CEsA welcomes the 2024-2025 academic year with a Film Debate session on 18 September

CEsA – the Centre for African and Development Studies (CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) will welcome the students of the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation and the 2024/2025 academic year with a Film Debate session and a screening of the documentary A Place Once Called Home on 18 September 2024 at 6 pm, in Auditorium 2 at ISEG (Lisbon, Portugal). The event is free to attend and open to the entire ISEG community, both internal and external.

After the screening of the documentary, there will be a debate with Professor Olayinka Ajala (Leeds Beckett University), Professor Susana Brissos from the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation (ISEG-ULisboa), and both CEsA researchers and PhD candidates in Development Studies, Cosmas Ba-Ana-Itenebe and Sílvia Amaral (ISEG-ULisboa).

About the documentary

A Place Once Called Home (26 min) is directed by Deji Akinpelue as part of the research project “Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria: Understanding the Link between Conflict (and Terrorism) and Climate Change in Farmers’ Displacement and Livelihood Transformation”. The project is led by Professor Olayinka Ajala (Leeds Beckett University), Professor Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos), Dr Joseph Ochogwu (Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Nigeria), and Nathaniel Awuapila (Centre for Innovation and Research in Nigeria). The aim is to investigate the what extent certain factors – climate change, terrorism and farmer/pastoralist conflict, have contributed to forced displacements. It also seeks to understand how farming communities are transforming their livelihoods. 

Synopsis

The documentary titled ‘A place once called home’ is one of Professor Ojala’s research outputs, which highlights the lived experiences of farmers, reasons for forced migration and displacement and resulting livelihood transformation in Nigeria. 

Trailer

About the debate

Guest Speaker: Professor Olayinka Ajala (Leeds Beckett University). Ajala is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Leeds Beckett University and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds a PhD in Politics from the University of York and a Master’s in Globalisation and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Moderator: Professor Susana Brissos (ISEG-ULisboa). Brissos is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at ISEG (University of Lisbon), and a researcher at CEsA. She completed her PhD in Development Studies, her Master’s in Development and International Cooperation, and her Bachelor’s degree in Economics at ISEG.

Speaker: PhD Candidate Cosmas Aloyie Ba-Ana-Itenebe (ISEG-ULisboa). Itenebe has a background in Political Science, an International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from Fordham University, USA, and a Master’s in Conflict, Governance and International Development from the University of East Anglia, UK. He is currently a PhD candidate in Development Studies at ISEG (University of Lisbon) and a researcher at CEsA (CSG/ISEG-ULisboa). His doctoral thesis explores the structural barriers and coping strategies of internally displaced persons due to the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.

Speaker: PhD Candidate Sílvia Amaral (ISEG/ULisboa). Amaral is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at ISEG (University of Lisbon) and a research fellow at CEsA (CEsA/CSG/ISEG-ULisboa).