NAB Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth

Interview President Leible » However, after this intense period, I am finding my own line of work and setting or reinvigorating priorities. « Bayreuth Academy Conceptualising ‘Future’ Inaugural Conference of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies

Moving into the Future A close look at the research projects and people that make up the ‘Future Africa’ project BIGSAS (Re-)Configurations of Islam A joint BIGSAS-BGSMCS summer school on Islamic practices and groups in sub-Saharan Africa

Festival of African Literatures 2013 The third and so far the largest Festival of African and African- Diasporic Literatures Iwalewahaus Iwalewahaus is moving house This new contact-zone takes the Iwalewahaus to one of Bayreuth’s most prominent city areas.

49° MetalZone Bayreuth and visitors from all over Icon Lab: Germany were under the spell of Revolution 3.0 metal music.

INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES Vol. XIII 2013 EDITORIAL WELCOME

The IAS Editorial Welcome

The Institute of African Studies (IAS) has several main functions: it This volume of NAB: Newsletter of African Studies at the University of coordinates Africa-related research Bayreuth marks a new departure through the new design and structure. and teaching at the University of IDear am particularlyreaders, happy to present to you this new and highly renovated volume of Bayreuth and promotes cooperation The affiliate institutions of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) now have with African universities and research been created for the director of the Institute to introduce the newsletter more space to report on their activities and projects. A new slot has also our newsletter, NAB. Special thanks go to the new editorial team under the direction institutions, as well as with national and to welcome readers to it. We hope you like these changes! of Eric Anchimbe. In the over 90 pages, we tell you the story of the Institute of and international institutes of African and structures, its guests and friends – through the year 2013. African Studies at the University of Bayreuth – its successes and challenges, its faces studies. In preparing this volume, we enjoyed the logistical and editorial support African studies is one of the cross- discipline research priorities of of the new academic coordinator of the IAS, Franz Kogelmann, as well This volume highlights some of the successes registered in the last year. For the University of Bayreuth, as set foras our their editorial cooperation contacts during Nadine the editingSiegert and(Iwalewahaus), production process.Susanne WeOtt also conferenceinstance, the and Bayreuth a subproject Academy workshop. of Advanced The Iwalewahaus African Studies moved which to its opened new location its out in the Mission Statement and extend(BIGSAS) special and Doris thanks Löhr to our(Academy). ingenious We graphic wish to designer, thank all Yannick contributors Tylle – doors last year (see NAB XII: 7-10) went fully operational this year with an inaugural the University Development Plan. who always has answers for just everything – for realising the new design The IAS thus seeks to promote in 2013.the heart 18 candidates of the city andfrom now 12 countrieseffectively submitted fulfils its newand successfullystatus as a contact defended zone their in and coordinate the research and contributions at various stages in the production process. Bayreuth. Our graduate school, BIGSAS, graduated its highest number of PhD ever teaching activities of approximately of the newsletter. Thanks also go to Gilbert Ndi Shang for copy-editing the 100 researchers on a cross-faculty theses, taking the number of BIGSAS alumni to 37. Within the IAS itself, I am glad and interdisciplinary basis, as well to announce that Franz Kogelmann was appointed full time academic coordinator as training for young researchers in cooperation.For those who left the editorial board after the last volume to concentrate of IAS. He brings with him a huge bag of experience, academic expertise and Africa-related disciplines. There are on their studies, Idriss Riahi and Fabian Schwarz, we thank them for their international networks from which the institute will greatly benefit. currently about 50 professors and about 50 other researchers who are We, therefore, entreat our regular contributors to respect this deadline as In 2013, the University of Bayreuth elected a new president, Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible. engaged in research in Africa and wellAs always, as the contributionsguidelines for topreparing NAB are the expected different in Novembertypes of contributions. of every year. editors.As a former You studentcan read of the Bayreuth, interview Stefan in its Leible entirety stands in this for volume.continuity in the African focus of the University as he explains in the exclusive interview he granted our NAB who teach Africa-related courses, in Faculties II (Biology, Chemistry and We wish you a happy new year 2014! I take this chance to thank all colleagues, collaborators, guests, friends and students Earth Sciences), III (Law, Business Administration and Economics), IV done in 2013 and to wish you all a wonderful year 2014. of the Institute of African Studies and its affiliate institutions for the great work (Languages and Literatures) and V (Cultural Studies). The IAS initiates cross-disciplinary Eric A. Anchimbe Editor-in-chief For our readers, I wish you a happy reading! research projects and supports common Africa-related applications for external funding. The IAS budget On behalf of the editorial team is administered and supervised by the Ute Fendler Director executive board.

