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ASAUK 2016 conference awards

Department of African Studies and Anthropology staff win awards at this year's conference.

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Great news for Birmingham from the African Studies Association of the UK conference.

Congratulations to our new lecturer, Rebecca Jones, who was runner up for the ASAUK 2016 Audrey Richards prize for the best doctoral thesis in African Studies.

Congratulations to our Honorary Research Fellow, Terri Ochiagha, who won the ASAUK 2016 Fage and Oliver prize for her outstanding scholarly monograph, Achebe and Friends at Unuahia 

Congratulations to Dr Insa Nolte, who is President of the African Studies Association of the UK, 2016-18.