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Publication: "Embodied Climate Knowledge in African Cli-Fi: Alistair Mackay's 'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way' (2022) and Nnedi Okorafor's 'Noor' (2021)"

In her article in the journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Sindi-Leigh McBride examines how embodied knowledge depicted in climate fiction novels by African authors offers insights into marginalized…

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Publication: "Opportunities and challenges for decentralised clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study"

This article in the BMJ Open Journal, co-authored by ZASB members Piet van Eeuwijk and Jürg Utzinger, assesses the opportunities and challenges of a digital transformation in clinical research in sub-Saharan Africa from different…

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Publication: "Architecture as Technical Governance at the African Union"

Funded, designed, and built by Chinese agencies, the African Union Conference Center and Office Complex (AUCC) in Addis Ababa sits at the center of a shifting set of international relations. This article co-authored by Kenny Cupers analyzes…

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Afrika Bulletin Nr. 191: "50 Jahre Afrika-Komitee – 50 Jahre gelebte Solidarität"

«50 Jahre Afrika-Komitee – 50 Jahre Solidarität» lautet das Motto der Geburtstagsfeier im September 2023. Mit dem vorliegenden Bulletin blicken wir auf ein Engagement während eines halben Jahrhunderts zurück und haben einen bunten Strauss…

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Prof. em. Jane Taylor (1956-2023)

Die südafrikanische Wissenschaftlerin und vormalige Gastwissenschaftlerin bei eikones und dem Zentrum für Afrikastudien verstarb in Kapstadt.

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Call: 10th Namibia Research Day in Basel and Windhoek

Basler Afrika Bibliographien and ZASB, together with the School of Humanities, Society and Development of the University of Namibia, invite students and scholars working on Namibia to participate in the 10th Namibia Research Day (21 October…

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Publication: "It is difficult for us to treat their pain". Health professionals' perceptions of Somali pastoralists in the context of pain management: a conceptual model"

Peter van Eeuwijk and Jakob Zinsstag are co-authors of an article which seeks to understand health professionals’ perceptions of Somali pastoralists in the context of pain management in Eastern Ethiopia.

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Publication: "Waiting Out the Rush: On the Durability of Wealth in Kenya’s Coastal Sex Economies"

In this book chapter, George Paul Meiu examines what waiting practices reveal about the production of value in Mtwapa, a coastal town known as Kenya’s “Sin City”, that has witnessed a rush of investments, commodification, and people. He…

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Call for papers: "Conjunctions of Archives and Public Spheres: Embodied Histories, Memory and Multi-Media Archives in and from Africa"

The conference, to be held in Basel as a hybrid event, aims at bringing archivists, curators, scholars, artists and a broader academic audience into conversation.

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In den Medien: "Entwicklungs-zusammenarbeit auf Augenhöhe: Geht das?"

In der Radiosendung "Perspektiven" erklärt Elísio Macamo, warum er es für unmöglich hält, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit tatsächlich zu "entkolonisieren".

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