The Bantu language family of about 350-400 languages shows a high degree of linguistic variation. Previous studies of variation in Bantu have typically focused on large-scale phonological and lexical ...

How have government policies, corporate media, restrictions on protest and lack of voter choice affected democracy in the UK? Hosted by SOAS ICOP, a panel of experts explores recent attacks on our ...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile set out South Africa’s plans for its 2025 presidency of the G20 Summit during an address at SOAS on 2 October. The event, held during his working visit to the UK, ...

The rapid expansion of the digital space has significantly impacted economies, yet its effects on Africa are often overlooked. Taylor D.H. Rockhill examines how digitisation and gigification are ...

SOAS University of London's latest cohort of Professors of Practice for 2024 will bring their industry experience in energy policy, art, languages and translation to enrich the university’s academic ...

SOAS Economics offers real-world Economics teaching, grounded in a global perspective and concrete knowledge of the economies of the Global South, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well ...

The Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) will host Khalid Howladar, Founder and Managing Partner of Acreditus, for a lecture discussing the challenges of our existing financial system and ...

The Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) was Japan’s first international humanitarian organisation and among the largest civic organisations in the world before 1945. In 1934, it hosted the Fifteenth ...

Drawing inspiration from the diverse landscapes of Southeast Asia, the seminar introduces the concept of ‘antipodean translation’ to describe the non-linear, border-reversing, and fragmented ...

The state is back, and it means business. Since the turn of the 21st century, state-owned enterprises, sovereign funds, and policy banks have vastly expanded their control over assets and markets.

Welcome! Karibuni sana! Soo dhowaada! The Africa Department houses the largest concentration of scholars devoted to the study of African languages and other forms of cultural expression in sub-Saharan ...

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