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Publication: Beware the Mineral Narrative: The Histories of Solwezi Town and Kansanshi Mine, North-Western Zambia, c. 1899–2020

In her contribution on Solwezi town and Kansanshi mine in Zambia's Northwestern Province, Rita Kesselring presents an analysis along the nexus of mining, urban development and demography over 120 years.

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Call for participation: "Multifaceted Relations: Africa - Asia"

Bayreuth International Summer School, 5-16 July 2021

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Call for innovations: Equitable, efficient and effective distribution of vaccines in Sub-Saharan Africa

MIRAHI calls for innovations that cover a broad range of health systems challenges addressing the delivery, availability, and accessibility of medical commodities. The initiative is run by the University of Basel Innovation Office and Swiss…

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Podcast: 1-54 Forum

1-54 Forum is the cultural program of the art fair "1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair" consisting of artist talks, lectures and readings. The podcasts reflect the intellectual and artistic breadth of artistic creation in Africa and the…

/ Research, Doctorate/PhD

Job: Postdoctoral research position on the aftermath of slavery in the Eastern Congo

History Department, Ghent University

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2 PhD positions: ‘The political economy of monetary and economic sovereignty in West Africa compared’ 

Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth

Job: Visiting Assistant Professor in pre-colonial Africa

Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University (NYU), USA

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Book: My Sister, the Serial Killer

Korede is a smart and capable nurse and secretly in love with a doctor, Tade. This could become something, if only it were not for her sister Ayoola - who, in contrast to Korede, is blessed with a stunning beauty and draws men irresistibly…

Movie: Das neue Evangelium

The filmmaker and his team return to the origins of the gospel and stage it as a passion play for an entire population. Together with Yvan Sagnet, a former farm worker and activist from Cameroon, Milo Rau creates a new gospel for the 21st…

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Call for pre-proposals: MIASA Interdisciplinary Fellow Groups at the University of Ghana

Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)/University of Ghana

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