A case study of national capitalism. An outline history of South Africa: creation and persistence of a racist mining enclave. Afrikaner and ANC strategies compared. Transition to a modern economy blocked (Feinstein). After the Mining Energy Complex. South Africa’s future is in Africa. Charles Feinstein An Economic History of South Africa (2005, also online) K. Hart & V. Padayachee 2010 http://thememorybank.co.uk/2009/10/10/south-africa-needs-africa/ K. Hart and V. Padayachee 2013 A history o...
Aug 11, 2014•48 min
What happened in Africa during the last century, as against what didn’t happen (‘development’). Africa’s regions and African unity. Population and urban explosion. The Old Regime and liberal revolution (Tocqueville). Everyday harassment. Development through cultural production, informal commerce and regional association. K. Hart http://thememorybank.co.uk/2007/05/16/two-lectures-on-african-development/ Essays tagged as “The African revolution” at www.thememorybank.co.uk See http://web.up.ac.za/h...
Aug 11, 2014•52 min
Is Fair trade fair for all involved in the production of tea, coffee and other commodities? The Fair Trade, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia and Uganda project set out to improve our understanding of how global trade in agricultural commodities affects the lives of poor rural Africans, especially through wage employment. Listen to Professor Christopher Cramer (Development Studies, SOAS) talk to Dr. Michael Jennings, (Chairman of the Centre of African Studies, SOAS) about the methodol...
Jul 28, 2014•24 min
Each year, during Refugee Week UK, Celebrating Sanctuary London supports and showcases music and arts by and about refugees and migrants. The programme at this year's CSL Southbank was part of a wider programme of events and it included a number of collaborations from Rafiki Jazz and Somali Party Southall to Afrikan Boy and this year's CSL commissions. The two commissions brought together Haymanot Tesfa with Katy Carr and the Aviators and Jewan Mohammad with Gabby Young and Other Animals. This p...
Jul 24, 2014•26 min
Development Matters: Assessing impact of malaria control on early cognitive development and educational outcomes for children in Mali and Senegal. In 2013 LIDC awarded its first Fellowship grants for interdisciplinary research in international development to three inter-college teams of academics from Bloomsbury Colleges. Nearly a year into the projects, LIDC talked to one of the teams: Sian Clarke, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Yvonne Griffiths, Institute of Education were...
Jul 17, 2014•13 min
This is the first update from the SOAS Students' Union Sabbatical Officers for the 2014-2015 Academic Year.
Jul 14, 2014•4 min
"We believe that intensifying peaceful civil disobedience is not only ethically justifiable but morally necessary” - Kumi Naidoo. In this public lecture, Kumi Naidoo looks at what justifies non-violent direct action, and discusses when and why it should be deployed. Dr Naidoo draws on recent campaigns such as last year's protest at an Arctic oil drilling rig, which saw activists arrested by Russian authorities and held for 100 days, and the anti-apartheid struggle he was part of in his home coun...
Jun 19, 2014•1 hr 32 min
In this Governance in Africa Conversations podcast produced by the School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS)/Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Dr. Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, talks about natural resources in Africa, governance and the effects of climate change. Dr. Kumi Naidoo is the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. In addition to leading the organisation to critical campaign victories and augmenting its influence in international political negotiations, N...
Jun 16, 2014•42 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to 'Natural Resources Governance' and the podcast by Silas Siakor (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-silas-siakor). Participants of this ...
Jun 13, 2014•35 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to 'New Media and Participatory Governance' and the podcast by Simon Kolawale (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-simon-kolawale). Partici...
Jun 13, 2014•10 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to the 'West African Political Model' and the podcast by Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-jibrin-ibrahim). Participa...
Jun 13, 2014•19 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to 'HIV/AIDS in South Africa' and the podcast by Hein Marais (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-hein-marais). Participants of this worksh...
Jun 13, 2014•23 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to 'Governance in Mozambique' and the podcast by Luisa Diogo (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-luisa-diogo). Participants of this worksh...
Jun 13, 2014•4 min
This podcast is part of the Governance for Beginners workshop series that was carried out by JT LIVE RADIO, GHANA and The Centre of African Studies in Accra, Ghana in April 2014. The purpose of the workshop series was to engage young people in discussions about good governance in Africa. This podcast captures young people's responses to 'New Media and Participatory Governance' and the podcast by Simon Kolawale (http://soasradio.org/content/governance-africa-conversations-simon-kolawale). Partici...
Jun 13, 2014•14 min
In this episode Armando Conte interviews Daniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and previously Director at the World Bank Institute, leading expert on Governance and Anti-Corruption. Daniel Kaufmann has an incredible theoretical and practical knowledge on Governance and Corruption worldwide. Kaufmann in this interview elaborates on the crucial relations between development, governance and corruption in Africa. He emphasis the importance of the rule of law and developmental s...
Jun 13, 2014•29 min
In this episode, Armando Conte speaks to Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations at SOAS and an expert in Governance in Africa.
Jun 13, 2014•23 min
In 2004, Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor officially launched the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) to empower local communities in Liberia to have an active role in natural resources governance. In 2006, Siakor received the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest prize honouring grassroots environmentalists, for his fearsome advocacy. In this Governance in Africa Conversations podcast produced by the School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS)/Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Siakor reflects on...
Jun 13, 2014•31 min
In the first of the series Armando Conte speaks to Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim, the director of The Centre for Democracy and Development, which provides advocacy and research for governance in West Africa as well as training for foreign NGO staff to work effectively in the region. In this interview Jibrin Ibrahim speaks in detail about the goals of The Centre of Democracy and Development in West Africa and the issues still opposing economic and political development in the province. He speaks of the lega...
Jun 13, 2014•28 min
In this episode, Dr Michael Jennings from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, speaks to Hein Marais, author of the book South Africa pushed to the limit about the impact of HIV/Aids in South Africa.
Jun 13, 2014•41 min
Interview with her excellency Luisa Diogo, former prime minister of Mozambique and former student at SOAS. Interviewed by Professor Chris Cramer.
Jun 13, 2014•31 min
