Africa – Area Committee
The Congo Tribunal – a student exhibition
Leiden University - Wijnhaven Campus - Room 2.10 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, NetherlandsHave you ever dissected the insides of your smartphone? What you would find inside tells a dark and complicated history of a conflict that has lasted for almost 30 years. The resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo have attracted international economic and political forces whose extractive activities are carried Read more…
Falemos Português!
Havana Buitenhof 19, The Hague, NetherlandsOlá a todos! BASIS Latin America Committee is back with its Portuguese language café, from this year on together with the Africa Committee! Do you already know some Portuguese but do you want to improve it? Are you an advanced speaker but you don’t get to practice it often enough Read more…
Africa Committee Movie Night Fundraiser
Wijnhaven Campus - Room 3.60 Turfmarkt 99, Den Haag, NetherlandsHello, everyone! The Africa Committee is collaborating with the International Humanity Foundation on a fundraiser for children in Kenya. The donations will contribute towards their education, medicine, and nutritional programs. We will be showing the movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in order to raise donations. A *free cookie* Read more…
Care X Africa Committee: Guest Lecture by Dr. Diana M. Natermann
Den Haag CentraalBlack Women in African Decolonization Movements - Just a Myth? In honour of Black History Month Care and Africa Committee invite you to a guest lecture Dr. Diana M. Natermann. Dr. Diana M. Natermann is an Assistant Professor at Leiden University in the History Department. As an historian she focuses Read more…
Falemos Português!
OnlineOlá a todxs! The Portuguese language café is back and this time it will be better than ever! We (the BASIS Latin America Committee) have paired up with the BASIS Africa Committee in order to organize a playfully educational night, filled with fun pub quizzes and good company. No ticket Read more…
Africa Committee Book Club
OnlineThis semester, the Africa committee book club features the book The Perfect Nine by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. The story is based on the origin myth of the Gĩkũyũ- Kenya’s largest tribe. This book tells the story of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi who fled war and hunger and settled down at the Read more…
Swahili Language Café
OnlineMambo! Do you learn Swahili, or want to learn it? Then, join us at the Swahili Language Café to practice your speaking! All levels are welcome! There will be fun games that will get your language skills going! The café will be taking place online in The Africa Committee's Kaltura Read more…
Falemos Português!
OnlineOlá a todxs! The Portuguese language café is back and this time it will be better than ever! We (the BASIS Latin America Committee) have paired up with the BASIS Africa Committee in order to organize a playfully educational night, filled with fun pub quizzes and good company. No ticket Read more…
Africa Area Information Session
OnlineAre you still not entirely sure which area you want to choose? Can you not decide between two or more languages? Or do you simply want to get a first impression of what is going to expect you in the African area courses next semester? Then join us on Friday Read more…
Falemos Português!
OnlineOlá a todxs! The Portuguese language café is back and this time it will be better than ever! We (the BASIS Latin America Committee) have paired up with the BASIS Africa Committee in order to organize a playfully educational night, filled with fun pub quizzes and good company. No ticket Read more…
Guest Lecture: The Impact of Covid on Migration in Africa
OnlineMake sure to join us for a guest lecture by Otieno Ong'ayo on the impact of COVID-19 on migration in Africa. Ong'ayo is a political scientist from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) with a PhD on Ghanaian diaspora, and he is very interested in the relation between migration Read more…
Guest Lecture Anton de Kom by Karwan Fatah-Black
OnlineIn light of Black History month and Anton de Kom's 123rd birthday, we are excited to welcome Dr. Karwan Fatah-Black as our guest speaker. We are also welcoming the Stichting Standbeeld Anton de Kom in Den Haag, who are working on erecting a statue of Anton de Kom in The Read more…
Falemos Português!
OnlineOlá a todxs! The Portuguese language café is back and this time it will be better than ever! We (the BASIS Latin America Committee) have paired up with the BASIS Africa Committee in order to organize a playfully educational night, filled with fun pub quizzes and good company. No ticket Read more…