Global Souths Hub
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Global Souths Hub is a news site developed alongside the teams behind the two leading journals, Third World Quarterly (TWQ) and Central Asian Survey (CAS). Visit us at https://globalsouth.org/
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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re resharing Third World Quarterly’s Special issue on gender-based violence in Latin America:
A powerful collection that challenges mainstream narratives and highlights resistance across the region 🔽
A powerful collection that challenges mainstream narratives and highlights resistance across the region 🔽
New TWQ Special Issue Addresses Gender-based Violence in Latin America - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
Hear from guest editors Sanne Weber and Tatiana Sanchez Parra on their Third World Quarterly (TWQ) Special Issue Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Latin America: Resistance, Agency and Solidarity.…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re resharing Third World Quarterly’s Special issue on gender-based violence in Latin America:
A powerful collection that challenges mainstream narratives and highlights resistance across the region 🔽
A powerful collection that challenges mainstream narratives and highlights resistance across the region 🔽
New TWQ Special Issue: “Fragmented Multilateralism and International Institutions.” It examines how China, India, the EU, the U.S., and Latin America are reshaping today’s multilateral system.
Guest editors: Andrew F. Cooper, Emel Parlar Dal & Samiratou Dipama.
Learn more:
Guest editors: Andrew F. Cooper, Emel Parlar Dal & Samiratou Dipama.
Learn more:
A New TWQ Special Issue: Multilateralism and Global Institutions in a Fragmented World - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
Multilateralism and the international institutions that have long sustained it—face a deep and multi-layered crisis. While this predicament is widely recognised in International Relations…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New TWQ Special Issue: “Fragmented Multilateralism and International Institutions.” It examines how China, India, the EU, the U.S., and Latin America are reshaping today’s multilateral system.
Guest editors: Andrew F. Cooper, Emel Parlar Dal & Samiratou Dipama.
Learn more:
Guest editors: Andrew F. Cooper, Emel Parlar Dal & Samiratou Dipama.
Learn more:
🌫️🇵🇰 Smog season has returned to South Asia, enveloping cities with familiar heaviness.
We’re revisiting Purniya Awan’s powerful blog that captures what this crisis truly feels like for Pakistanis: the health burdens, the daily compromises, and the quiet resilience often overlooked ⬇️ buff.ly/vt6p6JM
We’re revisiting Purniya Awan’s powerful blog that captures what this crisis truly feels like for Pakistanis: the health burdens, the daily compromises, and the quiet resilience often overlooked ⬇️ buff.ly/vt6p6JM
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌫️🇵🇰 Smog season has returned to South Asia, enveloping cities with familiar heaviness.
We’re revisiting Purniya Awan’s powerful blog that captures what this crisis truly feels like for Pakistanis: the health burdens, the daily compromises, and the quiet resilience often overlooked ⬇️ buff.ly/vt6p6JM
We’re revisiting Purniya Awan’s powerful blog that captures what this crisis truly feels like for Pakistanis: the health burdens, the daily compromises, and the quiet resilience often overlooked ⬇️ buff.ly/vt6p6JM
Countries in the #GlobalSouth can move beyond aid dependency to build scientific & technological futures of their own?
In our latest blog, Joshua Sarpong & Bezawit Alamirew Wube (@aucklanduni.bsky.social) explore the politics of STEM, sovereignty, and self-reliant development 👇
In our latest blog, Joshua Sarpong & Bezawit Alamirew Wube (@aucklanduni.bsky.social) explore the politics of STEM, sovereignty, and self-reliant development 👇
Beyond Aid Dependency: Building Scientific Sovereignty in the Global South - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Beyond Aid Dependency: Building Scientific Sovereignty in the Global South
In this blog post, Joshua Sarpong, higher education researcher, and Bezawit Alamirew Wube, STEM education specialist based at the University of Auckland, explore how countries in the Global South can…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Countries in the #GlobalSouth can move beyond aid dependency to build scientific & technological futures of their own?
