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Job: Communications and Events Intern – Collective Action (80-100%)

Basel Institute on Governance

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Book: North of Dawn

Much of Nuruddin Farah's extensive work, in addition to the topic of political turmoil, revolves around the living conditions of women in his Somali homeland.

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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 184: Die politische Ökonomie des Sports

Das Thema Sport lädt ein, den Blick auf die Sportindustrie zu lenken. Und nicht nur das – der Sportbetrieb bietet sich auch als Sinnbild an, um Nord-Süd-Beziehungen zu diskutieren.

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SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship for Jon Schubert

ZASB alumnus Jon Schubert receives a prestigious SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship that enables him to lead a research group as an assistant professor at the University of Basel. His project will ethnographically study urban…

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2022 SNSF Scientific Image Competition

The SNSF is once again holding its scientific photo and video competition. The deadline for submitting entries is 31 January 2022.

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Job: Assistant Professor, History of Sub-Saharan Africa

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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Call for Papers: Urban Youth - Engaging young people and their futures in African cities

Themed Volume of Gateways, International Journal of Community Research and Engagement

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Call for Papers: "Africa-Europe: Reciprocal Perspectives"

Conference of the Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD), Freiburg i.Br., Germany, 7-10 June 2022

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Publication: "Informal networks as investment in East Africa"

This report sheds light on the functioning of informal networks associated with bribery and procurement fraud in East Africa. Ten mini-case studies from Tanzania and Uganda are analysed and implications for anti-corruption practice…

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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…

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