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2 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 3 CONTENTS CONTENTS

2 — Editorial 25 — BIGSAS 3 — Welcome 25 — Status Quo of BIGSAS A record 18 dissertations were submitted, 37 – Festival 71 – Project: the Diversity Programme was implemented, of African and Huntsmen as pri- collaboration with the engineering sciences 6 — Interview African-Diasporic vate security ser- started off, and two new Postdocs were 6 — Stefan Leible, President of the University of Literatures 2013 vices in northern recruited Bayreuth, talks to NAB Bénin, a collective Six months after officially taking office, research project. 27 — BIGSAS and Engineering Partners NAB talked with the new president of the International Workshop university about his ambitions, projects and Coping with the quest for happiness and the expectations. preservation of integrity of the biosphere in Africa 11 — Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African 28 — (Re-)Configurations of Islam in Sub-Saharan Studies Africa 11 — Conceptualising ‘Future’ A joint BIGSAS-BGSMCS summer school on Inaugural Conference of the Bayreuth Islamic practices and groups in Africa Academy takes up current debates in regional 30 — BIGSAS Journalism Award 2013 and systematic research. 31 — Official visit of Minister Müller 73 – Report: First 25 – A record 18 14 — Moving into the Future with the Bayreuth Maputo African dissertations were 32 — BIGSAS Colloquium: Work in Progress I Academy Film Week: A plat- submitted, the Di- 33 — Higher Education Research at BIGSAS As the Bayreuth Academy closes its second form for African versity Programme 34 — BIGSAS FC vs. Police Department, Upper successful Working group, we look closer at film classics was implemented. Franconia the research projects, people and guests that 35 — BIGSAS Partner University Universidade make up the ‘Future Africa’ project. Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo 20 — Icon Lab: Revolution 3.0? Working with 36 — BIGSAS@school pictures 37 — Festival of African and African-Diasporic The Icon Lab is one of the core parts of the Literatures 2013 sub-project “Revolution 3.0: Iconographies of 40 — Iwalewahaus social utopia in Africa and its diasporas.” 40 — The Iwalewahaus is moving house 23 — Middle classes in Kenya and their visions A new contact-zone in the heart of the city A report from Nairobi about the future of 43 — 49° MetalZone middle classes Crossing borders ‘Grenzüberschreitungen’ – The Bay- 11 festival 2013 reuth Academy of Advanced African 44 — City tour: “Afrika in Bayreuth” 53 — Exhibitions Studies held its 40 – The 45 — Mashup the Archive Festival 55 — Guests international inau- Iwalewa­haus is 46 — Iwalewa – Quatre vues de l’Afrique 62 — Reports gural conference. moving house. contemporaine 75 — Personalia 51 — Ghostbusters II {Haunted by Heroes} 80 — Publications 52 — The Poetic Line 88 — In Memoriam 90 — In Brief

