Agenda 15 - 21 September 2013

Dr. Shamil Jeppie, University of Cape Town. The northern Malian town of Timbuktu was occupied by rebels in the middle of 2012, and the rebels were driven out early 2013. During this period thousands of the town’s inhabitants fled; and we learned recently that at some point it was decided to move thousands of its manuscripts as well.  This seminar has been organized together with the Institute for History (Leiden University). It is part of the seminar series Collecting and Communication. Please register by e-mail to ctd@hum.leidenuniv.nl before 31st August.

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De Leidse hoogleraar Robert Ross (Talen en culturen van Afrika) neemt op 19 september afscheid met een rede getiteld: geschiedenis van Afrika

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Public Defence by Mr Richard Ameyaw Ampadu: Finding the Middle Ground: Land Tenure Reform and Customary Claims Negotiability in Rural Ghana. Land (property) rights have returned to the development agenda of national governments and international organizations globally. Central to the debates are issues concerning the interaction between customary and state legal systems.

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