In our latest blog, Joshua Sarpong & Bezawit Alamirew Wube (@aucklanduni.bsky.social) explore the politics of STEM, sovereignty, and self-reliant development 👇
In our latest blog, Joshua Sarpong & Bezawit Alamirew Wube (@aucklanduni.bsky.social) explore the politics of STEM, sovereignty, and self-reliant development 👇
🚨 Flooding and landslides are wreaking havoc across northern and central Vietnam, displacing entire communities. @bluedragonchildren.bsky.social is stepping in with emergency food, safe shelter, and rebuilding support but they can’t do it alone.
Make a donation now ⬇️
Make a donation now ⬇️
Emergency Flood Appeal
Tropical storms has devastated communities in rural Vietnam. Flooding and landslides have destroyed people's homes.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 Flooding and landslides are wreaking havoc across northern and central Vietnam, displacing entire communities. @bluedragonchildren.bsky.social is stepping in with emergency food, safe shelter, and rebuilding support but they can’t do it alone.
Make a donation now ⬇️
Make a donation now ⬇️
🎉 Great news! Central Asian Survey is now on LinkedIn.
Follow us for updates, research highlights, and regional news - and we’d love the same support you’ve shown the journal across other social media platforms.
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Follow us for updates, research highlights, and regional news - and we’d love the same support you’ve shown the journal across other social media platforms.
🔗 Follow the LinkedIn page here: buff.ly/6Gb5PBl
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎉 Great news! Central Asian Survey is now on LinkedIn.
Follow us for updates, research highlights, and regional news - and we’d love the same support you’ve shown the journal across other social media platforms.
🔗 Follow the LinkedIn page here: buff.ly/6Gb5PBl
Follow us for updates, research highlights, and regional news - and we’d love the same support you’ve shown the journal across other social media platforms.
🔗 Follow the LinkedIn page here: buff.ly/6Gb5PBl
As #COP30 begins in Brazil, read a collated list by @zaraqadir.bsky.social, with reflections and recommendations from Global Souths Hub contributors, Ginbert Cuaton, Saba Attfield, and Queenie Agdalipe on why climate justice is about sovereignty, dignity & generational fairness👇
Global Day of Action for Climate Justice: Our Reading List - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Global Day of Action for Climate Justice: Our Reading List
In the run up to Global Day of Action for Climate Justice and as global leaders gather at COP30 in Belém, Brazil (10–21 November 2025), we are reminded that climate justice extends beyond…
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As #COP30 begins in Brazil, read a collated list by @zaraqadir.bsky.social, with reflections and recommendations from Global Souths Hub contributors, Ginbert Cuaton, Saba Attfield, and Queenie Agdalipe on why climate justice is about sovereignty, dignity & generational fairness👇
Internet shutdowns are becoming more frequent across Africa, posing serious risks to economic activity and inclusion.
This latest research by members of the African Digital Rights Network convened by @ids.ac.uk highlights how these disruptions limit innovation and opportunity 🔽
This latest research by members of the African Digital Rights Network convened by @ids.ac.uk highlights how these disruptions limit innovation and opportunity 🔽
Internet shutdowns in Africa double since 2016 - Institute of Development Studies
Countries in Africa experienced over 190 internet shutdowns between 2016 and 2024, new research reveals today.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Internet shutdowns are becoming more frequent across Africa, posing serious risks to economic activity and inclusion.
This latest research by members of the African Digital Rights Network convened by @ids.ac.uk highlights how these disruptions limit innovation and opportunity 🔽
This latest research by members of the African Digital Rights Network convened by @ids.ac.uk highlights how these disruptions limit innovation and opportunity 🔽
🌾 In our recent blog, Kien Dang from the Livelihood Sovereignty Alliance (LISO) explores how the Dzao Indigenous community can enrich our insights into food security. She documents 80 forest food species and reflects on Vietnam's COVID-19 unity in fostering sustainable food systems:
The Role of Edible Forest Foods in Vietnam’s Food Security - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB The Role of Edible Forest Foods in Vietnam’s Food Security
In this blog post, Kien Dang, Programme Coordinator of the Land Use Policy Analysis for Poverty Alleviation (LUPAPA) under Livelihood Sovereignty Alliance (LISO), explores food security in Vietnam.…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌾 In our recent blog, Kien Dang from the Livelihood Sovereignty Alliance (LISO) explores how the Dzao Indigenous community can enrich our insights into food security. She documents 80 forest food species and reflects on Vietnam's COVID-19 unity in fostering sustainable food systems:
Revisiting “Reclaiming Our Voices: The Somali Gender Hub” by Sahra Ahmed Koshin -- a powerful look at how Somali women are leading change in research, academia, and storytelling. 🌍👩🏽🏫
Read more here 👇 buff.ly/Y0dANx5
Read more here 👇 buff.ly/Y0dANx5
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Revisiting “Reclaiming Our Voices: The Somali Gender Hub” by Sahra Ahmed Koshin -- a powerful look at how Somali women are leading change in research, academia, and storytelling. 🌍👩🏽🏫
Read more here 👇 buff.ly/Y0dANx5
Read more here 👇 buff.ly/Y0dANx5
“Third World Radicals,” a new Third World Quarterly Special Issue, revisits how thinkers from the MENA region swapped ideas and tactics across decades - from Islamo-socialism to liberation theology.
