Africa Law and Development Research Cluster

Examining law as an instrument for social change & development in Africa. A SOAS Research Cluster focusing on justice, economy, gender & equitable partnerships.

[SOAS Gallery @SoasGallery]

SOAS Gallery is open again! 🎉

Visit our new exhibition BEYOND EMPTINESS, featuring ink paintings by Raymond Fung.

📍 Free entry
🗓 Tues–Sat, 10:30am–5pm
🌙 Thursdays until 8pm

#SOASGallery #BeyondEmptiness #RaymondFung

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Meet Gwawr Thomas, PhD researcher and human rights barrister of nearly twenty years. Her research asks how African philosophy can enrich interpretations of human dignity in African human rights law.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Meet Dr Suraiya Zubair Banu, Associate Lecturer in the @soasLAW and a Deputy Director of the Cluster. Her research spans gender, law and domestic life in northern Nigeria and Sudan, from queer intimacy to historical slavery.

[SOAS South Asia Institute @SOAS_SAI]

How India's Finest Filmmakers Were Made

Join Radha Chadha as she discusses her new book on Jagat Murari and FTII - the film school that shaped legends like Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan, and Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

14 Oct 2026 | 5:15 PM

Register 👇
https://t.co/10Dq7wOVFh

[SOAS Alumni @SOASalumni]

Some great shots from Graduation Week!

We are loving meeting the class of 2026 and celebrating this special milestone as they join the SOAS alumni community.

#ClassOf2026 #GraduationWeek

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Meet @LilyAwino , PhD researcher in Law at SOAS. Her work traces the trafficking of young women from Eastern Africa to Europe and the Gulf, shifting the frame from Western narratives to Afro-centric, survivor-centred accounts.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Meet Dr Olivia Lwabukuna, Research Associate in the SOAS College of Law. Her research follows land, displacement and extractive resources across Africa, asking who development actually serves and what role law plays.

[SOAS Alumni @SOASalumni]

Our August roundup of SOAS news and events is here! 🗞️
Stay connected with the global SOAS community and catch up on the latest news.

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[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Meet Jonathan Bashi Rudahindwa, Senior Lecturer in Law and Deputy Dean at SOAS. His research asks: how do institutions shape development? From OHADA to informal cross-border trade, he builds bridges between scholarship and systemic change.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Spotlight: Dr Laura-Stella Enonchong, Reader in Law at SOAS & General Editor of the Journal of African Law. Expert in African constitutionalism, human rights law & democratic governance. Author & consultant shaping constitutional reform across Africa. Meet our cluster leadership.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Spotlight: Mark, Associate Lecturer in Private Law at SOAS and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Expert in alternative dispute resolution, international arbitration and law's role in African governance. PhD from SOAS, MCIArb. Meet our cluster leadership.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Introducing our ALD leadership. Over the coming weeks, we will spotlight the team shaping African law research and scholarship. Meet the cluster executives driving our mission, Follow for updates.

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the ALD Annual Lecture 2026 in the room and online.

Prof. Olufemi Amao gave us a great deal to think about on AU law and enforcement. More to come.

#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS #InternationalLaw

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Doors open in a few hours, Its not too late to join us.

Prof. Olufemi Amao on AU law and enforcement. tonight at SOAS
Chaired by Prof. Lutz Oette.

5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Virtually
💻 https://t.co/KWh3BnhWkX
🎟 https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq

#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS #InternationalLaw

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Today is the day. 🎉

Prof. Olufemi Amao joins us tonight at SOAS to ask: can AU law move from aspiration to enforcement?

Chaired by Prof. Lutz Oette.
5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Online
💻 https://t.co/KWh3BnhWkX
🎟 https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq
#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Today is the day. 🎉

Prof. Olufemi Amao joins us tonight at SOAS to ask: can AU law move from aspiration to enforcement?

Chaired by Prof. Lutz Oette.
5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Online
💻 https://t.co/KWh3BnhWkX
🎟 https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq
#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

@lauraEnonchong

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Tomorrow. 🗓

ALD Annual Lecture 2026 with keynote speaker Prof. Olufemi Amao on AU law and enforcement.
Chair: Prof. Lutz Oette, SOAS.

18 March | 5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Online

💻 https://t.co/KWh3BnhWkX
🎟 https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq

#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS #InternationalLaw

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

2 days to go! Join us Wed for the ALD Annual Lecture 2026.
Keynote: Prof. Olufemi Amao on AU law: from aspiration to enforcement. Chair: Prof. Lutz Oette.
📅 18 Mar | 5:30pm GMT
📍 SOAS + Online
💻 https://t.co/KWh3BnhWkX
🎟️ https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq
#AfricanUnionLaw #SOAS

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

African Union law has built one of the most ambitious normative frameworks in international law.
But ambition is not enforcement.
Our 2026 Annual Lecture asks: can AU law move from the page to practice?
Wed 18 March | 5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Online
🧵 Thread below

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

@SOAS Free to attend. All are welcome.
Register here https://t.co/97dKMGWwFq
#AfricanUnionLaw #AfricaLegal #LawAndDevelopment #SOAS #InternationalLaw #PublicLecture

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

African Union law has built one of the most ambitious normative frameworks in international law.
But ambition is not enforcement.
Our 2026 Annual Lecture asks: can AU law move from the page to practice?
Wed 18 March | 5:30pm GMT | SOAS + Online
🧵 Thread below

[Africa Law and Development Research Cluster @ald_soas]

Keynote: Prof. Olufemi Amao (University College Cork), author of African Union Law: The Emergence of a Sui Generis Legal Order.
Chair: Prof. Lutz Oette,(International Human Rights Law at @SOAS). Keynote, followed by panel discussion & audience Q&A.