Methodological Seminar - Navigating the field - Charles Vashala
On 20 February, IFRA-Nigeria held a Methodological Seminar with Charles Vashala, researcher at the Center for the Study and Promotion of Cultural Sustainability of the University of Maiduguri and Cotutal doctoral candidate in Maiduguri and at the University of Hildesheim (Germany). He is also the recipient of an IFRA research grant. He presented the innovative methods he used for his research on the "Exploration of Traditional Healing and Mental Health in Maiduguri".
He began his presentation by presenting his research project and his goal to see it being used to bring about better policies on mental health in Borno state. He reflected on the specific challenges of access and trust while conducting research in a dangerous environment. He explained the importance of the use of partners to work around it, and the ethical challenges of needing to adapt to local beliefs and cultural practices. Finally, he explained his innovative methodology : participatory methods through drawing. A Q&A session followed the presentation.
You can find a summary of Mr. Vashala's presentation below!
The Embassy of France in Nigeria is implementing the French Government Scholarship Programme, "France Excellence" among which are the "Séjours Scientifiques de Haut Niveau (SSHN, High-Level Scientific Stays)". Addressed to academic and research staff wishing to spend some time in a higher education or research institution in France, the SSHN also aim to be a tool to increase the cooperation with French institutions.
IFRA-Nigeria is launching its annual call for research projects. The institute will be funding several research projects, individual or collective, focusing on social science in West Africa. This call is open to master's, doctoral and post-doctoral students, as well as researchers. Learn how to apply below!
On 6 February, IFRA took part in the screening of The Poets, a documentary by director Chivas DeVinck, featuring Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare and Sierra Leonean poet Syl Cheney-Coker as they reflect on their lives, experiences, and poetry. The event, organized by the 
On 30 January, IFRA-Nigeria and the Institute of African Studies (IAS), hosted the first session of their seminar series on “Critical decolonialities”. The event featured Dr Charmaine Pereira, an esteemed feminist scholar based in Abuja, and Dr Oluwatoyin C. Olajide of Obafemi Awolowo University as her discussant. In her presentation, Dr Pereira focused on the general history and issues of decolonial feminism. She described the movement's role in Nigeria, through key figures like Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and Bolanle Awe. Presenting a thorough review of the topics of feminist knowledge production in Nigeria - Boko Haram, conceptions of gender in pre-colonial societies, contesting State brutality and much more - she raised very interesting and relevant questions regarding modern challenges in Nigeria and the future of decolonial feminism. She concluded by detailing the key institutional spaces where changes can either be made or hindered.
The “French Institute for Research in Africa” (IFRA-Nigeria) based at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, is funding up to two PhD students at the University of Ibadan as part of a project in digital humanities with a focus on heritage studies at the Lagos National Museum Archives. A co-supervision of University of Ibadan and IFRA Nigeria will be offered.
On 24 January, Dr Barbara Morovich, IFRA-Nigeria director, and Marie Lureau, research project manager, visited the 
IFRA-Nigeria, IFRA-Nairobi, and IFAS Research were pleased to welcome on 23 January three esteemed collaborators - Dr Jackson Kago, Dr Adedeji Adebayo and Rosebelle Otieno - for a special webinar on the two latest issues of Sources, the free-access, double peer reviewed journal publishing African-based research by African researchers.
IFRA-Nigeria had the pleasure to welcome Adedeji Adebayo on 22 January, for our first Methodological Seminar of 2025. IFRA-Nigeria director, Dr Barbara Morovich, introduced Dr Adebayo, a trusted junior research associate of IFRA-Nigeria's Elections Observatory. Dr Adebayo obtained his PhD from the Peace and Conflict Department of the University of Ibadan.
IFRA-Nigeria invites application for a full-time post-doctoral position starting on March 1, 2025. The role will be fixed until August 31, 2025.
L’institut français de recherche en Afrique (IFRA) à Ibadan, Nigéria cherche sa/son directeur.trice, poste à pourvoir à partir de septembre 2025.
On 21 November 2024, Dr. Côme Salvaire, a researcher at Sciences Po Bordeaux & Research Institute for Sustainable Development, presented a methodological seminar titled: “What is a Case Study Good for?”, illustrating the logic of case study research with the results of an ethnographic study conducted from 2015 to 2024 around a garbage dump in Mushin, Lagos. 
Wednesday the 9th and Thursday the 10th of October 2024, Olufunke Adeboye (University of Lagos), Barbara Morovich (IFRA-Nigeria), Marième N’Diaye (CNRS-Les Afriques dans le Monde), Sara Panata (CNRS-Les Afriques dans le Monde) are organizing two study days in the context of the 
Le 27 septembre, Barbara Morovich, directrice de l’IFRA-Nigeria a prit part au colloque 'Patrimoines invisibles : processus, formes et narrations' se déroulant du 26 au 27 septembre entre Arras et Amien. Barbara Morovich et Judith Hayem ont présenté leur article intitulé : « Le visible et l’invisible dans les mémoires des mines en Afrique du Sud » dans le cadre de leur participation à une table ronde intitulée « Effacements des traces patrimoniales dans l’espace public ».
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