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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…
/ News
Feya Faku's latest releases
The great South African musican released two CDs recorded during his residency in Basel.
/ People
In the Media: #NoWhiteSaviors: Is ‘white aid’ colonialist?
Elísio Macamo on swissinfo.ch, 19.10.2021
/ Research
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…
/ Research
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…
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Publication: The role of informal networks in promoting illegal wildlife trade: a qualitative analysis from Uganda
While the role of informal networks in sustaining illegal wildlife trade is ever more on the radar of scholars and practitioners, their modus operandi remains largely understudied. This paper by Jacopo Costa, Claudia Baez‑Camargo, Saba…![[Translate to English:] Studierende während Vorlesung](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_ZfA_Diverse-Anlaesse_040_b772b5476e.jpg?1725414180)
/ Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD
Research seminars and graduate courses in fall semester 2021
Several units within the Research Network Africa offer research seminars and graduate events. While these are directed at PhD candidates and postdocs in the first place, many are open for guests.
/ Research
Publication: The Weight Women Carry. Research on the Visible and Invisible Baggage in Suitcase Trade between China and Africa
This article co-authored by Lesley Braun follows the transnational trajectories of African trader women between China and West and Central Africa and takes stock of some of the weight they shoulder. This refers to the to materiality of the…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 183: Fragen zur schweizerischen Entwicklungspolitik
Das neue Afrika-Bulletin befasst sich für einmal nicht mit Afrika, sondern mit der schweizerischen Entwicklungspolitik. Ausgangspunkte waren die neuen strategischen Instrumente des Bundesrates zur internationalen Zusammenarbeit sowie die…