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Publication: "MIGCHOICE Country Report: Guinea"
Michelle Engeler is the co-author of the country report on Guinea in the frame of the research project MIGCHOICE. The project lead by the Department for International Development at the University of Birmingham is concerned with migration…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 184: Die politische Ökonomie des Sports
Das Thema Sport lädt ein, den Blick auf die Sportindustrie zu lenken. Und nicht nur das – der Sportbetrieb bietet sich auch als Sinnbild an, um Nord-Süd-Beziehungen zu diskutieren.
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SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship for Jon Schubert
ZASB alumnus Jon Schubert receives a prestigious SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship that enables him to lead a research group as an assistant professor at the University of Basel. His project will ethnographically study urban…
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Publication: "Informal networks as investment in East Africa"
This report sheds light on the functioning of informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud in East Africa. Ten mini-case studies from Tanzania and Uganda are analysed and implications for anti-corruption practice…
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Publication: "Tales from the Congo River: Catching Mami Wata"
In this article, Lesley Braun examines how rumours, memes and in-group culture endure through time by taking Mami Wata as an example for memetic transmission. Mama Wata is a half-human and half-aquatic water deity who features prominently…
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Feya Faku's latest releases
The great South African musican released two CDs recorded during his residency in Basel.
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In the Media: #NoWhiteSaviors: Is ‘white aid’ colonialist?
Elísio Macamo on swissinfo.ch, 19.10.2021
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Publication: Coloniality of Infrastructure
The Coloniality of Infrastructure essay series is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture, Critical Urbanisms at the University of Basel, and the African Centre for Cities of the University of Cape Town. Contributors include Samia…
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Publication: Left Button Picture, Right Button Bomb. Nature, Warfare and Technology in a Southern African Border Region
With a focus on the Mirage IIIR2Z, an aerial reconnaissance and ground-attack supersonic jet, James Merron and Luregn Lenggenhager examine the relationship between nature conservation and military technology in north-eastern Namibia during…