Centre for Indian Studies in Africa

Centre for Indian Studies in Africa CISA promotes teaching, research and public activities concerning the Indian sub-continent, its links to Africa and the Indian Ocean. http://cisa-wits.org.za

The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) was established at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg towards the end of 2007: the first in Africa to focus on India. In 2009, the Centre received major funding from the Mellon Foundation to establish a Chair in Indian Studies and fellowships for graduate students. CISA promotes teaching, research and public activities concerning the Indian sub-continent, its links to Africa and the Indian Ocean, and builds on the multi-faceted networks developed with Indian universities, research institutions and public agencies. Over the past two years the intellectual remit of the Centre has expanded to include the histories of the Global South: that affective geography between Latin America and Asia. The Centre’s public activities are part of its mandate to contribute to the consolidation of economic, political and cultural relations between India and countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.

12/09/2026

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham collected the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target Gazans’ homes. They explain how they got these self-professed ‘small cogs’ to talk about the killing

29/08/2026

SOUTH AFRICA SUBMITS ICJ DOSSIER ON ISRAEL’S NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONAL MEASURES
South Africa says it has submitted a substantial dossier of information to the International Court of Justice, detailing what it describes as Israel’s continued non-compliance with the Court’s legally binding provisional measures orders concerning Palestinians in Gaza.
The dossier was submitted on 25 August to assist an ICJ committee of judges monitoring implementation of the orders.
South Africa says Israel has failed to comply with the measures and is urging the Court to continue exercising its functions to ensure their implementation.
73,407 Palestinians have been killed and 174,335 injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

12/08/2026

Can theories developed in one part of the world fully explain the r...

21/07/2026

Police attack Cockroach activists as thousands march on Indian parliament

29/06/2026

Now available! Africans are the fastest-growing immigrant group to the United States. Only a tiny fraction in the 1960s, they represented ten percent of documented immigration in 2022.

This book provides an expert analysis of the myths and realities surrounding African immigration today. Through eye-opening empirical data, WHEN AFRICA COMES TO AMERICA makes an optimistic case that the United States will continue to be a nation of immigrants. https://buff.ly/V52mROG

24/05/2026

The United States has been Israel’s principal accomplice in its criminal violations of international law. India has not been guiltless either.

20/05/2026
10/12/2025

The Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers University-New Brunswick seeks to appoint two external Postdoctoral Associates for a year-long residential fellowship during academic year 2026-27. Successful candidates may come from any relevant discipline. All requirements for the PhD or other terminal....

26/11/2025

Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research

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