About IFRA

IFRA is an institution of the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs, attached to the French Embassy in Kenya.

 

IFRA-Nairobi, IFAS in Johannesburg and IFRA in Nigeria constitute the CNRS' research unit USR 3336.

 

Contact

Email: info@ifra-nairobi.net

Tel: +254 (0) 20 4343 446

Cell: +254 (0)708 237 268

Fax: +254 (0) 20 4343 052

Address: Laikipia Road

PO BOX 58480-00200 Nairobi, KENYA

 

Directions to our office

Our library is open Monday  to Friday 8:30am–4:30pm

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NEWS

Internship Position

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Call for papers

Seminar - "Cinquantenaire des Indépendances" - September 23-24 2013

More information here

 

Latest publications

  • Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est n°46.2 : Orphans, Vulnerable Children and Violent Youth (ed. C. Thibon) intro
  • Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est n°46.1 : Disabilities (ed. C. Thibon, S. Mwangi) intro
  • MAMBO! L'esclavage à Zanzibar : un patrimoine contesté (M.A. Fouéré), vol XI, n°2, 2013, FR
  • MAMBO!Political Identity in Nairobi's CBD - A Visual Exploration of Kenya's capital city (Lydia Waithira Muthuma), vol XI, n°1, 2013 EN
  • Cros Bernard, Marie-Annick Mattioli, Prum Michel & Virculon T., Penser et gérer la diversité en société: regards sur l'Afrique, 2013, Paris-Nairobi: L'Harmattan.
  • Bugwabari Nicodème, Cazenave-Piarrot Alain, Provini Olivier & Thibon Christian, Universités, universitaires en Afrique de l'Est, 2012, Paris-Nairobi: Karthala-IFRA.

 

The African Great Lakes Observatory

New website : http://obslac.wordpress.com/

 

Information

  • Release of a special issue of the history journal Vingtième Siècle:

Héros nationaux et pères de la nation en Afrique

RESEARCH

Research programmes

Funding

IFRA also supports students for their research in social sciences and humanities, gives access to documentary resources and organises scientific seminars.

 

Seminars

BIEA/IFRA seminars are organized once a month. You are a PhD student or a researcher and you wish to make a presentation of your research, please contact us. IFRA also organizes Brown Bag Seminars for visiting researchers and students doing their fieldwork.