Interview with Fantu Cheru and Carin Norberg

Countdown to ECAS 4 – part six

The 4th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), held in Uppsala 15-18 June, will be bigger than any previous ECAS conference, attracting some 1500 participants.
– I think it has to do with the quality of the research and the interest in Africa as such, says Carin Norberg, director of the Nordic Africa Institute.

The theme is “African Engagements – on Whose Terms?”.
– The research has always been designed in the North and executed in the South. Rarely has there been a joint effort to set up a research agenda and produce knowledge. This is a very touchy issue, but we are courageous enough to bring it up on the table, says NAI research director Fantu Cheru.