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Joint teaching project: "To you, Basel is a city. To us, Basel is a church"
The “Baselfo.ch” website documents a collaborative excursion project on the legacy of the Basel Mission in Ghana and Basel as well as southern Germany. The website features students’ blogposts on their research and travel experiences.
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 3rd European Students’…
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Publication: "The Earth That Modernism Built. Empire and the Rise of Planetary Design"
Kenny Cupers' book provides an intellectual history of architectural modernism for an age of rising global inequality and environmental crisis. Cupers draws from both canonical and unknown sources and archives in Germany, Namibia, and…
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Publication: “African Studies, or How to Make the Canon Apocryphal”
In his essay in the edited volume " Knowing - Unknowing. African Studies at the Crossroads", Elísio Macamo rewrites parts of Kant’s “What is Enlightment?” as a starting point to explore African studies’ contribution to a critical reflection…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 196: "Abschied"
Nach 49 Jahren und 196 Ausgaben beenden das Afrika-Komitee und das ZASB die Herausgabe des Afrika-Bulletins. In dieser letzten Ausgabe erinnern sich Mitglieder des Redaktionsteams und des Afrika-Komitees an ihre Arbeit, an spezielle Momente…
Artist in residence: Sibusiso 'Mash' Mashiloane
Mashiloane and his band played not only the main stages in South African circuit, but also many major jazz festivals, such as Cape Town International Jazz Fesitval and his live performances brought him as far as USA. Now, the South African…
New Starting Grant at ZASB: "Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change"
The innovative and interdisciplinary SNSF Starting Grant project by Luregn Lenggenhager is situated at the intersection of environmental history, environmental humanities and African Studies.
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In the media: "Mozambique government faces protests over election result"
In a report on the news portal Deutsche Welle, Elísio Macamo provides an assessment of the situation in Mozambique following the elections and the subsequent protests.
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Publication: "African History between Ghana and Switzerland. Essays Honouring Paul Jenkins"
This collection edited by Ernest Sewordor and Anne Beutter retraces the academic path of the British historian-cum-archivist Paul Jenkins. The essays celebrate, engage, interrogate, and push beyond Jenkins' numerous publications and ongoing…