4 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 5 INTERVIEW

2. - that African Studies is the model for co- - tional students, young researchers operation. Are you planning any visits terestingadministration time and especially I think thenow Kanzler, we are andPro-active scholars. recruitment of interna to our African partner universities? startingMarkus Zanner.to change Overall, a little it bit was in anorder in 3. Expansion of English-medium edu- to go a step further. - els. our partner universities next year but Q: What exactly are you changing, if we 4. Expansioncation at the of double-Master andand PhDjoint-de lev- ISL: have Yes, not I’m yet supposed decided at to the visit moment. one of I may ask? gree programmes. 5. international alumni via new plat- coldthink one it will week be beforeAddis Ababa.and had I wantedto can- of communication. I want to commu- formsSustainable and communication involvement efforts. of our to go to Kenya last year but I caught a nicateSL: What more I want with to changepeople, is to the talk method with them about new projects, new possi- Q:cel Membersthe trip. Butof the I’m Institute working ofon African that. bilities, new collaborative research fo- So, we are working with strategic Studies certainly want to know in which partners in Africa and beyond in many way you would support the African fo- Nadine Siegert (NAB), Stefan Leible (President) and strengthen connections between the fields not only African studies but also cus of the university. Eric Anchimbe (NAB) during the interview cuses and so on. Secondly, we need to law, physics, engineering, etc. A good Stadtgespräche, andexample chemistry. is Bordeaux We hope where that weone have day towncity of hall Bayreuth talks at and the the Iwalewahaus University. connections in African studies, law- most prestigious and renowned areas everyOne idea month is to in initiate which professors from ner. I am happy to rely on the support SL: As I said earlier, Africa is one Strukof our- the university would be invited to give Bordeaux would be our strategic part open lectures destined for the inhabit- of research. In the STEP 2020+ ( » Africa is one of our most prestigious also invite professors from other uni- Stefan Leible, President of the ants of Bayreuth. Eventually, we could and renowned areas of research. « parts of the world. University of Bayreuth, talks to NAB versities in Germany, Africa or other tur- und Entwicklungsplan – Structural Q: Creating a contact space through highly competent and dedicated team and Development Plan Stadtgespräche will certainly be warm- of vice president Anna Köhler and the On 3 June 2013, Stefan Leible was elected the new president of the University ly welcome. Now onto the international I hope that we can expand 2020+), on this we repcall- of Bayreuth. Six months after officially taking office, NAB editorial team platform; there is a lot of talk about in- Q:of theThe International African Studies Office. focus in Bay- utationthese research and knowledge areas advanced and foster fields. in- ternationalisation of the University of reuth is really growing. Do other facul- terdisciplinary work. Recently, there represented by Eric Anchimbe and Nadine Siegert sat down with him to talk Bayreuth at the moment. Are there any ties fear it is becoming too much of a have been some developments in this about his ambitions, projects and expectations as president. developments in this direction? focus, or is it something that should be - welcomed by them? logue between the humanities and en- - direction: there has been intense dia dent, we established an internation- alisationSL: In my strategylast two yearswhich as we vice are presi cur- be welcomed. It is a role model for engineeringgineering fields sciences for joint organised research a very on cooperation;SL: I think it itis isvery a good good example and should for successfulAfrica. For workshop instance, BIGSASon culture and and the First of all, congratulations on your to get to know all about the university, other faculties that it is possible to co- technology here on 11-12 November election as President of the University to meet many people and to talk to strategyrently renewing paper, aiming and refining. at a qualitative We have operate and that this kind of coopera- 2013 that was attended not only by re- ofQ: Bayreuth and thanks for finding time - President for International Affairs, improvementjust finished the of secondinternational version activiof this- tion is a model that leads to success. I - to talk to NAB. How have your first six theDiversity structures Management and current and activities External always tell my colleagues from other months in office been? lotthem, of thingsto reconsider I do not and know redefine but which posi ofAffairs, the university. I have a I sound have received knowledge enor of- faculties that if you would cooperate searchers from Germany but also rep tions. As a new president, there are a mous support from colleagues in the 1.ties Re-evaluation and programmes. of Hereexisting are someex- - resentatives from our African partner keychange points: programmes, with a fo- ies you could be more successful and universities. Another new initiative frank, these six months have been a lineI have of work to know. and setting However, or reinvigor after this- of the university as well as from the cus on regional and institutional obtainlike the more colleagues money from for your African projects. Stud largelyis the Bavarian supported Research by the Institute executive of mixStefan of Leibleexciting, (SL): challenging Thank you. and To also be atingintense priorities. period, I The am findingbiggest myadvan own- executive board (Hochschulleitung) cooperation in key research and African Studies (BRIAS) which is now

rewarding time. It was an intense time tage I have is that, as the former Vice Photo by Christian Wißler study areas. Q: Readers of NAB will be glad to hear lobbying in the political arena, I am incoming vice presidents Anna Köhler board of the university. After intense 6 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 7 and Martin Huber and of course the INTERVIEW INTERVIEW

happy to announce that the coopera- Bayreuth. How will this new structure young scholars, education, strate- tion agreement between the universi- impact on our university? Ausländerbehörde now offers weekly gic alliances, diversity management, stitutions now. A representative of the communication, administration, and of course, internationalisation. It is wasties ofsigned Bayreuth, by the Ingolstadt, four presidents Neu-Ulm of - consultation hoursAuslanderamt on campus. So,, you if designed to be a framework that in- and Würzburg, establishing BRIAS- portantSL: It will for heighten funding, the and visibility will project of our you have a problem, you don’t have creases planning security both at the usexpertise as consultants on Africa, for which political, is very eco im- onfirst campus. to go toWe the are engaged in more central administrative and faculty the founding universities on 6 Febru nomic and societal actors who want communication,could first meet direct this representative contact, and ary 2014 in the presence of Ludwig- there are new initiatives to facilitate be easier to measure the achieve- fairs.Spaenle, the Bavarian State Minister also attract new collaborations and the administrative process for foreign mentlevels. of Through formulated STEP objectives 2020+, it as would well of Education, Science and Cultural Af to engage in activities in Africa. It will as to develop instruments to attain

to engage in negotiations about in- » BRIAS will heighten the visibility of our expertise on Africa. It dividualthem. STEP agreements 2020+ forms on objectives the basis will also attract new collaborations and projects across various with the faculties over the course of the next years. The target agreement disciplines. The idea behind BRIAS is to build a bridge between Zielvereinbarung

