In the course of more than two years, the Indestructibles project has documented the stories of 11 boys and girls in 10 African countries that mirror the achievements and the challenges prevailing in a diverse and constantly-evolving continent. This exhibition is a journey that traverses a young, energetic and dynamic territory. One that is brimming with people who push on as best they can. And when things go wrong, they try to be indestructible, and survive.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/exhibition-indestructibles-look-generation-future-africa

Peggy Bouva (Rotterdam, 1978) is moeder, public speaker, juridisch kwaliteitsmedewerker en werkzaam binnen het Sociaal Domein in Zuid-Holland. Met haar bedrijf Community & Knowledge streeft ze ernaar om kennis van het Afro Surinaams Cultureel Erfgoed spelenderwijs over te dragen. Samen met journaliste Maartje Duin werkte ze mee aan de Podcast de Plantage van onze Voorouders. Deze productie is in 2020 gebroadcast via de VPRO. De jury verkoos 'De plantage van onze voorouders' unaniem tot Beste Podcast van 2020.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/open-lezing-peggy-bouva-de-plantage-van-onze-voorouders

Competing Visions of Afterlife in the Lowcountry and Caribbean Slave Societies

This study presents a new interpretation of the famous folktale about enslaved Africans flying home, including the legend that only those who refrained from eating salt could fly back to Africa. It rejects claims that the tale is rooted in Igbo culture and relates to suicide as a desperate attempt to escape from slavery. Rather, an analysis of historical documents in combination with ethnographic and linguistic research makes it possible to trace the tale back to West-Central Africa.....

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/bantugent-talk-jeroen-dewulf-uc-berkeley-%E2%80%94-flying-back-africa-or-flying-heaven

Prism is een kettingbrief-Gesamtkunstwerk waarin drie filmmakers de poëtische en politieke betekenis van licht in verhouding tot huidskleur verkennen.

De film vertrekt vanuit het perspectief dat de fotografische media technologisch en ideologisch bevooroordeeld zijn, in het voordeel van blanke huid. De drie filmmakers bundelen hun verschillende benaderingen en ervaringen om de relatie te verkennen tussen huidskleur en cinematografie, tussen white-centric privilege en de fotografische media.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/kask-cinema-filmvertoning-prism-2021

The Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University has the pleasure to invite you to the inaugural lectures of prof. dr. Eduardo de la Pena, prof. dr. Steven Maenhout and prof. dr. Wannes Hubau.

Followed by a panel discussion moderated by prof. dr. ir. Dirk Reheul

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/inaugural-lectures-tropical-forest-ecology-plant-breeding

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the Conflict Research Group at Ghent University (Belgium) organizes an international conference that will take stock of where we are with the study of violent conflict.

During our conference, we want to go into dialogue with leading international researchers, policymakers and practitioners, and provide a platform for debate and exchange with the ambition to suggest new research agendas, strengthen research-policy dialogue and create more space for voices from the Global South.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/conference-20-years-conflict-research-group

Klimaatverandering doet, net als alle humanitaire crisissen, genderongelijkheid en gendergerelateerd geweld toenemen. De strijd tegen dergelijk geweld is te vaak een blinde vlek in het klimaatbeleid.

Tijdens deze webinar zal een vergelijkende analyse van deze twee onderwerpen gepresenteerd worden. Experten van internationale organisaties en van het Globale Zuiden lichten hun ervaringen en vaststellingen toe. Kom en ontdek hoe antwoorden op de klimaatverandering ook rekening moeten houden met gender, en meer in het bijzonder met de strijd tegen gendergerelateerd geweld.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/uitnodiging-3005-klimaat-en-gendergerelateerd-geweld

Op 30 april 2021 organiseerde Enabel, op vraag van de Minister van ontwikkelingssamenwerking Meryame Kitir, met de betrokken actoren uit de Belgische private en publieke sector een ronde tafel over de Belgische toegevoegde waarde en het Belgische aanbod om ter versterking van de productiecapaciteit van vaccins, geneesmiddelen en medische producten in Afrika.

