African Studies at UCT

09/02/2026

09/02/2026

25/01/2018

Sound Travels exhibition curted by Paul Weinberg and Mchael Nixon for the recentring AfroAsia project, CAS Gallery

An exhibition that searches for connections and synergies between Africa and Asia as part of a major research project between scholars across these two continents called "Recentering AfroAsia" funded by the A.W.Mellon Foundation. The selection of images presented suggested and at times established connections, echoes and resonances across the lands and seas between and across Africa and Asia. Part of the exhibition was from the Kirby Collection of Musical instruments at the South African College of Music, UCT. The other part was an essay on the Malay Choirs by acclaimed Cape Town photographer, Esa Alexander. His work celebrates the musicians whose artistry draws on and hones the beloved cultural practices that ancestors brought on slave ships. The opening was followed by a performance by Asian and African musicians.

25/01/2018

The Pre-colonial catalytic conference initiated by the Centre for Africa Studies at the University of Cape Town was held at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Unive...

25/01/2018

Masixole Feni the winner of the Ernest Cole Award, 2015 for his project – A Drain on Our Dignity launched his book and exhibition in August 2017 at the CAS Gallery, UCT.

25/01/2018

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The winner of the Ernest Cole Award, 2017 is Daylin Paul for his project called Broken Land. The project explores the other side of power. Set in Mpumalanga, home of 46% of South Africa’s arable soils, it is also the area where nine power burning coal stations are active.

25/01/2018

CAS Pre-colonial Catalytic Project Community Research Associate Simphiwe Msizi wins national 2017 Golden Shield Heritage Award.

25/01/2018

Clifford J Pereira FRGS is a recognised international scholar on “Bombay Africans” and will address the changing historiographical landscape on this narrative and the relevance of this period to African-Asian perspectives.

25/01/2018

CAS Post doctoral Research Fellow Dr Toendepi Shonhe shares his critical perspective on the current unfolding political situation in Zimbabwe.

25/01/2018

CAS Precolonial Research Ethics Working Group leader, Kershan Pancham, addressed the university assembly on 1 November outside Memorial Hall (now renamed from the previous 'Jameson Hall'). The assembly was convened to determine the institution’s view on issues such as free education.

UCT hosted a university assembly at 15:00 on 1 November outside the Memorial Hall to determine the institution’s view on issues such as free education, fee i...