The Concilium on Southern Africa

Alien Nation conf poster

Fall 2009 COSA Events

October 29, 2009
Race, Sport and Power Conference
Africa in the Global Economy of Sport

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009
1:30-3:00 p.m.,
Nelson Music Room
East Duke Building, East Campus
(Map and Parking Information)

Panel with Gerard Akindes, Peter Alegi and Paul Darby.
Three leading scholars of sport explore the politics and
economics of the soccer in Africa and look ahead to the
2010 World Cup in South Africa.

November 11, 2009
District 9: "Alien Nation," Sci-Fi and the
Making of Ethno-Space

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009
2.30-4.00 p.m.,
John Hope Franklin Center
Room 240
Watch this event, now available on iTunes.

Spring 2010 COSA Events

February 26-27, 2010
Feb. 26: Lecture and film screening by Chuck Korr, author of
More Than Just a Game, a book about the soccer league built by
political prisoners at South Africa’s notorious Robben Island during
apartheid. Feb. 27: All-day workshop. Participants in the event will also include Grant Farred and Andre Odendaal.

In the News...

Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom - Reuters

South Africa faces deepening economic gloom as other countries recover - Daily Telegraph (UK)

Mandela's Favorite African Folktales - NPR
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 91st birthday on Saturday. And in time for the festivities, there's a new audio book of the South African leader's favorite African folktales.

Making Life on $2 a Day - NPR Planet Money podcast
Economists at the World Bank calculate that 2.5 billion people live on $2 a day, but what exactly does that mean? The podcast examines a couple in South Africa and their means of making ends meet.

South Africa's new crime fighters - BBC World Service