Radicalism, it argues, is not dogma but creative reinvention across borders 🔽
Radicalism, it argues, is not dogma but creative reinvention across borders 🔽
Third World Radicals: A New SI from TWQ - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Third World Radicals: A New SI from TWQ
This Third World Quarterly (TWQ) special issue, titled "Third World Radicals”, shows how activists and thinkers from Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa have swapped ideas, images and…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“Third World Radicals,” a new Third World Quarterly Special Issue, revisits how thinkers from the MENA region swapped ideas and tactics across decades - from Islamo-socialism to liberation theology.
Radicalism, it argues, is not dogma but creative reinvention across borders 🔽
Radicalism, it argues, is not dogma but creative reinvention across borders 🔽
🎓 Attending a conference soon? Whether you're presenting your research or simply looking to grow your network, conferences can be powerful catalysts — if you plan properly.
Dive deeper with our full guide from Global Souths Hub ⬇️
Dive deeper with our full guide from Global Souths Hub ⬇️
How to Get the Most out of an Academic Conference - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
First academic conference? Discover practical tips from early-career researchers to help you prepare, network effectively, & make the most of every opportunity.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎓 Attending a conference soon? Whether you're presenting your research or simply looking to grow your network, conferences can be powerful catalysts — if you plan properly.
Dive deeper with our full guide from Global Souths Hub ⬇️
Dive deeper with our full guide from Global Souths Hub ⬇️
Deniz Ataman, MA student @ucukent.bsky.social, explores the connection between academic ideals and peace-building realities.
Read his insights from the 62nd Conflict Research Society Conference on international humanitarian law and exchanges between scholars & field practitioners👇
Read his insights from the 62nd Conflict Research Society Conference on international humanitarian law and exchanges between scholars & field practitioners👇
Running Towards Peace, as it Seems to Be Getting Distant - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Running Towards Peace, as it Seems to Be Getting Distant
I’m Deniz Ataman, an MA student in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Kent, UK. As part of my internship, I helped organise the Conflict Research Society (CRS) Conference in September…
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November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Deniz Ataman, MA student @ucukent.bsky.social, explores the connection between academic ideals and peace-building realities.
Read his insights from the 62nd Conflict Research Society Conference on international humanitarian law and exchanges between scholars & field practitioners👇
Read his insights from the 62nd Conflict Research Society Conference on international humanitarian law and exchanges between scholars & field practitioners👇
🌏 Have a story, reflection, or piece of research rooted in the Global South?
The Global Souths Hub is open for submissions — a space where academics, activists, and storytellers connect to share perspectives that challenge, inspire, and inform.
💡 Find out how to contribute 👇
The Global Souths Hub is open for submissions — a space where academics, activists, and storytellers connect to share perspectives that challenge, inspire, and inform.
💡 Find out how to contribute 👇
How to Contribute to the Hub - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
Global Souths Hub is a free to access news and resource platform that encourages debate and fosters collaborations in the field of Global South Studies. We welcome contributions from all who have…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌏 Have a story, reflection, or piece of research rooted in the Global South?
The Global Souths Hub is open for submissions — a space where academics, activists, and storytellers connect to share perspectives that challenge, inspire, and inform.
💡 Find out how to contribute 👇
The Global Souths Hub is open for submissions — a space where academics, activists, and storytellers connect to share perspectives that challenge, inspire, and inform.
