AFSAAP MEDIA CONTACTS

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

Dr. Tanya Lyons, Flinders University
AFSAAP President & Editor of The 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. Fernanda Claudio, University of Queensland. AFSAAP President 2009-2011
Email: fmclaudio@yahoo.com.au
Ph: 0404 899 724
Research areas: Southern Africa; Zimbabwe; Food security; Drought; Development; Political structures; Local economies; Oral histories.

Dr. Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe, La Trobe University
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: Guinea, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau - culture, 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).

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.

Ms. Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, University of Melbourne
Email: balaton@unimelb.edu.au
Ph: 0406 334 620 / (03) 8344 4586
Research areas: Kenya, ethnicity and politics, minorities, statelessness, African politics, business and human rights

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

Samantha Balaton-Chrimes
University of South Australia
Email: samantha.balaton-chrimes@monash.edu

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