Eigene News
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…
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Henri-Michel Yéré wins Rotary - PEN Club International Poetry Award
Henri-Michel Yéré has been awarded the Rotary - PEN Club International Award for his poetry book “Polo kouman/Polo parle” published in 2023. The Rotary - PEN Club International awards were presented for the first time in Paris on 4 October…
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Reflections on the Third European Students' Conference on African Studies
At the end of August 2024, the Third European Students' Conference on African Studies took place at the University of Basel. In total, 40 young scholars from universities across Europe and Africa - from Poland to Portugal and from South…
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Publication: "Magical math hand-waving"
Jon Schubert’s article examines the knowledge protocols of commercial risk forecasting to show how, despite strenuous efforts to render risk forecasts neutral and actionable, analysts construct risk in African countries in line with…
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Publication: "Elsewheres of the Unbuilt: The Global Effects of Transnational Energy Infrastructure Projects"
The article co-authored by Maren Larsen and Kenny Cupers argues that understanding the effects of infrastructural expansion in the global South requires accounting for the ways in which projects are financed, planned, contested, contracted,…
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The Basel Mission and its Legacies: Second part of a Ghanaian-Swiss teaching project
“What’s God got to do with it?” At the end of the project's journey in the footsteps of the Basel Mission, the answer to this question – the title of one of the preparatory seminars – was clear: Quite a lot, whatever you may or may not…