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AFRAB research workshop at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Ethiopia, 14 June 2024
Alexander Meckelburg and the Ethiopian team of researchers have continued to collect and analyse sources containing the anti-slavery arguments of different Ethiopian authors active in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Stakeholders鈥� consultation at the Swahili Cultural Centre in Mombasa, Kenya, 12 June 2024
Michelle Liebst and Saadu Hashim of Fort Jesus Museum organized a consultation with representatives of Mombasa-based groups connected in various ways to the past that will be evoked in the exhibition 鈥淓ast African Voices Against Slavery鈥� hosted by Fort Jesus Museum and Heritage Centre from 12 September 2024.
AFRAB participation at conference for Professor Mouctar Bah, Maroua University, May 2024
A conference in honour of the lifetime work of Professor Thierno Mouctar Bah was organised at the University of Maroua in Northern Cameroon on 8-10 May 2024.
American Historical Association Conference, San Francisco, January 2024: AFRAB panel
The first collective publication of the AFRAB Project was the special issue 鈥淎frican Legal Abolitions鈥� published in Volume 42 of the Law & History Review. Some contributors to the Special Issue presented their articles at a panel at the American Historical Association鈥檚 Annual Meeting in San Francisco on 4-7 January 2024.
鈥楽lavery and Post-slavery in Modern African History鈥� Conference, Tanzania, 2023
AFRAB鈥檚 researchers contributed to the scientific organisation of the major international conference 鈥楽lavery and Post-slavery in Modern African History鈥� hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 7-9 November 2023.
AFRAB delegates at conference in honour of Prof Ibrahima Thioub, Dakar, July 2023
Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) of Dakar, Senegal, organised a major conference to celebrate the lifetime achievements and contributions of Professor Ibrahima Thioub, Senegalese historian, retired professor of history at UCAD, and former President (Recteur) of the Universit茅 Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (2014-2020).
European Conference on African Studies (ECAS): AFRAB Panels, Friday 2 June 2023
AFRAB organised a double panel at the European Conference on Afican Studies that in 2023 was hosted at the University of Cologne.
AFRAB research workshop at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 2023
AFRAB鈥檚 researchers met to discuss the research design, methodology, and initial findings of the three Masters students supervised by Tanzania鈥檚 team coordinator, UDSM professor Salvatory Nyanto.
AFRAB research workshop at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa, May 2023
AFRAB鈥檚 researchers met to discuss research in progress in Ethiopia, review findings in different Ethiopian regions to date, and start preparing the activity 鈥楢frican Abolitionist Voices鈥� that would eventually result in an exhibition at the University of Dar es Salaam in November 2023 and then in an expanded, Ethiopia focused exhibition at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in October 2024.
Research workshop 鈥淎bolitionism and post-slavery in Africa鈥� Paris, France, 28 March 2023
Research workshop 鈥淎bolitionism and post-slavery in Africa鈥� hosted by the French International Centre for Research on Slavery and Post-slavery (CIRESC), Paris, France, 28 March 2023.
AFRAB Workshop and meeting in Niamey, Niger, in March 2023
AFRAB鈥檚 sixth sub-regional workshop took place in Niamey in the offices of the 'Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines鈥� (IRSH Niamey) on 12 March 2023.听
AFRAB Project participation in AUF/FME Conference in Dakar, Senegal, November 2022
AFRAB鈥檚 participation in the conference 鈥淟a Recherche sur les esclavages dans le monde: un 茅tat des lieux鈥� in Dakar (Senegal) and workshop of the Francophone West Africa teams, November 2022.
鈥淎fterlives of Slavery鈥� Conference in Monrovia, Liberia, October 2022
AFRAB鈥檚 fourth workshop took place in Monrovia in parallel with the 鈥淎fterlives of Slavery鈥� International Conference, hosted by the University of Liberia and Princeton Theological Seminary (New Jersey, USA) on 17-19 October 2022.
International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 2022, Ethiopia
AFRAB鈥檚 third workshop happened alongside the 21st International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, hosted by AFRAB鈥檚 partner, the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Addis Ababa University.
AFRAB鈥檚 second workshop took place in the framework of the important Slafco2 Conference 鈥淪lavery in Africa: Knowledge and Openings鈥� hosted by the Universit茅 de Yaound茅 1, in Cameroon on 19-21 April 2022.听
Workshop organized in the framework of the AFRAB Project, in collaboration with the SLAFNET Project. The workshop will take place online on 21-24 Sept 2021.听
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Workshop details:听/history/research/research-projects/african-abolitionism-rise-and-transformations-anti-slavery-africa-1
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union鈥檚 Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 885418).
