Welcome to The Africa Desk

The Africa Desk is a collaboration between the British Academy and the African Studies Association of the UK, with support from The Association of Commonwealth Universities and SCOLMA, the UK Africanists librarians group. At its heart are directories of African and UK scholars - it encompasses the latest edition of the ASAUK Directory of Africanists in Britain - in addition to information on African studies centres in the UK and specialist Africanist libraries in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. The Africa Desk will provide a central hub of information on Africanist research carried out in the UK. The Africa Desk will help to publicise the activities of the UK Africanist community and strengthen the profile of Africanist activity in the UK

About this Site

The Africa Desk is a new portal designed to support collaboration between UK and African researchers by enabling them to locate and make contact with colleagues sharing similar research interests and to identify potential future collaborators. The Africa Desk also aims to provide a central source of advice and information for African scholars interested in the activities of the UK Africanist research community, or who wish to apply for research funding or fellowships, establish collaborative projects with UK academics, or get their work published in UK Africanist journals.

Many African scholars visit the UK each year on scholarships or research fellowships, while the UK has an active and long-established community of researchers specialising in Africa. Information on these links and relationships is often hard to find and collaborative work hard to track. African scholars spending time in the UK may be unaware of valuable workshops or conferences taking place during their stay, or other colleagues they may wish to establish contact with. This site will therefore serve as both a directory of expertise, and a map of the Africa-UK research landscape, principally in the social sciences and humanities.

To enter the directories, follow the links to the left. To add your own profile, use the links above.