Contact

Email: info@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

 

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-Nigeria constitute the CNRS's research unit USR 3336.

Currently IFRA coordinates research programmes on the following themes:

  • Political Landscapes
  • Culture and Society
  • Heritage

    • NEWS

    Recent publications

    • MAMBO! n°3, 2012: Turkish Islam in Africa: a Study of the Gülen Movement in Kenya by Gabrielle Angey[text]
    • MAMBO! n°2, 2012: Zanzibar independent in 2015 ? by Marie-Aude Fouéré [text]
    • MAMBO! n°1, 2012: "The Last Swahili State - The Foundation of the Witu Sultanate in the 19th Century" by Clélia Coret [text]
    • Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est: "Slum Upgrading programmes in Nairobi - Challenges in the Implementation" edited by Rosa Flores Fernandez [Cahiers]

    Conferences and Seminars

    Conferences

    Calls for Papers

    • 27-31 June 2012: "Africa's Golden Jubilee: Assessing 50 Years of Scholarship and Development in Africa". 1st Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Deadline for papers submission: March, 30 2012 [CFP].

    If you want to come to our conferences and seminars, please register by sending an email at: publications@ifra-nairobi.net

     

    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.

    Research programmes

    Visiting

    • Yonatan Kissim Gez, PhD student, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
    • Chloé Josse-Durand, PhD student, Les Afriques dans le Monde, Bordeaux
    • Giordano Marmone, PhD student, Nanterre University
    • Olivier Provini, doctorant à Université de Pau
    • Clement Nguyen, Université de Montpellier

    Funding

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