Eén jaar later wil Enabel de balans opmaken van de Belgische ontwikkelingen en verbintenissen van het voorbije jaar en nagaan hoe we de resterende knelpunten maar ook opportuniteiten op dit gebied in de toekomst kunnen aanpakken. 

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/event-billijke-toegang-tot-vaccins-geneesmiddelen-en-gezondheidstechnologie%C3%ABn-afrika-een-jaar

Yearly symposium on Global South Partnerships with and within Ghent University. Focus on how we can connect for change.

Morning sessions:

• Prof. Doris Schroeder: Director of Centre for Professional Ethics, UCLan (UK) as coordinator for the “Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings” drafted by the TRUST project.
• Mr. Koen Doens: Director-General, Directorate General for International Partnerships, European Commission

Lunch & networking

Afternoon session: Workshops and parallel infoboothsessions

Reception

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/connect4change-global-south-partnership-event

By providing members with mobility grants of up to 1000€, ICon (The InterContinental Academic Exchange Programme) aims to promote, facilitate and/or strengthen collaboration between SGroup universities (also UGent) and institutions of their choice located in strategic regions associated with the Think Tank Academy (China, Latin America and Africa), as well as SGroup associate members.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/applications-mobility-grants-under-icon-call-2022

Enabel (l’agence belge de développement – ex CTB) identifie actuellement des pistes de collaboration avec des partenaires académiques qui interviendraient, avec des institutions congolaises, en appui à la mise en œuvre du programme de coopération bilatérale 2023-2027.

Vos retours sont attendus par formulaire pour le 31 mai 2022 au plus tard.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/consultation-enabelrdc23-27-pistes-de-collaboration-avec-des-institutions-congolaises

Les propositions de projet déposées à l’ARES dans le cadre de l’appel PRD-PFS 2023 seront examinées par un comité d’expert.e.s. Ce comité sera composé de quatre personnes : deux expert.e.s externes permanent.e.s, spécialisé.e.s en coopération académique au développement, et deux expert.e.s scientifiques issu.e.s des établissements d’enseignement supérieur (EES) de Belgique.

L’ARES lance par la présente un appel aux EES afin de constituer le pool des expert.e.s scientifiques qui viendront s’associer aux expert.e.s externes. A cette fin, nous vous saurions gré de bien vouloir proposer des expert.e.s en tenant compte des domaines scientifiques abordés par les propositions de projet et de l’horaire prévu pour l’analyse de chaque proposition.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/ares-s%C3%A9lection-des-propositions-de-projet-2023-%E2%80%93-appel-%C3%A0-expertes-scientifiques

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) exists to accelerate the clinical development of new or improved medicinal products for the identification, treatment and prevention of poverty-related and neglected infectious diseases, including (re-)emerging diseases.

In addition, the EDCTP funds activities for research capacity building in Africa, supporting researchers’ careers and strengthening national health research systems.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/five-global-health-calls-launched-collaboration-sub-saharan-africa-within-edctp3-partnership

Since its first edition in 1993, the Invitational Seminar on Environmental Education Research series has provided a unique opportunity for researchers from around the planet to discuss critical problems, trends and issues in research on environmental and sustainability education (ESE).

From 13 to 16 June 2022, the 15th edition will be organised in Ghent, Belgium, by the Centre for Sustainable Development of Ghent University in collaboration with partners of the SEDwise network (‘Sustainability Education – Teaching and learning in the face of wicked socio-ecological problems’).

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/invitational-seminar-environmental-education-research

Since colonization and throughout the independence period, ethnic identity has played a major role in the politics and conflicts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This report investigates how issues of ethnic identity intersect with politics and conflicts in eastern Congo, and particularly Kalehe territory and on Idjwi Island, South Kivu Province. It demonstrates that these connections are anchored in long-term historical processes.

https://www.africaplatform.ugent.be/news/report-past-present-ethnicity-conflict-and-politics-eastern-congo