Simukai Chigudu launches his book, 'The political life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship'. He explains the cholera epidemic, the response to it in Zimbabwe and from the world and life after the epidemic, remembering the epidemic

Professor Shadreck Chirikure, University of Cape Town, gives a talk for on using archaeology to learn about present day Africa. Prof Shadreck Chirikure is a British Academy Global Professor. For the tenure of his Fellowship, he is based at the School of Archaeology in Oxford. Great Zimbabwe and Mapungubwe are iconic World Heritage sites of great national and international importance, but our understanding of the economies and networks that underpinned them remains surprisingly incomplete. Even the chronological sequence of development is outdated. This makes it impossible to track socio-economic, environmental and technological contexts associated with the rise, resilience and collapse of these significant early state formations. Shadreck’s research aims to illuminate material, biological and trade exchanges occasioned by Africa’s interaction with itself, and with the outside world, using up to date science-based approaches. The outcomes will enhance understanding of national heritage and roots through education in Africa and beyond.

Prof Kate O'Regan, Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and a former judge of the South African Constitutional Court, gives a talk for the Africa Oxford Initiative. South Africa’s transition to democracy in the early 1990s has been much celebrated. Two of the key elements of the transition were the adoption of a new constitution and the establishment of a new Constitutional Court. Now a generation later the constitution remains in force, but given the persistence of racial inequality and disadvantage there are voices questioning whether it is fit for purpose. In her talk, Professor O'Regan, who served as a judge of the Constitutional Court between 1994 and 2009, will discuss some of the main aspects of the Constitution, consider the role the Constitution and the Constitutional Court have played in the last 25 years and assess whether the Constitution is fit for purpose for the years ahead

Gill Wells is the Head of Research Services European and International Team and Strategic Lead on GCRF at the University of Oxford. Gill talks about the meaning of development research and funds available in the UK to form international research collaborations.

Professor Alan Stein, Head of Section, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Oxford delivered this talk at an AfOx insaka. Alan talks about the importance of using appropriate guidelines while talking to children about the diagnosis of life threatening diseases.

Jake McKnight talks about the failures and successes of projects he’s studied or been involved in, reflecting on the idea that ‘Africa Works’, and as researchers and implementors, it’s up to us to fit local cultures rather to try to ‘fix’ them. Jake McKnight is a Health Systems Researcher at the Oxford Health Systems Collaboration (OHSCAR). He was originally a logistician for MSF in Angola and Somalia, before conducting his PhD research in Ethiopia. He then read for the MSc. in African Studies at Oxford, before completing his PhD at Said Business School, where he concentrated on healthcare reform in Ethiopia.

Corruption is often bandied about in adult circles as the misuse of public influence for private gain. But, what if children could articulate how corruption is enmeshed in everyday human interactions? In this AfOx insaka presentation, Robtel Neajai Pailey uses her anti-corruption children’s books to argue that equipping children with verbal tools to question the confusing ethical codes of adults can revolutionise how we talk and theorise about corruption.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Aymar Bisoka from the Catholic University of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During his fellowship at Oxford, he was based at the African Studies Centre. His research interests include the Great Lakes Africa in terms of post-conflict development and political ecology, peasantry, armed groups and politics, as well as rural public policy guidelines in Africa more generally. He is also interested in power relations, resistance and emancipation.

AfOx Visiting Fellow, Dr Rebecca Asare from the Nature Conservation Research Centre delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she was based at the School of Geography and the Environment. Her research is focused on understanding the relationships between social and ecological systems, and exploring the question—why do people do the things they do? By understanding what drives peoples', communities’, and governments' decision making regarding natural resource management, and assessing the impacts, we are better placed to pursue ecological and social outcomes that are sustainable and equitable.

AfOx Visiting Fellow Professor Salome Bukachi, University of Nairobi delivered this seminar co-hosted by AfOx and the African House at Christ Church College. During her stay at Oxford, she worked with the REACH programme on water security at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Generally, her research interests include understanding local contexts and social and behavioural aspects of development. Specifically, her research has been focused on infectious diseases, gender issues and community engagement.