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191 search results for “africa” in the Staff website

• 
  Igor Boog Director of Studies / Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.boog@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276606

• ‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ News - 20 November 2023

  A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have been recruited as fighters or soldiers for generations and thus fuel the conflicts.

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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208

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  Carolien Jacobs Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  c.i.m.jacobs@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277517

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.j.r.zandamela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272307

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  Marja Spierenburg Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.spierenburg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276699

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272242

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  Sara Petrollino University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.petrollino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273069

• Obscure Capital and Containers: History, Objects, and Power in Central Africa Event - 6 February 2025

  Lecture

• ASCL Seminar: The politics of net zero in Africa. Insights from ongoing work Event - 5 February 2026

  Lecture

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  Erik Bähre Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ebaehre@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273997

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272649

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  Boukary Sangaré PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.sangare@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Felix Ameka Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.k.ameka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Luca Bruls PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.r.bruls@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278030

• Three PhD defences on one day in research project 'Religious matters' Event - 2 June 2026

  Phd defence

• Mandela Scholarship Fund Scholarship

  Bachelor, Master

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  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271399

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  e.m.cezne@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Increasing media attention for wars in Africa. Focus: Sudan and Eastern Congo Event - 9 October 2025

  Panel discussion

• Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Trust. Political Dynamics in Africa and Beyond. Event - 29 September 2025

  Inaugural lecture

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Crisófia Langa da Câmara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.c.f.langa.da.camara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Deborah Oyuu PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.d.oyuu@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça Machel News - 19 January 2021

  Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the rights of women and children in Africa and elsewhere. She will be awarded the honorary doctorate on the Dies Natalis, the University’s foundation day, on 8…

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  Femke Fakkeldij PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.k.fakkeldij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mamadjibeye Mamadjibeye PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.mamadjibeye@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Jorge Blake PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

• CRG Seminar: The Economic Community of West African States at fifty: Edward Blyden and the road towards a people centered regional body Event - 19 November 2025

  Lecture

• MEPs’ visit highlights importance of knowledge about Global South News - 3 February 2026

  Two MEPs visited Leiden University on Friday 30 January. Their visit underscored the vital importance of the university’s expertise on Africa, Asia and Latin America in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape.

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276903

• Tanja Hendriks awarded Veni News - 17 July 2025

  The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced that Tanja Hendriks, along with 17 Leiden University researchers, will receive a Veni grant, embedded at the ASCL. With this grant, Hendriks will be able to develop the research project 'Taking a Risk on Disasters: speculative humanitarianism amidst a changing…

• Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’ News - 30 September 2025

  From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…

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  Emmanuel Ogwuche Okpe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.o.okpe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Carla Cisternas Guasch PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.g.cisternas.guasch@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bálint Honos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.honos@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Nestor Marin Bravo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.f.marin.bravo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  David Home Valenzuela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.home.valenzuela@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Tomás Díaz PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.diaz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Mariana Gaba PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.r.gaba@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Felipe Cousiño PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.cousino@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Joaquin Fernandez Abara PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.r.fernandez.abara@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Cristian Saavedra Bastía PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.e.saavedra.bastia@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Juliët Tinebra Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.j.tinebra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

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  Alliance Mango Kubota PhD candidate

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.mango.kubota@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carlos Rilling Tenorio PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.g.rilling.tenorio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Gabriel Veppo de Lima PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.veppo.de.lima@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Andrea Bravo Lee