Other events

Events in the Uppsala/Stockholm area that are neither lectures nor NAI-organised conferences.

2009

Culture Night 12 September, 2009 in Uppsala

NAI once again participates in the Uppsala tradition of the Culture Night held on 12 September 2009. Read more about NAI's program (pdf in Swedish) and more about the event here.

In connection to the diplomats' discussion please read Anders Möllanders paper "Do we need reconcilation after conflict?" (pdf).

Rwanda - 15 years after the genocide

Time: 5 May, 2009 at 18.00
Place: The Nordic Africa Institute, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala.

The genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994, was a tragedy not only for Rwanda but also for humanity. April 2009 marks the 15th commemoration of the genocide in which more than a million men, women and children were murdered in one hundred days. While today Rwanda is forward looking and full of hope, the past is not forgotten.

Programme

Welcome by Fantu Cheru, Research Director, the Nordic Africa Institute.
A moment of silence in memory of the genocide victims and lighting candles.
The Genocide that could have been avoided, a 22 minutes documentary film.
Presentation by Ms Görrel Espelund, Freelance Journalist and Africa correspondent.“The 1994 Genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda”.
Testimony from a genocide survivor.
Presentation by Mr. Arne Ström, a Former Representative of SIDA in Rwanda: Post Genocide Reconstruction in Rwanda.
Address by H.E Ambassador Jacqueline Mukangira, the Ambassador of Rwanda in Sweden.

All welcome!

The program is organised in co-operation with The Embassy of Rwanda, Uppsala Association of International Affairs and The Nordic Africa Institute.

2008

Seminar on literature in Stockholm 29 Nov.

'Möte med litteratur från Afrika'. Meet the authors Gabeba Baderoon, Njabulo S. Ndebele and Ivan Vladislavi. Organised by the publishing house Tranan and ABF in collaboration with NAI (text in Swedish).

Elina Oinas talks at 'Southern Africa Days', 15 Nov. in Stockholm

Elina Oinas, Nordic researcher at the NAI, will talk at the 'Southern Africa days', organised by the Africa Groups, on a panel on 'HIV in South Africa', 15 November in Stockholm. See the programme.

‘Cultural Night’ in Uppsala, 13 September 2008

Open house event at the Nordic Africa Institute under the heading ”Mötesplats Afrika” (Meeting-point Africa) with i.a. live music, a meeting with a Nigerian author and film screening.
NAI's programme during the Cultural Night (in Swedish).

WALTIC – literary congress in Stockholm 29 June-2 July

More than 1,000 writers, translators and scholars gathered under the heading ‘The value of words’. NAI sponsored the participation of two African writers.
Report from WALTIC by Mai Palmberg.

Visit from China 29-30 May 2008

Professor Yang Guang, General Director of the Institutet for West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) visited the Nordic Africa Institute to discuss collaboration between the two institutions.
More on the visit (in Swedish).

Sida/SAREC conference in Uppsala 27-29 May 2008

The conference ‘Meeting Global Challenges in Research Cooperation’ was arranged by Sida, Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development at Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. A few NAI researchers presented their research projects on posters, and the Institute participated with a book exhibition.
More on the conference at www.csduppsala.uu.se/sidaconference08.

2007

Human Rights days (‘MR-dagarna’) in Stockholm 19-20 November 2007
NAI co-arranged two seminars: ‘Dialog eller konfrontation i Zimbabwe?’ and ‘Unga kvinnor i afrikanska krig’. In our information stand, the new series, "Policy Notes" was presented – brief and easily accessible research information on themes such as conflict and trade. More information at www.mrdagarna.org.

Book launch in Stockholm 14 November 2007
NAI will present its publication ‘The World Bank and African Agriculture - Development or Impoverishment?’ in connection with the presentation of the ‘World Development Report 2008: Agriculture and Development’.

“Mötesplats Afrika” – Meeting-point Africa
Open house event during the Cultural Night in Uppsala on 8 September 2007 at. 15.00–19.00, at the Nordic Africa Institute.

Book launch in Stockholm
On 10 May at 13.30-15.30 in collaboration with International IDEA. The books to be launched are Votes, Money and Violence. Political Parties and Elections in Sub-Saharan Africa by Basedau et al (NAI, 2007) and Political parties in Africa: Challenges for sustained multiparty democracy by M.A Mohamed Salih et al (IDEA, 2007).
Invitation to the book launch (pdf, in Swedish).

Lunch meeting in Stockholm on liberationafrica.se
Tuesday 24 April at 12.00-12.45, a new website on Nordic support to the liberation movements in Southern Africa will be launched.

Seminar on diamond trade and the film ‘Blood Diamond’
Friday 16 March at 13.30-18.00 in Uppsala. Seminar in Swedish.

‘Utgivning och publicering i och om Afrika’
On 30 January at 14.00-17.15 this seminar (in Swedish and English) with i.a. Ruth Makotsi will be arranged by NAI's library - Library of the Year 2006.

2006

Voices on Africa: Book Launch at the Nordic Africa Institute
On 4 December 17.00-19.00 with some of the authors of works published by the Institute during 2006. The programme also includes a presentation of books and journals published by CODESRIA.

“Mötesplats Afrika” – Meeting-point Africa
Open house event during the Cultural Night in Uppsala on 9 September 2006 at. 15.00–19.00, at the Nordic Africa Institute.

Visit by the Namibian President
On 10 May 2006, the Namibian president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, visited the Institute.