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The Institute for African Studies (IAS)

IAS is a research body incorporated in and
funded by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
The Institute has been conducting
research on historical, socio-economic,
ethno-cultural and political problems
of all independent African nations.

Field work

Field work has always been one
of the brightest components of the
activities of the Institute for African Studies.
In the 1960s these expeditions became
a regular activity of the Institute.
The key feature of all field research
in African countries has been their integrated nature.

Conference

Conferences are a major part of
activities of the Institute. They brighten
up the routine, provide new impetus
to the research, open up new fields
of study and expand the boundaries
of research activities.

Publishing activities

The Institute for African Studies carries
out its publishing activities by publishing books,
pamphlets and articles relevant to the problems
of Africa, the Arab East, Russia and the CIS.
There is the Editing and Publishing Department
and a Printing shop at the Institute.

Doctoral Studies Department

The Institute’s Doctoral Studies Department
is an independent structural unit, which deals
with the training of scholarly experts in the problems
of Africa. For the last half century the Institute had
more than 462 Ph.D. students and 32 Doctor of Science
fellows who successfully defended their thesis.
Among them 139 persons were foreign citizens.

The Council of Young Researchers

The Council of Young Researchers
was recreated in 2009 with the object
of uniting the young researchers,
expressing their interests, saving
scientific potential and overcoming
negative tendency of the generation gap.

Library

The library of the Institute for African Studies is the only
comprehensive collection of scientific and reference literature
on Africa in the Russian Federation and CIS countries.
The library makes a branch of the RAS Institute of Scientific Information
on Social Sciences (ISISS). Its stock numbers about 120 thousand
of library items: books, pamphlets, dissertations and periodicals in Russian
and foreign languages covering the problems of Africa and the Arab East.

Collection of articles "Zimbabwe: Towards Continuous Development"

Publication date: 29.12.2025

Zimbabwe: Towards Continuous Development. Collection of articles.
Executive editors: Tokarev A.A., PhD (History), Gorelik B.M., PhD (History)
Moscow, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2025. – 216 p.
ISBN 978-5-91298-320-7

The collection examines topical developments in Zimbabwe, a large and influential country in Southern Africa. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of the general election held in the country in 2023, its results and the response of the international community. An assessment of the condition and prospects of economic development is given. Aspects of the socio-political spectrum – from water supply issues to the migration crisis, as well as gender and racial problems – are explored.

The collection also covers current Russian-Zimbabwean relations, their scope, potential and prospects.

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Collection of articles "Zimbabwe: Towards Continuous Development"

6-7 October 2026 International Scientific Conference "Missionaries and christian churches in Africa: colonial context and contemporary discourse"

On April 1-2, 2026 Scientific Conference “Problems of Africa: African Solutions and the Role of External Assistance”

Presidential Election in Côte d'Ivoire in 2025

A monograph "Between Chains and Books: Historical Memory of the 19th Century Arab-Swahili Slave Trade in Insular and Mainland Tanzania" by Anastasia A. Banshchikova, Valentina N. Bryndina & Oxana V. Ivanchenko has been published