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HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa is an interdisciplinary research institute based in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT) https://humanities.uct.ac.za/huma
Phase 2 of the #AI and the #futureofhospital care in #Africa workshop is taking place in #Paris, France (16th to 19th) with the title “The future of hospitals, from the South. #Epistemologies & Experimentations" at MSH Paris Nord.

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June 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📰Read this thought-provoking piece by our #Humateam Visiting Research Fellow Eyob Balcha Gebremariam on #Epistemic Justice and Knowledge Sovereignty for #SustainableDevelopment. Dr Gebremariam is an awardee of the joint #UCT- #UoBristol Fellowship.

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Epistemic Justice and Knowledge Sovereignty for Sustainable Development in Africa | Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
Epistemic injustice is one of the systemic causes of Africa’s present-day disadvantaged position in pursuing socio-economic justice for sustainable development.
un.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We are pleased to host Sarah Saddler (@baruch.cuny.edu)
for an #AtayaSeminar | May 29th | 13:00 SAST | From Workers to Managers: Theatres of Capital in South Africa

📍HUMA Seminar Room

🔗 Read more/Register to join online: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/events/...
May 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Anthropology Prof Francis B. Nyamnjoh, who has Chaired
@humauct.bsky.social Advisory Board, will be delivering the International Africa Institute’ IAI Biennial Lecture at the European Conference on #AfricanStudies #ECAS2025 in Prague 25-28 June 2025 🎊

🔗More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
May 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
[New Postdoctoral Fellow Alert] 🎊
We are delighted to welcome Solomon Uhunamure to the #HUMATeam as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded by
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social on #AfricaAIEthics. Solomon holds a PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences from the University of Venda, #SouthAfrica
May 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📚 Apply for the HUMA Visiting Fellowship Programme

The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.

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May 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
[New Visiting Fellow Alert]🎊

Our #Humateam is pleased to be hosting Juliana Maria Costa (Universidade de #SãoPaulo) as a Visiting Doctoral #ResearchFellow. Juliana researches the framework of complementary actions to racial #inclusion policies underway in #Brazil and #SouthAfrica
May 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
[New Postdoctoral Fellow Alert] 🎊

We are delighted to welcome Emily Mashonganyika to the #HUMATeam as a Pre-Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded by
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social on #AfricaAIEthics. She is currently completing a PhD in #Sociology at UCT.

More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/about/p...
May 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Such a privilege to celebrate 40 years of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen with friends
Our Director, Assoc. Prof @divinefuh.bsky.social inaugurated the 40th Anniversary of the Centre of African Studies at the
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"

Photo credits: Freja Wille
April 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#AfricaMonth is coming up! Many incredible scholars and artists will gather to explore #disobedientknowledge, acts of refusal, and transformative visions at #kalamazoocollege
- including our Director @divinefuh.bsky.social 🎉 We look forward to a month of celebration around the world!
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Read the latest op-ed from our #Humateam Postdoctoral Research Fellow @azzamustafa.bsky.social and co-writer Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón on "How AI Exploits"

They demonstrate how the #AIsupplychain involves precarious working conditions, lack of transparency, and inadequate regulation in #Africa
How AI exploits | D+C - Development + Cooperation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often seen as a driver of innovation and progress. However, behind these promised benefits lies a reality of exploitation, especially in Africa. Much of the continent’s...
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April 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our Director, Assoc. Prof @divinefuh.bsky.social inaugurated the 40th Anniversary of the Centre of African Studies at the
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"

Photo credits: Freja Wille
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
⚠️ Reminder! Reminder!

The submission deadline for #ASAA2025 6th Biennial Conference in #CaboVerde is tomorrow️ | #AfricanStudies Association of #Africa

⏰ Send through your abstracts, panels, workshops, roundtables, films, and creative submissions 🌍 ✨
The deadline for submissions for African Studies Association of Africa 6th Biennial Conference has been extended to 5 April 2025! 📝CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...

♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...

