Beyond the Periphery: Unpacking African Agency in Global Politics
Colloque du 10/10/2016
In partnership between Sciences Po-Center for International Studies (CERI) and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa and with the support of Sciences Po-Ecole doctorale, Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud (IFAS) and SCAC-French Embassy in Nigeria
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Funmi Olonisakin, Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre-Kings College London/ University of Nairobi
African “Agency” in Global Politics: What Does It Entail?
Discussant: Frédéric Ramel, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies
PANEL 1: THE ROLE OF IDENTITY AND IDEOLOGY IN SHAPING AFRICA’S POSITION ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
Chair: Karen Smith, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Oka Obono, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
The Role of Berlin and Bandung in the Making of Global Africa
Tim Murithi, University of Free State, South Africa
Pan-Africanism and the African Union as a collective international actor
PANEL 2: BEYOND THE STATE: AFRICAN SUBSTATE ACTORS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE
Chair: Folashade Soule-Kohndou, Sciences Po-Center for International Studies
Peace Medie, Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, Ghana / Global Leaders Fellow, Oxford-Princeton University
Translating Global Norms into Local Action: The Campaign against Gender-Based Violence in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia
Akinola Olojo, Université Paris Descartes; African Leadership Centre-King’s College London, University of Nairobi
Local resilience in the fight against Boko Haram in Sokoto State, and Borno State in Nigeria
PANEL 3: WHO DEFINES THE RULES? UNCOVERING AFRICAN AGENCY IN INTERNATIONAL RULES-SETTING
Chair: Chris Alden, London School of Econonics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Africa's New Authoritarians: International Assistance and Authoritarian Statebuilding in Contemporary Africa
Atta El-Battahani, University of Khartoum, Sudan
A Protracted Quandary of Liberal Peace and Political Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recycling Failures in ‘Greater’ Sudan
CONCLUDING REMARKS
William Brown, Politics and International Studies Department, The Open University, United Kingdom
Studying Africa and IR: the Potential of Agency
Academic Coordinators :
Folashadé Soulé-Kohndou, Sciences Po-CERI
Mohamed Diatta, Sciences Po-CERI
Karen Smith, UCT
Chris Alden, LSE
Credits photo: US Department of State, 50th Anniversary of the African Union, Addis-Ababa, 2013