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Publication: Becoming/Being Gã, Straddling ‘Spaces,’ and Negotiating Boundaries in the Gold Coast Christian ‘Model Town’ (Abokobi), ca. 1860–1980
This article by Ernest Sewordor analyses the model town Abokobi established by the Basel Mission completely outside the sociopolitical ambit of an existing Accra polity.COVID-19 in Africa – We Need to Rethink Lockdowns
Elisio Macamo in a video interview on The Elefant
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Publication: Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa, 1930-1990s
This book co-edited by Danelle van Zyl-Hermann showcases new research by emerging and established scholars on white workers and the white poor in Southern Africa.
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Publication: Medical Anthropology in, of, for and with Africa: Three Hotspots
This review article by Brigit Obrist and Piet van Eeuwijk revisit three much debated issues in medical anthropology: making African global health, framing traditional medicine, and tackling culturalism./ Research, Organizational Unit
ZASB - Research Network Africa: Annual Report 2019
Our annual report provides an overview on the network members’ activities and achievements in research, teaching and transfer./ Research, Doctorate/PhD
Leading House Region Africa Seed Funding 2020: SDGs in South Africa
The Leading House Region Africa calls for proposals for projects from Swiss academic institutions. Seed funding will be provided for partnerships with research institutions in South Africa, with particular focus on Limpopo province.…/ Research
Annual Report of the Basel Institute on Governance
The Basel Institute on Governance published the annual report for the year 2019.
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Publication: Ethnographic Vignettes - Social Change and Social Encounters in Solwezi, Northwestern Zambia
In the latest double issue of the Basel Papers on Political Transformations, master students in Social Anthropology and African Studies engage with the question of how to present social change with the help of vignettes.