Dr. Catherine van de Ruit presented during the African Studies Association 61st Annual Meeting held November 29-December 1, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the Annual Meeting was  “Energies: Power, Creativity and Afro-Futures”, encouraging scholars to explore the theme of energy, in both material and symbolic terms, to understand Africa’s past and to imagine its futures. Dr. van de Ruit’s presentation, ‘I Want a Separate Filing System to Cover Things Like this ‘Social Stuff” Defining Emergency Care in Post-Apartheid South Africa, was conducted during the Health, Well-Being and Emergency Care section of the meeting. 

~by Christine Angermeier

The African Studies Association 61st Annual Meeting Program