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Short film: 'Restitute Objects - Ancestors Return'
For 'Restitute Objects - Ancestors Return', Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy entered into dialogue with the next generation. The task given to them was to narrate what they lived through on their journey to Benin on 9 and 10 November 2021…
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Interdisciplinary 5-Week MOOC: "Examining African Contributions to Global Health"
The history of science has largely been written from the perspective of the Global North. This has meant that the impact of the Global South has been neglected and undervalued. This five-week course will uncover the innovation and…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 185: Politische Ikonen und Wegbereiter der Unabhängigkeit
Sie spielten eine essentielle Rolle für die Unabhängigkeit afrikanischer Staaten und ziehen über ihr Leben und ihr Land hinaus Menschen in ihren Bann. Das aktuelle Afrika-Bulletin geht der Frage nach, weshalb Figuren wie Amílcar Cabral,…
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Publication: Defining clinical trial quality from the perspective of resource-limited settings
This study co-authored by Peter van Eeuwijk suggests that clinical trial quality should be defined by a multidimensional concept that includes not only scientific and ethical, but also quality-promoting factors. From the perspective of…
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In the media: Attempted coup to in Guinea-Bissau
Elísio Macamo in the TV news on SRF, 02.02.2022
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We are looking for a student assistant (6 hours per week)
The Centre for African Studies Basel and the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Basel look for a student assistant (6 hours/week) as part of the research project "Reversing the Gaze: Towards Post-Comparative Area Studies"…/ Research, Studies
Interdisciplinary blended-learning course at the ZASB: Examining African Contributions to Global Health
Africa has always been a site of medical innovation but for too long this has not been acknowledged and studied in the Global North. This blended-learning course is based on a five-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) which was created by…
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Publication: “‘The Only Industry That Can Make Us Hold Our Own’: Black Agrarianism in South Africa from a Transatlantic Perspective, ca. 1910–1930”
In her article, Julia Tischler investigates agricultural education initiatives in early twentieth-century Ciskei and Transkei as vernacular expressions of transatlantic Black agrarianism. The article seeks to expand the historiography of…/ Studies
Visual History Lab 2021: Quilombo - Sharing Perspectives with Artists from DRC, Brazil and Switzerland
The focus of the Visual History Lab 2021 was on “Quilombo”, a collaboration of artists from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Switzerland. A group of four students produced a video reflecting on the artistic project and on the…