21st Century (2020/21)Personal Reflections+1 September 22, 2020 Ria Winters South Africa on the Keizersgracht A stroll from the Westerkerk along the Keizersgracht, towards number 141, to the canal house with its stone steps, dark ... Read More
21st Century (2020/21)Africa in the Hague September 22, 2020 Marcia Semedo Gonçalves Writing Ethnography – African hair care shops For this assignment I decided to go to the only place in the Hague I know caters specifically to African ... Read More
21st Century (2019/20)Africa in the Hague+1 May 23, 2020 Charlotte Simons Money Transfer Services in The Hague: Paul on the social impacts of money transfers As part of our ‘Researching Africa in the 21st Century’ course, we – master’s students ‘African Studies’ at Leiden University ... Read More
21st Century (2019/20)Africa in the Hague+2 March 3, 2020 Melat Pusch African Music in The Hague Introduction When thinking of a topic to research for the Researching Africa final assignment, Andrea talked about how we could ... Read More
21st Century (2019/20)Music - Africa in the Hague+1 February 25, 2020 Andrea Rodriguez Hernandez Africa In The Hague: Mama Africa “Music is a great blessing. It has the power to elevate and liberate us. It sets people free to dream. ... Read More
21st Century (2019/20)Africa in the Hague+1 January 22, 2020 Rebecca Alcolea Krauss Investigating Remnants of Apartheid in The Hague For the course “Researching Africa in the 21st Century,” we were asked to conduct research and present it in a ... Read More
Africa in the HaguePersonal Reflections+1 January 22, 2020 Joris Martens Reflections on Africa in The Hague: a project on ‘Jan van Riebeekstraat’ ‘A quiet street in The Hague, nothing to see here.’ That is what I thought the first time I visited ... Read More
Africa in the HagueStreet names & colonial past - Africa in the Hague January 20, 2020 Joris Martens Decolonizing the public sphere – The Jan van Riebeek street in The Hague In recent years the debate on colonial history in the public sphere in the Netherlands has picked up steam. Mainly ... Read More
Africa in the HagueAfrican businesses - Africa in the Hague+1 December 31, 2019 Boline Ning Within the Shop, more than a Shop — A reflection paper on African Products Shop Project A Review of our Project Introduction African Products Shop is an African-owned independent shop located in downtown the Hague. ... Read More
Music - Africa in the Hague December 31, 2019 Andrea Rodriguez Hernandez Mama Africa in the Hague This multimodal project explores the event ‘Mama Africa’ as an example of African music in the Hague. Created only two ... Read More
African businesses - Africa in the HaguePersonal Reflections December 30, 2019 Anissa Sidhoum Hassaïne Three Months Exploring the Africa Products Shop « Le ‘quelconque’ et l’’ordinaire’ sont mes alliés » Read More
21st Century (2019/20)Africa in the Hague+1 December 29, 2019 Mira Demirdirek Money Transfer Services in The Hague: insights from an online survey At the beginning of our research project we had envisaged to carry out a survey as a starting point to ... Read More