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Plenary lectures

These are listed below in chronological order.  To read abstracts click links for pop-up windows.

Thurs 30th June, 09.30-11.00

Our Common Interest: report of the Commission for Africa

Andrew Jackson, Deputy Head of the Secretariat to the Commission for Africa

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Thurs 30th June, 14.00-15.15

Home or exile: the African writer's dilemma

Professor Bole Butake, Professor of Performing Arts and African Literature at the University of Yaounde I

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Thurs 30th June, 18.30-19.45

African studies, Europe, and Africa

John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge

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Fri 1st July, 14.00-15.15

Strengthening the foundations of social science research in Africa: the CODESRIA experience

Professor Adebayo Olukoshi

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Fri 1st July, 18.30-19.45

Lugard Lecture by Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong

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Saturday 2nd July, 13.30-14.30

Africa to Africa: Building its knowledge community

Kay Raseroka, President of IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

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Sat 2nd July, 18.30-19.45

Mary Kingsley lecture by Joyce Nyairo, Lecturer, Literature Department, Moi University, Kenya

Jua Kali as a metaphor for African urban ethnicities and cultures

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