Agenda 08 - 14 December 2013

PhD candidate: E (Essegbemon) Akpo. Title: Analysing seed systems performance - The case of oil palm in Benin.  Promoter: prof.dr.ir. PC (Paul) Struik and Co-promoter: TA (Todd) Crane. Organisation: Wageningen University, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis. Please note: Venue: Externe Zaal 1 (Cotonou, Benin)

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Voices is an academic documentary directed and produced alongside a Phd in the Science Political Institute of Bordeaux in France. The topic of the thesis in French is the impact of democratization on a cultural sector: the case of the South African film industry after apartheid. Filmmaker Joachim Landau will be present at the screening and the subsequent discussion. Please register.

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Salah Marghani is de minister van Justitie van Libië en geeft deze lezing op de Internationale dag voor de rechten van de mens. Na de lezing is er gelegenheid om vragen te stellen. De lezing van Salah Marghani is de derde Sackler-lezing in de reeks ‘Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lectures on Human Rights’.

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PhD candidate: CE (Codjo) Togbe. Title: Cotton in Benin: governance and pest management. Promoter: prof.dr.ir. A (Arnold) van Huis. Co-promoters: dr. R (Rein) Haagsma, prof. dr ir A van Huis, prof. D Kossou & prof. S Vodouhê. Organisation: Wageningen University, Laboratory of Entomology, Please note: Venue: Externe Zaal 1 (Cotonou, Benin)

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PhD candidate: GGE (Edmond) Totin. Title: An institutional perspective on farmers' water management and rice production practices in Benin. Promoter: prof.dr.ir. L (Leo) Stroosnijder Roch Mongbo. Co-promoter: prof. EK Agbossou, dr BC van Mierlo. Organisation: Wageningen University, Soil Physics and Land Management, Knowledge Technology and Innovation. Please note: Venue: Externe Zaal 1 (Cotonou, Benin)

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PhD candidate: A (Amadou) Sidibe. Analysis of collective performance in the Malian shea sector: from fields to markets. Shea butter extracted from kernels can be found in cosmetic and food products. Organising women to make butter for international markets has been central to development strategies in the Malian shea sector. However, only a limited number of women are actually member of and benefit from such groups. Please note: Venue: Externe Zaal 1 (Cotonou, Benin)

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PhD candidate: Robin van Velzen. Title: Evolution of associations between Cymothoe butterflies and their Rinorea host plants in tropical Africa. Promoter: prof.dr. MSM (Marc) Sosef. Co-promoter: dr. FT (Freek) Bakker. Organisation: Wageningen University, Biosystematics

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Promovendus: J.B. Bangura. Titel proefschrift: The charismatic movement in Sierra Leone (1980-2010): A misso-historical analysis in view of African culture, prosperity gospel and power theology. Promotoren: prof.dr. B. van den Toren, prof.dr. K. Fiedler

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The African Studies Centre (ASC) and ZAM Magazine have the honour to invite you to join us in commemorating Nelson Mandela on Wednesday 11 December, 18:00-20:00. Several speakers will focus on the significance of Nelson Mandela and the roles he has played in various phases of a long liberation struggle. How does South Africa’s future look without Nelson Mandela? Ineke van Kessel (ASC), author of a biography about Nelson Mandela, Harry Wels (ASC and associate Professor at VU University) and a roundtable discussion will follow, moderated by Bart Luirink, former correspondent and current editor-in-chief of ZAM Magazine. You are most welcome to join us. For catering reasons, we kindly ask you to register: asc@ascleiden.nl

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Titel proefschrift: Incentives for smallholders to enhance the production of quality cocoa beans in Ghana: The role of institutions. Promovendus: W (William) Quarmine. Promotor: prof.dr.ir. A (Arnold) van Huis. Copromotor: dr. R (Rein) Haagsma

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Promovendus: C.M. Tankou. Titel proefschrift: The Interactions of Human Mobility and Farming Systems and Impacts on Biodiversity and Soil Quality in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon en prof.dr.ir. H.H. de Iongh

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Sebastian Elischer, German Institute of Global and Area Studies/Institute of African Affairs. In line with many West African nations, Niger’s democratization process in the early 1990s led to the spread of Orthodox Sunni Islam (Salafism). However, in contrast to neighbouring countries, Niger has not experienced large-scale Islamic violence nor have the various governments given in to Islamic demands to abandon the secular state. Salafism remained ‘quietist’ and has largely focused on missionary and educational activities. Please register.

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Titel proefschrift: Improving the quality of crude palm oil: Transdisciplinary research on artisanal processing in Kwaebibirem District, Ghana. Promovendus: C (Charity) Osei-Amponsah. Promotor: prof.dr. LE (Leontine) Visser; Copromotor: dr.ir. TJ (Tjeerd-Jan) Stomph & dr O Sakyi-Dawson. Organisatie    Wageningen University, Centrum voor Gewassysteemanalyse, Leerstoelgroep Rurale ontwikkelingssociologie

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Tijdens dit programma wordt de Egyptische dichter Ahmed Fouad Negm (1929 - 3 december 2013), winnaar van de Grote Prins Claus Prijs 2013, postuum geëerd door middel van performances en debat. Meer dan een halve eeuw gebruikte Negm zijn originele en kritische poëzie als wapen tegen corruptie en onderdrukking. Nederlandse artiesten als beeldend kunstenaar Marlene Dumas, rapper Kraantje Pappie, acteur Sabri Saad el Hamus en spoken word artist Karima el Fillali vertolken teksten van Negm. Daarnaast staat het denken van Negm centraal tijdens een debat over cultureel activisme met de Zuid-Afrikaanse fotoactivist Zanele Muholi en de Pakistaanse kunstenares Naiza Khan.

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De vooraanstaande Afrikaanse documentairemaker Idrissou Mora-Kpaï (Benin, 1967) behandelt in zijn werk complexe sociale onderwerpen, zoals de invloed van het kolonialisme. Op deze avond wordt zijn film Indochina, Traces of a Mother getoond. Meer dan 60.000 Afrikaanse soldaten werden tussen 1946 en 1954 gerekruteerd door het Franse leger (vaak onvrijwillig) om te vechten tegen de Viet Minh. Er is weinig bekend over de kinderen, geboren uit een huwelijken tussen deze soldaten en Vietnamese vrouwen, die door het koloniale leger werden teruggestuurd naar Afrika na afloop van de oorlog. Zij zagen hun moeders nooit meer terug.

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