Eigene News
/ Forschung
Publication: African languages and Spanish among Equatoguineans in Madrid
Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr's article is based on semi-directed, sociolinguistic interviews with Equatoguineans of two ethnic groups: Bubi and Fang. The results show the importance of relating data to the contemporary as well as historical…
/ News, Studium
Herzliche Gratulation: MA-Abschlüsse und Promotionen im Frühjahrsemester 2020
An der Diplomfeier der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät konnten zahlreiche MA-Studierende und Doktorierende in den African Studies oder mit Afrika-Fokus ihr Diplom entgegennehmen. Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich!
/ News
Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 179: Frauen in Bewegung
Frauenbewegungen in Afrika
/ Forschung
Publication: Science & Technology Studies Elsewhere. A Postcolonial Programme
In her book, Alexandra Hofmännner argues that new concepts and analytical approaches are necessary to investigate current global dynamics in science, technology and society, so as to deliver insights that the recent expansion of STS…
/ Forschung, Doktorat
Publication: Multinational Mines and Communities of Place: Revisiting the Stakeholder Dialogue Discourse in Geita, Tanzania
In his PhD thesis, Albert Tibaijuka demonstrates that analysis of the antagonistic relationship between multinational mines and communities, offers a productive way through which deeper understanding of corporate–community relations,…
/ Forschung
Publication: Flood Levels and Borderlines – Livestock Farming and Evictions Resistance at the !Garib/Orange River in Southern Africa
In their contribution, Luregn Lenggenhager (ZASB) and Andrea Rosengarten (Northwestern University) analyse the relation between flood levels, borderlines and resistance to forced removals and evictions at the Orange River in South Africa.
Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography
In an essay published in The Conversation, Lorena Rizzo reflects on women’s agency as photographic subjects. The article draws on her recent book Shades of Empire (Wits University Press 2020).
/ Forschung
Publication: Petty corruption in the public sector: A comparative study of three East African countries through a behavioural lens
This article makes a novel contribution to understanding petty corruption in East Africa. By providing evidence of behavioural drivers of petty corruption in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, the research could help in designing more effective…/ Forschung, Doktorat
Call for Papers: Photographs as sources for writing histories of medicine, health and healing in colonial and postcolonial Africa
Workshop at the University of Basel (15-16 April 2021)