Latest Past Events
Public Lecture: Internal Migration in Ghana: Identifying the Migrant and an Examination of Prevalence and Patterns between 2013 and 2017; Speaker: Louis Boakye-Yiadom
Virtual via Zoom, 13th April 2021 Abstract For many years, migration has featured extensively in academic and public discussions, and its prominence shows no sign of abatement. While much of the focus of the migration discourse has been on international migration, available evidence suggests that internal migration also merits considerable attention. This lecture first highlights ... Read more
Writing Workshop 2021
12-16 April, 2021, virtual via Zoom The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) seeks to provide Africa-based early career researchers working on the themes of sustainable peace, sustainable democracy and sustainable environmental transformation on the continent with the space and intellectual community to transform a draft paper into a publishable journal piece. The ... Read more
Public Lecture: Gender and Biopolitics in the Poetry of Nontsizi Mgqwetho; Speaker: Emily McGiffin
Virtual via Zoom, 30th March 2021 Abstract Published almost exclusively in the multilingual Johannesburg newspaper Umteteli wa Bantu during the 1920s, Nontsizi Mgqwetho's poetry is enmeshed with the racial and industrial politics of her time and place. Despite its denunciations of the colonial state and vehement calls for black unity and activism, her work is ... Read more
