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05 Sep 2025 - 26 Apr 2026

Location: Museum der Kulturen Basel, Münsterplatz 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Museum der Kulturen Basel

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "The path to the beyond"

[Translate to English:] Der Weg ins Jenseits
How do different societies imagine the transition from this life to the afterworld? What are the underlying conceptions, and what path does the deceased person or their soul travel on? The exhibition at the Museum der Kulturen Basel shows…
16 Apr 2026 - 06 Sep 2026

Location: Museum Rietberg, Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zurich

Organizer: Museum Rietberg

Exhibition / Opening

Exhibition: "A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art"

[Translate to English:] Fast ein Paradies
A group of twenty renowned artists explore the current state of this photographic heritage across four thematic sections in “A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art”, acting as archivists, counterpoints to the…
22 Apr 2026
Time: 20:00

Location: Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel

Organizer: Kaserne Basel

Public event

Music Theatre: "WAX TRADERS"

[Translate to English:] WAX traders
By Eva-Maria Bertschy & Kojack Kossakamvwe
23 Apr 2026
Time: 18:00  - 20:00

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: The Africa Institute

Public event

Katarzyna Puzon, Philip Kwame Boafo & Nandiuasora Mazeingo: "Restitution and Reparation in Africa and the Postcolonial Condition"

The Africa Institute Joint Lecture
27 Apr 2026
Time: 12:15  - 14:00

Location: Seminar Room 4, Department of History, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Department of History

Colloquium

Anna-Katharina Osterlow: "Training the African Vanguard of the Computer Age: Early Computing in Nigeria and Senegal, 1963-1985"

Research Seminar "African History"
28 Apr 2026
Time: 18:00

Location: Museum Fünf Kontinente, Maximilianstraße 42, DE-80538 München

Organizer: Museum Fünf Kontinente / münchen postkolonial / Institut für Ethnologie (LMU) / Basler Afrika Bibliographien

Public event

Round Table & Book Presentation: "The Windhoek Old Location"

Apartheid and photography: Windhoek in Namibia
29 Apr 2026
Time: 09:00  - 17:30

Location: Campus de l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rte Cantonale, 1015 Lausanne

Organizer: Swiss Leading House MENA

Public event

Forum scientifique 2026: "Le vivant en équilibre"

Conférences, tables rondes et marketplace
29 Apr 2026
Time: 14:30

Location: Online via Zoom

Organizer: Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), in collaboration with the African Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI)

Public event

AAP Public Dialogue: "Governing AI in Africa: From Policy Frameworks to Enabling Ecosystems"

Alliance for African Partnership
29 Apr 2026
Time: 18:15  - 20:15

Location: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel

Organizer: ZASB | UNAM | BAB

Colloquium

Hildegard Titus & Dag Henrichsen: "Decolonising Namibia’s Queer History"

Picture of Klosterberg 23
Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium
05 May 2026 - 07 May 2026

Location: Zeppelin Universität, Am Seemooser Horn 20, DE-88045 Friedrichshafen and online via Zoom

Organizer: Zeppelin Universität

Congress / Conference / Symposium

Conference: "Transcultural relations and colonial legacies"

Restitution beyond objects, cultural memory and digital mediation

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