ABOUT US
We are a membership organisation that provides opportunities for people to connect, celebrate and engage critically with a wide range of topics and ideas about Africa today.
Through our events, publications and digital channels we share insight, instigate debate and facilitate mutual understanding between the UK and Africa.
We amplify African voices and interests in academia, business, politics, the arts and education, reaching a network of more than one million people globally.
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When - 01/12/2020
Ambassador Johnnie Carson delivers the Royal African Society’s 2020 Annual Lecture. Ambassador Carson is one of America’s most distinguished diplomats, devotin...
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Leaders across Africa have congratulated the US President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory earlier this month. Many hope that his election will mean stronger ties with African countries. But what will the new US administration’s foreign policy pri...
26/11/2020
Photo Credit: jlhervàs, Flickr As we inch towards a Biden presidency, we wonder how, if at all, the new occupant of the White House will leave his mark on Africa. Bill Clinton’s term brought the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Georg...
18/11/2020
The current crisis in Tigray has not appeared from a clear blue sky. Its roots are deep in Ethiopia’s history and its outcome will dictate the country’s future. It is unlikely that Ethiopia will fall apart. But a period of violence is probable and w...
13/11/2020
Power is addictive. Almost no-one gives it up voluntarily. So societies evolve ways to transfer power from one person or one generation to another when a change is necessary. The question is whether these systems prove effective. All eyes today are fixe...
03/11/2020