Eigene News
/ Research
Carl Schlettwein Lecture 2019 is published
Basler Afrika Bibliographien | Centre for African Studies
/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
Call: 4th CODESRIA/CASB Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Centre for African Studies in Basel (ZASB) call for applications for their 4th Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa./ Organizational Unit, People
Sonja Merten becomes a member of the ZASB Directorate
At its meeting of 2 June, the Steering Committee of the Centre for African Studies Basel elected Sonja Merten as a member of the Directorate.
/ Research
Publication: Women and Migration
In her contribution to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, Lesley Nicole Braun explores African women’s experiences of migration and transregional movements during the colonial period.Call: SSAS 6th Swiss Researching Africa Days
Swiss Society for African Studies (Bern, 23-24 October 2020)
/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
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
/ Research
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.