Centre for Indian Studies in Africa

African history for Africans: UNESCO’s Afrocentric rethink in three volumes
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POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE 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....

ICA 2026 Preconference Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research

Satadru Sen Memorial Lecture 2025 delivered by Prof Priya Satia, Stanford University The Value of Reparations, or the Values of ReparationAnticolonial thinkers such as Gandhi and Fanon saw repair at the level of the self, for both colonizer a...

The Cameroon War According to conventional wisdom, France’s empire in sub- Saharan Africa ended peacefully. But this book tells a different story. The shocking violence of a secret war roiled Cameroon in the 1950s and ’60s. A mass movement for self-determination had emerged under the leadership of the Union of t...

📢 The Africa Institute and Open Society Foundations are now accepting applications for the “Restitution and Reparation: Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition” Fellowship!

This fellowship supports scholars and practitioners researching the restitution of African artifacts, post-colonial justice, and cultural heritage. Fellows will engage in research, public lectures, and contribute to a final publication during a semester-long residency between 2025 and 2026.

✍️ Spring 2026 deadline: October 1, 2025
✍️ Fall 2026 deadline: April 1, 2026

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We speak with leading Israeli American historian Omer Bartov about his latest essay for The New York Times, headlined "I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It." Tap the link in @democracynow's bio for more of our coverage.

Kenyan Women’s Gulf Jobs Begin With Hope and End in Horror Reporting from Kenya, our correspondent spoke to women who returned from domestic work in the Gulf under the kafala system, which binds workers to employers and strips them of basic rights. Their testimonies reveal a pattern of exploitation, abuse, and death.

“If you want to claim Fanon, do something: Act." - Olivier Fanon By Bhakti Shringarpure. In a candid interview, Olivier Fanon reflects on the legacy of his father Frantz Fanon at 100 years and speaks intimately about his late mother, Josie.