27/10/2020
Image: Voter in Tanzania, 2018. Author Madjika87. Source Wikimedia Commons How are African countries dealing with elections during Covid-19? Already there have been three elections in Mali, Burundi and last week in Guinea. Tomorrow Tanzania goes to the polls for fiercely contested elections, and another eight are due before the end of the year, …
The COVID-19 pandemic provides a stress test for all countries, but also for relations between them. In a webinar organised by the Overseas Development Institute, RAS director Nick Westcott joined a panel alongside Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor of Freetown)...
26/6/2020
Watch this post conference video on the Impact of COVID-19 on BAME lives chaired by RAS Chair Zeinab Badawi, with keynote speaker Professor Kevin Fenton. This event was hosted by RAS Council member Dr Titilola Banjoko and Professo...
27/5/2020
RAS Director, Nick Westcott, highlighted the importance of China’s response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa when he participated in a panel discussion on the prospects for China-Africa relations at the US-China Series online conference l...
13/5/2020
‘Our justifiable concern about the pandemic in the UK must not make us insular and inward looking’ Our chair Zeinab Badawi writes in the FT about the doctors from Africa saving British lives in the #COVID19 pandemic, including her family member an...
15/4/2020
Watch RAS Chair Zeinab Badawi delve into the history of Africa for a brand new series on BBC News Africa. This series is unprecedented, ambitious in scope and is based on a unique project, overseen by UNESCO known as the GHA: the General History of Afri...
09/4/2020
Dear members and friends, Like everyone, the Royal African Society has been impacted by the coronavirus Covid-19. I thought it sensible to let you know how we will be operating and what we will be doing as long as the emergency lasts. Fortunatel...
23/3/2020
“Home Office data on visa refusals shows that African applicants are more than twice as likely to be refused a UK visa than applicants from any other part of the world. The UK has good relations with most African countries, but it needs to be recognised ...
16/7/2019
The offer of contemporary African arts and culture currently presented in the UK is limited, but there is a clear openness and appetite amongst audiences for more. A report launched by the Royal African Society on Monday 3rd June 2019 in partnership wi...
03/6/2019