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Cover of the thesis Multinational mines and communities of place

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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,…
Flood Levels and Borderlines

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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.
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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).
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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…

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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)
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Publication: The Moving Parts in Michèle Magema's Body of Work

Lesley Nicole Braun discusses the fragmented images of women in Michèle Magema's work. The article considers the artist's practice and her explorations of local understandings of circulating femininity, power, and leadership.
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Publication: ‘Murdered Mozarts.’ Narrative of a Previous Malian Student Generation in the Era of the Crumbling State

In her article, Noemi Steuer examines the life histories of former Malian students who were actively involved in the protest movement of 1980.

Auf der Suche nach Wahrheit

Rita Kesselring im "Tandem-Gespräch" auf SRF 2
Noemi Steuer

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Abschied von Noemi Steuer (1957-2020)

Traurig nehmen wir Abschied von unserer Kollegin Noemi Steuer, die am 14 Juli 2020 verstorben ist. Eine Gedenkfeier findet am 6. August statt.

Wie eine Theorie den Kolonialismus zu rechtfertigen versucht

Elísio Macamo in einem Artikel auf treffpunkteuropa.de