29 June - 1 July 2017 Professor Vladimir Shubin participated at the 7th European Conference on African Studies

Professor Vladimir Shubin participated at the 7th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 2017) "Urban Africa - Urban Africanans", held in Basel, 29 June – 1 July, and presented a paper on “South Africa: the roots of the political crisis”.

The Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss Society for African Studies welcomed delegates to the 7th European Conference on African Studies ECAS 2017 with the theme: Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New encounters of the rural and the urban, which they organised on behalf of the Research Network of African Studies Centres in Europe AEGIS.

Over 1300 participants presented 1020 papers in 204 thematic panels and engaged in 10 round table discussions, 18 book launches, 13 film screenings and 13 meetings and were inspired by 4 keynote lectures.