2,352 search results for “african studies” in the Public website
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Shahab Daneshvar
Faculty of Humanities
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Marat Markert
Faculty of Humanities
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Eftychia Mylona
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria Riep
Faculteit Archeologie
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Shuqi Jia
Faculty of Humanities
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Hossein Pourbagheri
Faculty of Humanities
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Gjovalin Macaj
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Why Leiden University?
The BA in African Studies draws on Leiden University’s renowned expertise on Africa to bring students a wide range of subjects and themes covering the entire continent. During the programme, you will learn an African language and explore Africa from an internal perspective. By doing so, you will discover…
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The role of hearing signers in the development of channel specific structures in sign languages of deaf communities
In this project, the hypothesis that language contact crucially impacts the development of spatial grammar and phonology is investigated.
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Contact
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Contact
If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.
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Recherches dialectologiques et dialectométriques Nuni (une langue Gurunsi du Burkina Faso)
This book is a first comparative study of the Nuni dialects.
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A grammar of Sandawe: A Khoisan language of Tanzania
This dissertation presents a description of Sandawe, a Khoisan language spoken by approximately 60 000 speakers in Dodoma Region, Tanzania.
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Information activities
Do you want to know more about the Bachelor of African Studies, and experience what it’s like to study in Leiden? Leiden University offers you a variety of introductory activities to help you with your choice of study.
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Connecting in times of duress: understanding communication and conflict in Middle Africa’s mobile margins
This research programme seeks to understand the dynamics in the relationship between social media, mobile telephony and the social fabric under duress in Africa's mobile margins. It combines studies on mobility/migration, conflict and communication in an attempt to uncover these new dynamics, which…
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Arie van der Kooij
Faculty of Humanities
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Hélène Nut
Faculty of Humanities
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Jan Kees Colder
Faculty of Humanities
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
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Chunli Song
Faculty of Humanities
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Al Al Farabi
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah Holma
Faculty of Humanities
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Pilar Jimenez Galindo
Faculty of Humanities
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Marcel Cobussen
Faculty of Humanities
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Rients de Boer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Tim Wuisman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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Why Leiden University
Leiden University offers ambitious students a world-class environment in which to reach their full potential.
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Required documents
When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents.
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Application deadlines
If you are aware of the admission requirements of the bachelor’s programme African Studies of Leiden University, it's time to check the application deadlines.
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Edmund Amann
Faculty of Humanities
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Jialong Liu
Faculty of Humanities
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Somalia becomes eighth member of East African Community
In November, Somalia was the latest country to join the East African Community (EAC). This follows the Democratic Republic of Congo's accession to the regional intergovernmental organisation in March.
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Partners
Links to related organisations, institutes, journals and archives.
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Jelle Bruning
Faculty of Humanities
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Léon Buskens
Faculty of Humanities
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
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Caroline Waerzeggers
Faculty of Humanities
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Maurits Berger
Faculty of Humanities
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Christine Mertens
Faculty of Humanities
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Student life
Your time at Leiden is about more than just studying. Some of your best experiences will stem from being a part of our lively and diverse student community, as well as from life in the beautiful city of Leiden.
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Student Life
Your time at Leiden is about more than just studying. It is being a part of a lively and diverse student community. Living in beautiful and historic Leiden. And enjoying the rich cultural life of Holland, where you are right in the heart of Europe.
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Learning African sign languages via a video app
For many deaf Ghanaians, Ghanaian Sign Language is their first language. But for more deaf signers to be able to fully participate in society, more sign language interpreters, deaf school teachers and family members need to be trained. What better way to facilitate this by means of a Ghanaian Sign Language…
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Archeologists involved in drilling the East African Rift System
NWO-ALW has funded the project Climate impact on human evolution: age calibration of the ICDP Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP), led by PIs Cor Langereis and Guillaume Dupont-Nivet (Utrecht University).
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A Grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan Language of Sudan
This thesis investigates the grammar of Gaahmg, a Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Blue Nile Province of North Sudan. The comprehensive description provides an analysis of the phonology, morphology, and syntax. Ten texts of various genre are given to help illustrated the grammar…
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The diplomacy of decolonisation. America, Britain and the United Nations during the Congo crisis 1960-1964
The book reinterprets the role of the UN during the Congo crisis from 1960 to 1964, presenting a multidimensional view of the organisation.
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A Grammar of Logba (Ikpana)
This book presents a comprehensive description of the grammar of Logba, one of the fourteen Ghana-Togo Mountain (GTM) languages spoken by approximately 7,500 speakers on the South-Eastern frontier of the Ghana-Togo border. It is the outcome of fifteen months research in Logba speaking communities.
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Admission requirements
To be eligible for African Studies (research) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.