South African photographer Ernest Cole was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid in a single book, published in 1967 at the age of 27 while he was in exile in New York. Raoul Peck (director) tells the story of the aimlessness and torments that followed this short-lived fame, by exploring the artist’s 60,000 negatives, found in a Swedish bank in 2017.

The Research Colloquium provides a forum for local and international scholars to engage in crossdisciplinary and methodological debates in Southern African Studies, with particular reference to Namibian Studies. Guests are welcome.

Jointly organized by the University of Namibia, the University of Basel and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Note: from October 29th onwards, NAM time is 19:15.

Contact for registration and zoom link: julia.rensing@unibas.ch and makawa@unam.na