Sylvain Racaud – IFRA Director
Sylvain Racaud is Director of IFRA-Nairobi from March 2025. He is on secondment from Bordeaux-Montaigne University, where he has been a senior lecturer in geography since 2017. As a member of Les Afriques dans...
Sylvain Racaud is Director of IFRA-Nairobi from March 2025. He is on secondment from Bordeaux-Montaigne University, where he has been a senior lecturer in geography since 2017. As a member of Les Afriques dans...
On March 11th, IFRA Nairobi, in partnership with Alliance Francaise, will present an insightful workshop exploring the significance of the iconic Pichadithi comics series – an essential work of Kenya’s cultural heritage. Imagined and...
Marta Perotti is IFRA’s new intern and comes from Turin (Italy). She is a Master’s student in Political Science at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), specializing in comparative politics of Africa and the Middle...
On March 5th, Julie Maestri (AMU / INED / IMAF) and Dr Paul Muiru (Chuka University) will discuss “The beginnings of the Consolata and Methodist missions in Meru. A history of failures and modest...
Machu paul has over 5 years’ experience in finance, audit, management, administration and customer care services. He is a holder of a Joint Bachelor & Master’s degree in Financial Management & Accounting from Abdelmalek...
Land conversion for urban uses in distant peripheries represents a major societal and environmental turning point. At varying distances from already urbanized areas, we observe the subdivision of rural land into individual plots ready...
The Crime of pseudonymity: Writing and Authority in the Anti-Indian Buganda Boycott of 1959
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) has been active in East Africa since 1977; its offices are in Nairobi, Kenya.
Research covers Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC.
IFRA promotes research in all the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities, mainly geography, political science, anthropology and history. Archaeology missions are also supported.
IFRA works under the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
It is part of the ‘French Research Centers Abroad’ network, called UMIFRE.
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