The Centre for African Studies of the University of Porto brings together researchers, teachers and students from national and international institutions. It has three fields of activity:
- A research unit funded by FCT since 1999. This R&D unit covers various scientific areas, mainly the social sciences and humanities, and carries out theoretical and applied research on Africa.
- A scientific society that collaborates with FLUP in organising and teaching courses in African Studies, promotes international exchanges between lecturers and organises academic meetings.
- An NGDO activity since 2009.
Activities
- CEAUP publishes two half-yearly issues of the social sciences journal on Africa - Africana Studia; one annual issue of the political sciences journal on Africa - The Journal of US-Africa Studies; and two issues of the development education journal - SINERGIAS.
- CEAUP coordinates the publication of two monographic series: African Studies Collection; 'Experiences of Africa' Collection (critical editions of primary sources on Africa). On its website, CEAUP publishes a series of e-books on Africa and a series of working papers in the social sciences.
- CEAUP seeks to maximise scientific cooperation with public institutions in Africa and the Middle East and has signed protocols with institutions in Angola, Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Syria, Somaliland and São Tomé and Príncipe.
- The Unit is also involved in restoring and animating the historical heritage of African countries, including the construction of digital archives for archival and archaeological sources and hosting African researchers for methodology internships.