UGent Master of African Studies 2025 opening lecture

Upon invitation of Prof. Dr. Olorunshola Adenekan and Prof. Dr. Koen Bostoen, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong (Wageningen University) will open the academic year of the UGent Master of African Studies program with a talk titled “Frictions of space and embodied absences: Tourism’s intersection with slavery and colonial heritage memories“.

This talk is the joint opening lecture for the Master of African Studies courses “Literature, Media and the Arts in Central and Eastern Africa” and “Language, History and Identity in Central and Eastern Africa”. The event is open to anyone interested. Registration in advance is not needed.

For more information, please contact Heidi.Goes@UGent.be.