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Power of Photographic Activism in a Desensitised Age: A Response to “Voices of Freedom”, directed by Leila Segal

by Chelsea Oware It is very easy to write about certain experiences when your mind is completely separate from the object of interest. It almost seems intelligent to detract one’s personal emotions from their work, for objectivity purposes, obviously. But, perhaps, that is not always the wisest...

Mining and migration policies: two essays on Africa

The Centre for African Studies has inaugurated a partnership with the University of Nottingham, starting in 2016, that brings students in Italy to experience activities in our office and to cooperate to our initiatives. During their collaboration with us, they have the opportunity to develop their...

Keeping fossil fuel and tobacco industry accountable

This article has three objectives. First, it examines the basic global governance structure. Second, it explores some of the most pressing global problems. Third, it considers a number of proposals or concrete initiatives that reforming domestic as well as international laws or agreements may...

The EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Perils of a Securitized Migration Policy

The European Union's policy on migration from the African Continent, under growing pressure coming from Italy, in the last years has adopted new intervention tools, among them being particularly relevant the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, which, through specific projects, aims at fighting the...

Violence against women as an epidemic

Helping the victims, reclaiming their rights

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 10:00 Sala Consigliare - Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte - Via Alfieri 15 - Torino

The conference “Violence against women as an epidemic, helping the victims, reclaiming their rights” will take place on Wednesday, November the 15th at 10 a.m., at the Sala Consigliare del Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, 15 via Alfieri Torino. It will be the occasion to hear Dr. Denis Mukwege...

Between prosperity and exploitation: mines, warlords and human rights in the Great Lakes area

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 - 17:00 Showroom L'ARTeficIO - Via Bligny 18 L - Torino

The conference “Between prosperity and exploitation: mines, warlords and human rights in the Great Lakes area” will take place on Tuesday, November the 14th at 5 p.m., in ARTeficIO, 18L via Bligny in Turin. During the event, we will meet doctor Denis Mukwege, known as “the man who fixes women”....

The Untold Story: post-modern genocide of the invisible fragile migrants

by Alagie Jinkang While most of us are insensitive to the Mediterranean tragedy, some are doggedly ignorant about it, others use it for marketing purposes, and an invisible few continue to tell the bitter stories of those who (will) never make it out of the deadlock. In a rather very obnoxious way...

Challenges facing Africa's youngest democracy

by Amat Jeng On December 1st, Gambia held a presidential election in what seemed as another victory for the then incumbent, Yahya Jammeh. Just as the fall of communism caught political analysts off-guard, the victory of the coalition over Jammeh was also another miracle that no one saw coming –...

Migrants' assimilation in Western societies: a literary perspective

by Ayomi Ajibade The notion of Culture and identity from the perspective of a second generation immigrant can be a confusing one. Growing up in a Nigerian household with parents who proudly held onto their cultural roots in the form of language, food and leisure, whilst going to a school in a...

Turin hosts the 2017 Sustainable Development Festival

di Giulia Abrate The “2030 agenda”, adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations, is the pivotal point in the outstanding discourse of Sustainable Development. The Agenda seems, in fact, to be at the centre of the Sustainable Development’s fair organised by the Italian ASviS. ASviS, a recently...

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About the Centre

The Piedmont Centre for African Studies was established in Turin in 1983 by the Enti Locali piemontesi, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Comune di Torino and Università degli Studi di Torino and is currently funded by these institutions. The Centre was founded to create a catalyst for...

Activities

The Piedmont Centre for African Studies is a multidisciplinary centre dedicated to the study and strengthening of the relations of Piedmont and Italy with the African continent. To achieve this goal, the Centre organises conferences and cultural events, promotes research and...

Staff

The Centre employs permanent staff, temporary collaborators and offers internship opportunities throughout the year, through the Youth Guarantee initiative of Regione Piemonte, and other subjects such as ENAIP and the University of Study in Turin.

The employees currently working for the...