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.
Our Events
When - 13/4/2021
Join the Centre of African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and Royal African Society for the launch of Do Not Disturb – The story of a political...
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This June, the British Prime Minister will welcome G7 leaders to a summit in Cornwall. He has announced he will also invite the leaders of India, South Korea and Australia for a meeting of major democracies, to be called the D10. He should now make it a “...
01/3/2021
Workshop 1: Learning the art of flexibility The Poetry in the Primary Classroom project began in January 2021, with an ambitious plan to provide an enriching Continuing Professional Development course to primary school teachers on African and Diaspora...
24/2/2021
2021 looks like being a turbulent year in Africa. Economic convergence will go hand-in-hand with political divergence and a continuing heavy impact from the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the high hopes that the new vaccines will help insulate us from the c...
15/1/2021
Photo Credit: Mark Klotz – Rally against Kinder Morgan oil pipeline on Burnaby Mountain We have lived with Covid-19 for about 12 months, some of us a little longer. This creates an excuse to revisit the early obituaries for fossil fuels. The firs...
15/1/2021