A series of dialogues with UK based academics and experts from across Africa who will be exploring the way in which the virus is affecting life on the continent.
Senegal: the role of international NGOs and the state
![Aminatou Sar](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/picture_1_copy.png?itok=oq-x6Vrh)
19 June 2020
A conversation between Mrs Aminatou Sar (PATH) and Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (UCL), followed by a Q&A, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies and African Studies Research Centre at UCL
Fighting COVID-19 in Freetown: the value of community
![braima](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/braima_1.jpg?itok=6GhHvU3F)
27 July 2020
A conversation between Michael Walls (DPU, UCL), and Braima Koroma (SLURC in Freetown), followed by a Q&A, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies and African Studies Research Centre at UCL
Malawi: Colloquialism, Myths and Popular Responses
![chisomo](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/chisomo_1.png?itok=jbI76lmo)
24 September 2020
A conversation between Mish Nkhata (IAS, UCL), and Chisomo Kalinga (Edinburgh), followed by a Q&A, organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies and African Studies Research Centre at UCL