On evolving as an academic thinker
In this essay, I reflect upon lessons that I have learned from engaging with Digital Humanities (for the first time) ...
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Reflections on Research Methods in the Digital Age
Reflections on the digital and the humanities The saying goes “one picture is worth a thousand words.” Maybe it is ...
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Mixed Methods and Interdisciplinarity in research: What choices do you make?
Introduction This is the first reflexive essay I have ever written. Pondering about this thought, I knew that most of ...
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Have you met… Tigris, Doris and Ennie?
Here at the place that I am staying, Tikondane, the staff is quite numerous. Without exception, everyone is friendly, approachable ...
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A Blank Spot in the Drawing: The Organisation of African Unity and the Congo Crisis
How a missed chance to prove unity and the ability of conflict resolution resulted in insignificance in the historical narrative, ...
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Katete: account of my first three weeks in the field
Together with an employee, Kingsley, who is my local supervisor at FSD, and a driver, Monday January 20 we set ...
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Reflecting on Silences, Challenges and Methods
In one of the first sessions of our seminar we discussed the Congo Crisis. Sapin was our guest and presented ...
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The OAU in the historical narrative and the African Union today: Interview with Sapin Makengele
The OAU’s involvement in the Congo Crisis didn’t go beyond issuing resolutions and urging the conflicting parties to come to ...
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