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CAS Research Projects 23Sep2026
23 September 2026
15:30 - 18:15
Centre of African Studies

CAS Seminar Series - Overview of CAS staff research projects

Overview of CAS staff research projects followed by live online screening of special UoE lecture by Professor Tendayi Achiume.
CAS Seminar Ghana-Togo Borderlands 30Sep2026
30 September 2026
16:00 - 17:30
Centre of African Studies

CAS Seminar Series - Political Belonging in the Ghana-Togo Borderlands

In the wake of the 2016 national elections in Ghana, the issue of cross-border voting triggered a nation-wide debate. But who exactly constitutes the electorate? Who is a national, who is a foreigner, and how are these distinctions identified in the Ghana-Togo borderlands?

CAS Seminar Rwanda's Rise 07Oct2026
07 October 2026
16:00 - 17:30
Centre of African Studies

CAS Seminar Series - The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise

Drawing on a decade of research and more than 580 interviews, this innovative political economy case study explores Rwanda's bold attempt to transform its economy after the 1994 genocide into one of the most rapidly growing countries in Africa.

CAS Seminar Socialist De-Colony 15Oct2026
15 October 2026
15:00 - 16:30
Centre of African Studies

CAS Seminar Series - Socialist De-Colony

Led by the charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana won its political independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. It precipitated both the dying spiral of colonialism across the African continent and the world's first Black socialist state.