From the Field

New Blog: The Bemba Surprise – Version 2.0

Catherina Wilson wrote a new post on her personal blog. You can check it out here.

About the CTD blogs

CTD team members Mirjam de Bruijn, Catherina Wilson, and Inge Ligtvoet have a personal blog, making it possible to follow them during and after their fieldwork. This ‘blogs’ page on the Read More

Mirjam de Bruijn – Counter Voices in Africa

Mirjam de Bruijn’s blog: Counter Voices in Africa Having been refused a filming permit to make a documentary about the Fulani nomads in Chad, Mirjam de Bruijn and cameraman Sjoerd Read More

Catherina Wilson – Rumours on the Ubangui

Catherina Wilson’s blog: Rumours on the Ubangui Since time immemorial rumours have connected people. Rumours play different social roles and act as sources of alternative information, both verified and non-verified.Read More

Inge Ligtvoet – Divine Connections

Inge Ligtvoet’s blog: Divine Connections Follow Inge’s research endeavours in Nigeria as she tries to navigate new dynamics, both online and off-line, to try and understand how political mobilization has changed with Read More

Meike de Goede – Matsouanist resistance & independence in Congo-Brazzaville

CTD researcher Meike de Goede wrote a blog about Matsouanist resistance & independence in Congo-Brazzaville for The University of Portsmouth, UK. Meike de Goede works on silenced history and memory in Congo-Brazzaville and Read More

The Broker’s special dossier: Africa’s Conflicts Connected

On the 19th and 20th of March 2015 several members of the CTD team participated and co-organized the workshop ‘Governance and Connections in Africa’s Contemporary Conflicts’ at the African Studies Read More

Inge Ligtvoet – Fieldwork Photo Story: Nigeria, 2014-2015

I conducted one year of field research in Nigeria from February 2014. It was a very intense year for Nigeria and so it became a very intense year for me Read More

Inge Butter – Post-fieldwork report: CAR and Chad, June 2013

From October 2012 until March 2013 I carried out my third fieldwork period, following the leads I had picked up in Central Africa in order to gain an understanding of Read More

Boukary Sangaré – Ganda izo: the Fulbe Self-defense group in northern Mali

In 2012, a rebellion in the North of Mali created a situation of complete insecurity. The Malian state fled the region and the people were left to their own devices. In response,Read More