🌍 Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde in September!
April 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We are pleased to announce that @humauct.bsky.social
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫

Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
March 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Recent upheavals in aid programmes have had devastating consequences for vulnerable populations worldwide.

🗓️ Mark your calendar for this upcoming discussion hosted by the @devcomms.bsky.social featuring HUMA Director @divinefuh.bsky.social

8 April 2025 | 2pm SAST
Register: bit.ly/whatnextaid
What next for our broken aid system?
When scholars and practitioners are debating the effectiveness and equity of aid delivery, could dramatic changes in the aid sector serve as a catalyst for reform?
Join us to discuss in a webinar partnered with @globaldevinst.bsky.social
bit.ly/whatnextaid
March 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Publication Alert ⚠️ Read the full book review of
@azzamustafa.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher at
HUMA on The #MiddleClass in #Sudan by Atta El Bat'hani

Published by @cmi.no
Book review: The Middle Class in Sudan
Atta El Bat'hani, professor in political science at University of Khartoum, has published the book The Middle Class in Sudan:...
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March 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In our latest #AtayaSeminar, Marcelo Rosa, Professor of Sociology at #UFRRJ & Visiting Research Fellow at HUMA, presented his book project which addresses the limits of the #socialsciences in dealing with other-than-modern subjects.

📹 Now Online: youtu.be/ixhR3mQGwS4
Ontoformativity: ontological politics, land struggles and theoretical challenges. Marcelo Rosa
YouTube video by HUMA
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The deadline for submissions for African Studies Association of Africa 6th Biennial Conference has been extended to 5 April 2025! 📝CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...

♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...

🌍 Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde in September!
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reminder 📣📣 Only 3 days left to send your submissions for the #ASAA2025 6th Biennale | Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde this September 🌍

📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...

♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
March 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our #humateam & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social funded Fanidh Sanogo reflects on her participation at the #WomeninResearch Leadership Development Symposium along other #earlycareer researchers from multiple disciplines in #Africa brought together by CIFAR in #Rwanda
Women in Research Leadership Development Symposium
Doctoral Research Fellow Fanidh Sanogo reflects on her participation amongst other outstanding early career researchers from multiple academic disciplines in sub-Saharan Africa, brought together by CI...
humanities.uct.ac.za
March 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Annual HUMA Opening #ResearchSymposium on March 4th marked the beginning of the institute’s 2025 activities & seminars. The event brought together our diverse cohort of doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scholars.

✨ Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
March 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What an honor to have two distinguished members of the HUMA #AdvisoryBoard with us this week: Godisang Mookodi & Tiny Diswai. Their presence brought invaluable energy and insightful perspectives as part of the Institute's inaugural week.

✨Learn more: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/about/g...
March 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📹Now Online! #AtayaSeminar with Shogo Kudo
"Since 2010, I have been conducting #fieldresearch on the impacts of #aging and #depopulation in Akita Prefecture, #Japan. Some of the observed problems are the abandonment of farmland, the closure of schools, and the gradual fading of traditional culture."
Fudo in rural sustainability: what must be retained for a rural town to be sustained? Shogo Kudo
YouTube video by HUMA
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March 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The 6th Biennial Conference of the #AfricanStudies Association of Africa #ASAA2025 Call for Papers is open!

📝 Submission form for papers, panels, roundtables & workshops: forms.gle/itug6RUFd77r...

🎨 Form for creative Submissions: film, art & performance: forms.gle/kbgJoNN2MNsq...
ASAA 2025 Call for Papers, Panels, Roundtables & Workshops
African Responses to Global Vulnerabilities: Building Hope for the Future 6th Biennial Conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) UNi-CV – PRAIA – CABO VERDE 24–27 SEPTEMBER 2025 ...
forms.gle
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Our upcoming Ataya Seminar will host Marcelo C. Rosa ( #UFRRJ - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro) | Ontoformativity: ontological politics, land struggles and theoretical challenges for the social sciences

🟥 March 13 | 13:00 SAST
Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/.../marcelo-....
March 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM