Africa – Area Committee

Are you craving Authentic African Food but you are too busy to travel to the continent?  Wow, this is your lucky day! 🥳 In collaboration with two East-African restaurants: Djebena 🇪🇷 and 3 Stones 🇰🇪, the Africa Committee is excited to announce a Restaurant City Walk throughout the city centre of the Read more…

The Africa Committee is organising another Swahili Language Café where we come together and practice our Swahili language skills! All levels of Swahili are welcome!🤩 The event will take place on the 9th of November at 6PM at the ESN Common Room (Beehive). Please sign up via this form in Read more…

Join the BASIS Africa Committee for our movie screening of "Timbuktu" (2014) next week, on November 11th. The movie is set in Mali, following the lives of Kidane's nomadic cattle-herding family whose survival is increasingly placed at risk by Jihadists occupying Timbuktu in 2012. While the Jihadists try to impose Read more…

First-Years interested in choosing Africa: Join us for our Info Night! Are you still unsure about which region you want to choose for the remainder of your studies? Don't worry, we know your struggle! The Africa Committee is organizing an info session during which we will tell you about our Read more…

The Africa Committee is happy to announce our first event of this year: a movie screening of "Rafiki," produced in 2018 in Kenya, by director Wanuri Kahiu. The movie follows the story of two young women, Kena and Ziki, who first become friends and later fall in love. As their Read more…

The BASIS Middle East & Africa Committees present: The Sudanese Revolution: Mini-lecture and Q&A with Dr. H.A.M. Taha of the Van Vollenhoven Institute! 🇵🇸 Her lecture will be tailored around civil society during the 2019 protests and subsequent coup that have paved the way for significant democratic transition in the Read more…

The French Language Café is back, the BASIS Europe and Africa committees teamed up to make the it happen, and you are invited! When? Thursday March 17, 19:30-21:00 Where? ESN Common Room (Beehive) Hope to see you there! 🇫🇷

Join the BASIS Africa and Middle-East in the ESN Common Room this Thursday ( April 7 ) to practice your Arabic skills - speakers on all levels are welcome, and snacks are provided!

Basis Africa and Social committee invite you to their borrel: When Wednesday April 20, from 20:00 Where? Jimz Pub Hope to see you there!

The Africa Committee Movie Night is back, this time with a screening of the film 'District 9' ! When? Monday April 25, 19:30 Where? Wijnhaven Room 3.48

Hey guys! A panel discussion on the current development of, Sino-African Relations 🌍 🇨🇳will take place on Monday the 9th of may at 17.30, in Wijnhaven 2.02. The panel, organized by Africa and East Asia and Committees, will include Dr. Stacey Links, scholar expert in the Human Rights dimension of Read more…

We are happy to announce our collaboration with the Rwandan Embassy for this exciting event: A visit to the embassy and a conversation with the embassy officials.🤩 The main topic of this conversation will be sustainability and environmental protection in Rwanda - Rwanda being one of the first countries to Read more…

On Tuesday 24th May at 15h00 room 3.46, the Ambassador of Rwanda will be coming to Wijnhaven to give a guest lecture on ‘’The role of the youth in fighting against the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda’’. The lecture will be concluded with a short Q&A session. Sign Read more…

Hello everyone! The Africa Committee is back🤩 We are super excited to announce our first event of this academic year happening TOMORROW from 18h00 at Palestuin. We are organizing a get together with the Africa committee😍 Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided and we will be playing nice African Read more…

Calling all Swahili speakers 🇰🇪🇹🇿🇷🇼🇧🇮🇨🇩The Basis Africa Committee is hosting a Swahili Language Cafe. There will be snacks, games and conversations in Swahili 😊. Join us in the Beehive Thursday 9th of March from 5-7pm!

Calling all chefs!🧑‍🍳👩‍🍳 The BASIS Africa Committee is happy to organise its third Africa MasterChef. You will be able to cook a 3-course meal, with each of the recipes coming from different parts of Africa. We provide the ingredients, the instructions, and you provide the culinary skills. Although we could Read more…

Are you a third-year thinking what you are going to do after you graduate? Are you a second-year considering doing a minor or an internship? Or maybe a first-year wanting to know more on what to do with International Studies? We may be able to help!😎 The BASIS Africa Committee Read more…

The Africa Committee is organizing a *Panel Discussion* to address the following question : *What does decolonizing African studies look like?*  To this end, we are inviting students to engage in a dialogue with Professors from diverse backgrounds: history, philosophy, international relations, and law.  Fill in this form if you Read more…