Eigene News
New album: "Inkumbulo" by Feya Faku
The album celebrates two decades of exchanges between jazz musicians from South Africa and Switzerland at the bird's eye jazz club facilitated by the Centre for African Studies.
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 195: "Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen"
Die vorletzte Ausgabe des Afrika-Bulletins wirft einige Schlaglichter auf aktuelle Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen auf dem Kontinent. In Südafrika, wo die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich weiter aufgegangen ist, haben die letzten Wahlen…
Third European Students' Conference on African Studies: Final program now online
Fourty presenters will gather at the Alte Universität on Thursday and Friday next week (29 and 30 August 2024). Please check out the rich program available on the conference website.
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Publication: "High expectations: Civil society participation in conflict early warning and response systems of the AU, ECOWAS and IGAD"
Michael Aeby's article examines how civil society organisations contributed to data collection, analyses, early warning and responses of conflict early warning and response systems in different contexts, and assesses their participation…
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Publication: "Navigating the political context: Practice insights and adaptive strategies to strengthen the anti-corruption and asset recovery justice chain"
Saba Kassa's new Working Paper discusses the political and governance factors that affect the performance of the justice system in relation to anti-corruption and asset recovery, and offers provides a novel Assessment and Monitoring…
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Publication: "A processual perspective on utopia as a lived social project: the case of a Ghanaian ‘Christian Town’"
Drawing on historical and ethnographic data, the article co-authored by Ernest Sewordor demonstrates how the utopian religious ideal can function as a powerful symbol for the self-identification of a religious group in practice. The authors…
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In den Medien: "El español en África en pasado, presente y futuro"
In einem Interview in der Radiosendung “África hoy” auf Radio Exterior de España spricht Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr über die internationale Konferenz "El español en África en pasado, presente y futuro", die am 28. und 29. Juni an der…
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Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies
Twice per year, the Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) reports on its members' activities and publications, and announces upcoming events. The current newsletter includes reports on the Hans W. Debrunner Symposium,…
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Publication: "Burden of chronic pain among adult pastoralists in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional household survey"
An article co-auhtored by Piet van Eeuwijk and Jakob Zinsstag provides insights into the burden of chronic pain among Somali pastoralists and reveals associated risk factors. The results of the study support the planning of locally adapted…