{"id":116,"date":"2014-02-11T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/2014\/02\/11\/africa-and-the-indian-ocean-a-long-term-perspective\/"},"modified":"2017-11-23T19:23:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T17:23:32","slug":"africa-and-the-indian-ocean-a-long-term-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/events\/conferences\/africa-and-the-indian-ocean-a-long-term-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa and the Indian Ocean: a long-term perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

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24-27 February 2014<\/h4>\n

The series of encounters co-organised by IFAS, UCT and Wits University aim at rethinking the exchanges that have been taking place between the African continent and the Indian Ocean since the 11th century. On the opposite side of the colonial myth of a continent viewed as isolated and passive in the face of intercontinental exchanges, the proposed studies show that Africa was already integrated, well before any European irruption, into the commercial networks that were operating at the four corners of the Indian Ocean. Paying attention to the political and cultural dimensions of these material connections, the studies also show that such an integration was not limited to the maritime interface, but involved political and social formations on the actual continent.<\/p>\n

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Programme<\/span>
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25 February<\/h4>\n

12:00-14:00 | HUMA Seminar Room | Seminar \u201cPhilology in Question\u201d Series
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\nPhilippe Beaujard (University Paris I-Sorbonnne)
\nMagic and Islam in Madagascar. The Arabic-Malagasy Manuscripts of the Antemoro Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discussant: Shamil Jeppie<\/p>\n

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26 February<\/h4>\n

13:00-17:00 | Archaeology Seminar Room – Beattie 3.08 | Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n