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/ Forschung
Publication: "MIGCHOICE Country Report: Guinea"
Michelle Engeler is the co-author of the country report on Guinea in the frame of the research project MIGCHOICE. The project lead by the Department for International Development at the University of Birmingham is concerned with migration…![cover](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/0/csm_Seiten_aus_AfrikaBulletin184_2021_12f9881660.jpg?1637167066)
/ Info
Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 184: Die politische Ökonomie des Sports
Das Thema Sport lädt ein, den Blick auf die Sportindustrie zu lenken. Und nicht nur das – der Sportbetrieb bietet sich auch als Sinnbild an, um Nord-Süd-Beziehungen zu diskutieren.![portrait jon schubert](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/8/csm_jon_schubert_7f7818e658.jpg?1637167066)
/ Forschung, People
Eccellenza-Förderprofessur für Jon Schubert
ZASB-Alumnus Jon Schubert erhält ein prestigeträchtiges SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship, das es ihm ermöglicht, als Assistenzprofessor an der Universität Basel eine Forschungsgruppe zu leiten. Sein Projekt setzt sich mit der…![cover page](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/f/csm_Seiten_aus_GI-ACE_Informal-Networks-Report_7e113ec22a.jpg?1636469083)
/ Forschung
Publication: "Informal networks as investment in East Africa"
This report sheds light on the functioning of informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud in East Africa. Ten mini-case studies from Tanzania and Uganda are analysed and implications for anti-corruption practice…![title page](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_Seiten_aus_shima.125_69e3f57636.jpg?1636469085)
/ Forschung
Publication: "Tales from the Congo River: Catching Mami Wata"
In this article, Lesley Braun examines how rumours, memes and in-group culture endure through time by taking Mami Wata as an example for memetic transmission. Mama Wata is a half-human and half-aquatic water deity who features prominently…![Feya Faku Sextet live at the bird's eye CD cover](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/4/csm_Feya_Faku_Sextet_eedc77ed6f.jpg?1635771251)
/ News
Feya Faku's latest releases
The great South African musican released two CDs recorded during his residency in Basel.![screenshot](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/f/csm_Screenshot_2021-10-20_150109_95917c6a80.png?1635052533)
/ People
In den Medien: #NoWhiteSaviors: Ist Hilfe von Weissen kolonialistisch?
Elísio Macamo auf swissinfo.ch, 19.10.2021![screenshot](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/8/csm_Screenshot_2021-10-18_124956_3cec08c3b3.png?1634558707)
/ Forschung
Publication: Coloniality of Infrastructure
The Coloniality of Infrastructure essay series is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture, Critical Urbanisms at the University of Basel, and the African Centre for Cities of the University of Cape Town. Contributors include Samia…![title page](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/c/csm_Seiten_aus_653-Article_Text-4189-4-10-20211006_2154337688.jpg?1634558707)
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Publication: Left Button Picture, Right Button Bomb. Nature, Warfare and Technology in a Southern African Border Region
With a focus on the Mirage IIIR2Z, an aerial reconnaissance and ground-attack supersonic jet, James Merron and Luregn Lenggenhager examine the relationship between nature conservation and military technology in north-eastern Namibia during…![cover page](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/6/csm_Seiten_aus_Costa2021_Article_TheRoleOfInformalNetworksInPro_b1af375e96.jpg?1634071517)