African Studies Centre Leiden

The African Studies Centre Leiden is the only multidisciplinary academic knowledge institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It has an extensive library that is open to the general public. The ASCL is an interfaculty institute of Leiden University. The institute is located in the Pieter de la Court Building of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Leiden, Netherlands.

Main objectives:

1. To promote and undertake scientific research on Africa;
2. To function as a national centre in the field of African Studies and to contribute to education and teaching in these studies;
3. To promote the dissemination of knowledge and an understanding of African societies in the wider public sphere.

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