💡 Find out how to contribute 👇
🇨🇻 Read our new blog post by @bethlehemattfield.bsky.social, who attended the Sixth Biennial African Studies Association of Africa Conference held in Cabo Verde, with the theme: ‘African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future’ ⬇️
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From Crisis to Hope – Insights from African Studies Association of Africa Conference - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB From Crisis to Hope – Insights from African Studies Association of Africa Conference
In this piece Bethlehem Attfield shares her experiences attending the African Studies Association of Africa Conference (ASAA) which took place in September of 2025. As my fellow attendees from the…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🇨🇻 Read our new blog post by @bethlehemattfield.bsky.social, who attended the Sixth Biennial African Studies Association of Africa Conference held in Cabo Verde, with the theme: ‘African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future’ ⬇️
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🇵🇸 Resharing this brilliant take by Mira Mookerjee on some of the most pressing issues raised at the #EISA2025 conference, including how #Palestine advocacy is being targeted through legal & political repression, and why this matters for all movements confronting global injustice ⬇️
The Criminalisation of Palestine Solidarity - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB The Criminalisation of Palestine Solidarity
In this piece, Mira Mookerjee, Editor and Website Curator at the Global Souths Hub, documents the discussions that took place at this year's European International Studies Association (EISA) and…
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October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🇵🇸 Resharing this brilliant take by Mira Mookerjee on some of the most pressing issues raised at the #EISA2025 conference, including how #Palestine advocacy is being targeted through legal & political repression, and why this matters for all movements confronting global injustice ⬇️
🎙️ Tune in to the Exalt Research podcast for a conversation with @raunaku.bsky.social, Research Professor of Arctic Indigenous Politics, as she discusses Sámi democratic engagement and what a just transition means for Indigenous peoples in the Nordic energy shift.
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Rauna Kuokkanen - What does Sámi democratic engagement in energy transition look like?
Podcast Episode · EXALT Podcast · 29/11/2024 · 45m
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October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎙️ Tune in to the Exalt Research podcast for a conversation with @raunaku.bsky.social, Research Professor of Arctic Indigenous Politics, as she discusses Sámi democratic engagement and what a just transition means for Indigenous peoples in the Nordic energy shift.
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🔔 TWQ's new Special Issue, "Understanding Epistemic Erasures", Guest Edited by Yafa El Masri (Lecturer @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social), explores how Indigenous, refugee, queer, and grassroots knowledge systems are systematically erased and how communities fight back ⬇️
Confronting Epistemic Erasures – A TWQ Special Issue on Decolonising Knowledge, Fostering Resistance and Building Alternatives - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB
This Third World Quarterly (TWQ) Special Issue (SI) explores the phenomenon of Epistemic Erasure as the process through which the knowledge systems of marginalized communities are rendered invisible,…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🔔 TWQ's new Special Issue, "Understanding Epistemic Erasures", Guest Edited by Yafa El Masri (Lecturer @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social), explores how Indigenous, refugee, queer, and grassroots knowledge systems are systematically erased and how communities fight back ⬇️
🇻🇳 Massive flooding in northern Vietnam following Typhoon Matmo has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of rice & crops, submerged nearly 17,000 homes, and decimated livestock and poultry populations. Immediate relief & long‑term resilience are needed.
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Post-storm floods devastate crops, homes across northern Vietnam
As of 5pm on October 8, heavy rains triggered by the aftermath of Typhoon Matmo had inundated and damaged nearly 22,600 ha of rice and crops, killed or swept away hundreds of thousands of livestock…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🇻🇳 Massive flooding in northern Vietnam following Typhoon Matmo has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of rice & crops, submerged nearly 17,000 homes, and decimated livestock and poultry populations. Immediate relief & long‑term resilience are needed.
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🇧🇫Burkina Faso, 🇳🇪Niger, 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire: three nations breaking the grip of Francafrique.
Kividi Koralage (@aberuni.bsky.social) traces the second wave of African liberation and the unraveling of French neocolonialism in our next powerful blog post.
🔗 globalsouth.org/2025/10/guar...
Kividi Koralage (@aberuni.bsky.social) traces the second wave of African liberation and the unraveling of French neocolonialism in our next powerful blog post.
