Centre for Indian Studies in Africa

Centre for Indian Studies in Africa CISA promotes teaching, research and public activities concerning the Indian sub-continent, its links to Africa and the Indian Ocean. http://cisa-wits.org.za

The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) was established at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg towards the end of 2007: the first in Africa to focus on India. In 2009, the Centre received major funding from the Mellon Foundation to establish a Chair in Indian Studies and fellowships for graduate students. CISA promotes teaching, research and public activities concerning

the Indian sub-continent, its links to Africa and the Indian Ocean, and builds on the multi-faceted networks developed with Indian universities, research institutions and public agencies. Over the past two years the intellectual remit of the Centre has expanded to include the histories of the Global South: that affective geography between Latin America and Asia. The Centre’s public activities are part of its mandate to contribute to the consolidation of economic, political and cultural relations between India and countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.

10/12/2025

The Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers University-New Brunswick seeks to appoint two external Postdoctoral Associates for a year-long residential fellowship during academic year 2026-27. Successful candidates may come from any relevant discipline. All requirements for the PhD or other terminal....

26/11/2025

Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research

29/09/2025

The Value of Reparations, or the Values of ReparationAnticolonial thinkers such as Gandhi and Fanon saw repair at the level of the self, for both colonizer a...

30/07/2025

According to conventional wisdom, France’s empire in sub- Saharan Africa ended peacefully. But this book tells a different story. The shocking violence of a secret war roiled Cameroon in the 1950s and ’60s. A mass movement for self-determination had emerged under the leadership of the Union of t...

29/07/2025

📢 The Africa Institute and Open Society Foundations are now accepting applications for the “Restitution and Reparation: Africa and the Post-Colonial Condition” Fellowship!

This fellowship supports scholars and practitioners researching the restitution of African artifacts, post-colonial justice, and cultural heritage. Fellows will engage in research, public lectures, and contribute to a final publication during a semester-long residency between 2025 and 2026.

✍️ Spring 2026 deadline: October 1, 2025
✍️ Fall 2026 deadline: April 1, 2026

🔗 Learn more: https://wp.me/p23f03-fo9

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Reporting from Kenya, our correspondent spoke to women who returned from domestic work in the Gulf under the kafala system, which binds workers to employers and strips them of basic rights. Their testimonies reveal a pattern of exploitation, abuse, and death.

17/07/2025

By Bhakti Shringarpure. In a candid interview, Olivier Fanon reflects on the legacy of his father Frantz Fanon at 100 years and speaks intimately about his late mother, Josie.

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