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The Economic Benefits of the 'A' in SOAS

By Kamto Nzelu, MA Linguistics The removal of the BA African Studies from the undergraduate programmes continues to cause outrage within the student body, not to mention the decrease of curriculum material involving Afrika and the Afrikan diaspora. This is especially detrimental for students of African heritage hoping to come

Students Evicted From SOAS Main Building After Occupying Management Offices

Students Evicted From SOAS Main Building After Occupying Management Offices

By Lara Holly Gibbs, MA Gender Studies On the morning of 23 February, a group of students began occupying the first floor of the SOAS Main Building where the executive offices and staff common room are located. On Thursday 3 March the remaining students were evicted by a private eviction

SOAS Finally Welcomes the BA Africa and Black Diaspora

Frances Howe, LLB SOAS announced the launch of the BA Africa and Black Diaspora programme on 17 January 2022. The programme will accept entrants from 2022 onwards and seeks to replace the BA African Studies programme which was controversially discontinued by SOAS in 2020. The Tab reported on 6 October

What Has Changed: Women in Afghanistan

What Has Changed: Women in Afghanistan

By Chris Hoellriegl, MSc. Development Studies When international troops left Afghanistan on 30 August and the Taliban took over the last bits of the capital Kabul, the rest of the world seemed paralyzed with shock. After two decades of war and peace building efforts, many feared that the notoriously brutal

Democracy & Education

Democracy & Education

This year The SOAS Spirit decided to go further in our election coverage. The SOAS Students’ Union elections can be intimidating, whether you’re a candidate or just a regular student voter. Campaigning is intense, with much of candidates’ success being weighted on who has the widest friendship circle or

Kids With Toy Guns

Kids With Toy Guns

Maddy Ridgley, BA International Relations When I was 14 I was part of a small group from my high school that went on a weeklong ‘Army Insight Course’ in Oakhampton. We were promised a week of high ropes, obstacle courses, paintballing, meeting soldiers and generally running around and having a

The Flavour of Japanese Bureaucracy

The Flavour of Japanese Bureaucracy

Theo Cohn, BA International Relations and Chinese The place I grew up in is a land with a famously unique culture where obscure, if not bizarre, traditions remain to this day. Japan’s conservative and proud reluctance to fully align many of its practices with the west, makes it difficult