HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa

Convened by @divinefuh.bsky.social & @fanny-chabrol.bsky.social‬ “The future Hospital” is a collaborative project between #Ceped and @humauct.bsky.social ‬w/ funding from PHC-PROTEA, GRIP, @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, National Research Foundation (NRF) & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social

This workshop interrogates the #technologicalshifts that #AI brings to care and #hospitalcare, by mapping and scrutinizing the ethical quandaries that the euphoria for AI activates in a continent deemed to be at the frontiers of #transformativeAI

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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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📰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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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/...

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...

[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

📚 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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[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

[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.

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Africa Month Marks Concentration's Relaunch - News and Events Kalamazoo College will mark the relaunch of its African studies concentration in May with a vibrant celebration titled Africa Month 2025.

This vibrant celebration is organized by Director of African Studies & #humacommunity alum Dominique Somda and Assistant Professor of French Manfa Sanogo.

The events are held at the Arcus Center Center at 201 Monroe

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#AfricaMonth celebrations 🥳 at @kalamazoocollege.bsky.social begin today with a keynote lecture by @divinefuh.bsky.social. This marks the relaunch of Kalamazoo’s #AfricanStudies concentration

🔴🎥 Watch live: vimeo.com/event/1804369

Such a privilege to celebrate 40 years of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen with friends

#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!

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...

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

The keynote was profoundly critical. Student Aisha Mohamed reflects that Prof. @divinefuh.bsky.social "spoke passionately about the concept of #pluriversality— the idea that multiple perspectives must coexist and be respected in the quest for deeper understanding."

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

⚠️ 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 🌍 ✨

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...

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

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:...

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

YouTube video by HUMA Ontoformativity: ontological politics, land struggles and theoretical challenges. Marcelo Rosa

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

The deadline for submissions for African Studies Association of Africa 6th Biennial Conference has been extended to 5 April 2025! 📝CfP Submissions:
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♦️ Creative Submissions:
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🌍 Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde in September!

Reminder 📣📣 Only 3 days left to send your submissions for the #ASAA2025 6th Biennale | Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde this September 🌍

📝 CfP Submissions:
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♦️ Creative Submissions:
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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...

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

The Annual HUMA Research Symposium The Annual Opening Research Symposium on March 4th marked the beginning of the institute’s 2025 activities and seminars.

All #HUMATeam fellows had the opportunity to present their research to their peers as well as to Godisang Mookodi, chair of the HUMA Advisory Board, and Tiny Diswai member of the advisory board.

✨ Read in full: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...

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...

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.

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YouTube video by HUMA Fudo in rural sustainability: what must be retained for a rural town to be sustained? Shogo Kudo

📹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."

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 ...

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...