we hosted a discussion with Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Dr Wangui wa Goro and Dr Romina Istratii on how Africa can decolonise its knowledge systems.

The speakers examined some of the progress made in this endeavour discussing ideas on how these systems can be rethought, re-framed and reconstructed and the complicated role played by global North-South knowledge exchange programmes in attempts to further the continent’s epistemological agency.

Audio podcast
A podcast of this event is available to download