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[Music] greetings uh my name is innocento the director of African studies Center of rad University uh we are founded by the German Research Foundation through the University of birro since 2019 where we have undertaken through that relationship numerous collaborative work covering the social sciences the humanities Arts um other work from other faculties such as education law and the Natural Sciences our key aim is to really focus on reconfiguring African studies from several angles and this has been made possible because of the generous funding of the German Research Foundation through the University of barro itself we have built over the years a network a very strong International network of collaborators within the cluster itself first and foremost and also numerous other partners across the continent so we are building upon a very strong and robust intellectual Foundation uh that is led by Ros University itself which is a research intensive University based in Manda we do boast uh massive research infrastructure such as the the international library of African music that showcases very rare collection of music and works from across the continent since the 1920s we also have a huge Historical Library that contains collections from South Africa and parts of southern Africa since the uh late 1800s and so forth we also are a seat of M in maanda that has the largest collection of a government funded International library of uh literary Works which uh Scholars are free to consult when they want to study about the evolution of the literature across the continent the the university also has a huge well preserved aarum that makes it possible uh to research on issues relating to biological sciences botany the African environments and so on so we do welcome you to partner with us in our efforts to extend our reach in terms of studying Africa in his various facets we have really benefited from our relationship with our Scholars uh network of Scholars in MO University in… Read the full text about 3,889 words