AFSAAP MEDIA CONTACTS

The following AFSAAP members can provide commentary and analysis upon request.

Dr. Fernanda Claudio, University of Queensland
AFSAAP President
Email: president@afsaap.org.au
Ph: 0404 899 724
Research areas: Southern Africa; Zimbabwe; Food security; Drought; Development; Political structures; Local economies; Oral histories.

Dr. Tanya Lyons, Flinders University
Editor, Australasian Review of African Studies
Email: editor@afsaap.org.au
Ph: 0414 249 842 / (08) 8201 3588
Research areas: Zimbabwe; Gender; Liberation wars; African Studies; Politics; Development; Collapsed states; Resources; Coffee.

Dr. Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe, La Trobe University
AFSAAP Vice-President
Email: A.Nsubuga-Kyobe@latrobe.edu.au
Ph: 0419 139 374 / (03) 9479 2712
Research areas: Uganda.

Dr. Geoffrey Hawker, Macquarie University
Co-Editor & Reviews Editor, Australasian Review of African Studies. AFSAAP President 2006-2008
Email: geoffrey.hawker@mq.edu.au
Ph: (02) 9850 8885
Research areas: Politics of Southern Africa; Institutional change and reform.

Dr. Graeme Counsel, University of Melbourne
AFSAAP Treasurer
Email: treasurer@afsaap.org.au
Ph: (03) 8344 8323
Research areas: West Africa - politics, arts, history.

Dr. David Lucas, Australian National University. AFSAAP President 2008-2009
AFSAAP President 2008-2009
Email: david.lucas@anu.edu.au
Ph: (02) 6125 0555
Research areas: South African immigration; African emigration to Australia and New Zealand; South African human capital; Basutoland colonial memoirs; The Welsh in Africa; Demography; Online population materials.

Prof. Helen Ware, University of New England
Former High Commissioner to Zambia, Malawi and Namibia. Former Ambassador to Angola.
Email: hware@une.edu.au
Ph: (02) 6673-2442 (w), (02) 6772 1214, (02) 6251 3617
Research areas: Civil war and peace-building in Africa; African refugees in Australia; Congo; Ivory Coast; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Zimbabwe.

Dr. Jonathan Makuwira, RMIT University
Email: jonathan.makuwira@rmit.edu.au
Website: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=u740ao6wtpxd;STATUS=A?QRY=makuwira&STYPE=ENTIRE
Ph: 0432 540 265
Research areas: Malawi; Aid effectiveness; Project management; Post-conflict development and peace building; Community development; Capacity building; Comparative indigenous studies; Peace and development education (Sub-Sahara Africa).

Dr. Njau Gitu, Southern Cross University / African Seniors Club
Email: njaugitu@consultant.com
Ph: 0412 647 287
Research areas: East Africa; Horn of Africa; University business collaboration strategy; Trade, development and investment policy Australia / Africa; The African cooperative business model in the Australian context.

Assoc. Prof. Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo, Swinburne University of Technology
Email: KKwansah@groupwise.swin.edu.au
Ph: (03) 7215 7188 / 0412 413 513
Research areas: Ghana (most areas, including soccer); New media / Communication technologies in Africa; Media in Ghana / Africa; Development communication; The African diaspora / Africans in Australia; Media and environmental issues.

 

FOR MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT THE TREASURER

Dr. Graeme Counsel
University of Melbourne
Email: treasurer@afsaap.org.au

FOR ALL OTHER ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT THE SECRETARY

Peter Wakholi, PhD Candidate
Founder and Coordinator African Cultural Memory Youth Arts Festival (ACMYAF)
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Murdoch University
Email: secretary@afsaap.org.au

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