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Guardians of the Golden Stool: Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s Struggle for True Independence - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB Guardians of the Golden Stool: Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger’s Strug...
Kividi Koralage, a scholar of international relations and development, examines in this blog how Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger are redefining their paths away from France’s influence, marking...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🇧🇫Burkina Faso, 🇳🇪Niger, 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire: three nations breaking the grip of Francafrique.
Kividi Koralage (@aberuni.bsky.social) traces the second wave of African liberation and the unraveling of French neocolonialism in our next powerful blog post.
🔗 globalsouth.org/2025/10/guar...
Kividi Koralage (@aberuni.bsky.social) traces the second wave of African liberation and the unraveling of French neocolonialism in our next powerful blog post.
🔗 globalsouth.org/2025/10/guar...
First-time author? Before submitting, learn key tips for success. From aligning your paper with a journal's scope, to clear writing and navigating peer reviews, read the @devcomms.bsky.social blog for great tips from the Development in Practice journal editors 🔽
Getting published in journals: tips for first-time authors — Development Studies Association
Are you preparing to submit your first journal article. Listen to the tips from Development in Practice's team.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
First-time author? Before submitting, learn key tips for success. From aligning your paper with a journal's scope, to clear writing and navigating peer reviews, read the @devcomms.bsky.social blog for great tips from the Development in Practice journal editors 🔽
🤝 @drnicoleredvers.bsky.social, the Indigenous community and planetary health researcher @westernu.ca, emphasises that practices like cultural burning, though long marginalised, provide proven health and ecosystem benefits.
An insightful read👇
An insightful read👇
Collaborating with Indigenous communities can lead to meaningful climate action | News | Wellcome
Indigenous communities have been using ‘cultural burning’ for centuries. Dr Nicole Redvers explores how this traditional practice could help us rethink fire management.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🤝 @drnicoleredvers.bsky.social, the Indigenous community and planetary health researcher @westernu.ca, emphasises that practices like cultural burning, though long marginalised, provide proven health and ecosystem benefits.
An insightful read👇
An insightful read👇
🎉 Congratulations are in order for Erica Marat as she has been appointed Editor of Central Asian Survey 🎉
Please join us in welcoming Erica to the team!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social @ericamarat.bsky.social
Please join us in welcoming Erica to the team!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social @ericamarat.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉 Congratulations are in order for Erica Marat as she has been appointed Editor of Central Asian Survey 🎉
Please join us in welcoming Erica to the team!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social @ericamarat.bsky.social
Please join us in welcoming Erica to the team!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social @ericamarat.bsky.social
Women play critical roles across Africa’s food systems but how often do their contributions influence policy or research agendas?
Join the free webinar on Nov 4, 2025 at 2:30pm (Asia/Karachi) for a compelling conversation that brings together researchers, farmers, publishers, and policy voices.
Join the free webinar on Nov 4, 2025 at 2:30pm (Asia/Karachi) for a compelling conversation that brings together researchers, farmers, publishers, and policy voices.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Women in Food Systems: From Crops to Fishponds: Shaping Research, Publishing, and Policy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In collaboration with The Agricultural Research Council South Africa, this two-part webinar series explores how women are shaping Africa’s food systems — from fields and livestock pens to fishponds…
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October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Women play critical roles across Africa’s food systems but how often do their contributions influence policy or research agendas?
Join the free webinar on Nov 4, 2025 at 2:30pm (Asia/Karachi) for a compelling conversation that brings together researchers, farmers, publishers, and policy voices.
Join the free webinar on Nov 4, 2025 at 2:30pm (Asia/Karachi) for a compelling conversation that brings together researchers, farmers, publishers, and policy voices.
📘 You are cordially invited to the University of South Africa (UNISA) Press Book Launch of "Sites of Remembering: The meaning of African Art Through Memory" by Professor Abebe Zegeye.
A Celebration of Memory, Meaning and African Art 🖌️
A Celebration of Memory, Meaning and African Art 🖌️
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📘 You are cordially invited to the University of South Africa (UNISA) Press Book Launch of "Sites of Remembering: The meaning of African Art Through Memory" by Professor Abebe Zegeye.
A Celebration of Memory, Meaning and African Art 🖌️
A Celebration of Memory, Meaning and African Art 🖌️