10/3/2023
Nick Westcott will be retiring from the role of Director and Chief Executive of the Royal African Society this summer after nearly six years in the role. The job has been advertised and a successor will be announced in the coming months. View advert for the role of RAS Director View job description …
The Royal African Society is one of the Nominators for The Earthshot Prize and we are launching our quest for projects to nominate for the 2023 Prizes TODAY. It is good to see the prominence given to African projects by the Prize Committee. In the first year, ...
14/12/2022
On 2 November, the Royal African Society marked its 120th Anniversary with a celebration of Creative Africa at The Shard in London. It was a great event, entertaining our 300 guests with African fashion, film, food and music, and an auction of contemporary Afr...
23/11/2022
It’s not every day that you turn 120 years old! Join us in celebrating our birthday and fundraising for our exceptional educational programmes and arts & culture festivals: Film Africa and Africa Writes. You are invited to an outstandin...
19/8/2022
We are seeking to recruit a brilliant Digital Communications Manager with a creative, collaborative and innovative approach and a proven track record of devising and delivering successful story-telling and social media campaigns. The Digital Communicati...
21/1/2022
The Royal African Society is delighted once again to be a Nominator for the second year of The Earthshot Prize. The Earthshot Prize (TEP) was launched in 2020 by the Society’s Royal Patron, Prince William, and Sir David Attenborough. The first fifteen...
11/1/2022
PRESS RELEASE ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY CONFERS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS ON ZEINAB BADAWI, GRACA MACHEL, AND MILES MORLAND 30 November 2021 – The Royal African Society marked its 120th Anniversary by presenting awards to artists, activists a...
30/11/2021
PRESS RELEASE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN AFRICAN LITERATURE AWARDED TO MICERE MUGO BY ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY 30 November 2021 – The Royal African Society, presented The Lifetime Achievement award in African Literature, to Micere Mugo, at the Ro...
30/11/2021
On the 4th of November 2021 the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) published it’s fourth Reflecting Realities Report. The report “identifies and evaluates representation within picture books, fiction and non-fiction for ages 3–11 and ...
11/11/2021