Research and Enterprise Office
Centre of African Studies Manager
Centre of African Studies
Manager
- Name:
- Ms Angelica Baschiera
- Email address:
- ab17@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4370
- Address:
- SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 475
- Office Hours:
- 9am-3pm,Monday-Thursday. Appointments are required
Biography
Angelica Baschiera academic expertise is on the study of Swahili manuscripts from an historical perspective. She was previously Research assistant on the Swahili manuscripts project at SOAS and currently the keeper of the SOAS Swahili mss collections. Over the past 10 years she has managed the Centre of African studies overall multi-disciplinary activities and has expanded her expertise on Governance related issues thanks to the Mo Ibrahim foundation ‘Governance in Africa Initiative’ run at the Centre since 2007. More recently, she has developed links and activities in the field of contemporary African arts. Ms Baschiera advises academics/students/visiting scholars/businesses/creative industries on a range of issues relating to African studies.