the university and politics. « (was formulated )on of the Universitybasis of the of Bayreuth with the Freistaat Bayern more strategically than in the past. Bayreuth’s cooperation with part- projects across various disciplines students and scholars, particularly STEP. As you can see, we want to act ner universities in Africa continues to within the university, especially concerning visa applications. I am grow.Q: Are there any new partners in the pipeline? next discussion with the mayor is next » If you would Stefan Leible took over the presidency of the university after a six-month regency across Bavaria but also at the national week.quite positive it will get better. Our by Markus Zanner, chancellor of the university, following the fatal accident of aand bridge international between the level. university As you and can cooperate like the former president Rüdiger Bormann. Stefan Leible’s roots in Bayreuth are deep. number of existing and very fruit- politics,see, the ideai.e. a behind way of BRIAStransferring is to build our The University of Bayreuth’s STEP colleagues from African Besides his administrative positions in Bayreuth as Head of the Department of fulSL: partnerships; We already have we aconsider considerable qual- knowledge into politics. It will not be 2020+ plan was adopted by the Univer- Civil Law, International Private Law and Comparative Law and vice president Q: ity more important than quantity. - sity Senate this year (2013). Could you Studies you could be of the university, Bayreuth is also his alma mater. He obtained his first degree The partnerships we have build on tell us the changes or innovations mem- more successful and (1987), PhD (1995) and Habilitation (2001) from Bayreuth. long-term, intense and collaborative solely for scientific transfer as the In bers of the university and also the pub- relationships between individual re- stituteDuring of African the Akademische Studies. Jahresfei- lic should expect? obtain more money for searchers as well as our institutes. er on 22 November 2013, the student your projects. « unionQ: representative complained about the way foreign students are treated by university wants to do within the next postdocs, asking them what problems sons. We should also be able to offer Ethiopia,However, for BIGSAS which we recently are happy. built We a the foreign office (Ausländerbehörde) sixSL: years STEP and 2020+ more, describes i.e. beyond what 2020. the - courses to disabled persons, including arenew working partnership on fostering with Addis amiable Ababa, re- here in Bayreuth. There have been a Q: What are professors, heads of de- late new procedures for the postdocs. online courses for the dumb and deaf. lationships with our partners, also at number of media reports on a research continuity and strategic planning. It is partments and deans expected to do as they face. From there, we will formu I think there will be some extra mon- project carried out on this issue by Prof. bothSTEP a is bottom-up not about and changes top-down but about pro- far as STEP 2020+ is concerned? Q: It is great that STEP 2020+ has di- ey from the government because they have invited the presidents of our six Dr. Müller-Jacquier. Is your office work- cess involving close negotiations. Ev- versity as part of its plan. BIGSAS also too are focusing on diversity at the the executive level. For example, we ing on a possible solution? erybody is supposed to be involved in Exactly, they have to prepare their has a diversity programme for its ju- - plans for the next years, stating clear- nior fellows. How does STEP handle the presidential committee of our uni- African partner universities to the the result of this incremental com- SL:ly where they want to go and what diversity? moment. A few years ago, we created ceremonialMay 2014. act of awarding an Honor 2013, we signed an administrative municativethe process. process,So, STEP the 2020+ exchange is simply of Iwalewahaus is a member of that com- ary Doctorate to Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o in SL: Yes. Earlier this year in January mittee.versity on diversity; Ulf Vierke of the Q: You talked about the creation of the - instruments needed to achieve them. they want to achieve. For example, we possibilities to all persons. Within the Bavarian Research Institute of African mentagreement has been with noticed. the foreign There office is more of ideas, and the definition of goals and- just established, as part of the STEP, SL: The university has to offer equal Q: Thanks for talking to NAB and we Studies (BRIAS) to be hosted here in communicationBayreuth. Since between then, some our improve two in- orities in various areas like research, Inthe the University next step, of we Bayreuth will focus Graduate more on be well equipped for disabled per- wish you success in all these projects. It also entails the definition of pri School, which is working pretty well. next five years all our buildings will 8 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 9 ACADEMY

Conceptualising ‘Future’ Inaugural Conference of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies takes up current debates in regional and systematic research.

in the West. Macamo, in turn, em- - barked on a trenchant critique of the Board of the Academy, Gloria Wekker- cally(University engage ofwith Utrecht, a tendency The Nether within TEXT STORM JANSE VAN RENSBURG & Ministry for Education and Research, Europeanlands) signalled academia the that need she to termed criti Enlightenmentteleological implications and modernity, of ‘time’ and ACHIM VON OPPEN Education and Research, as a new re- - their‘future’ distance as developed from practices by the European of build- PHOTOS DORIS Löhr searchfrom the centre German attached Federal to the Ministry Institute of with issues of race politics and rep- Stefan Leible, the newly elected Presi- resentation.a ‘melancholy for Empire’ as well as - reuth.dent of the University of Bayreuth and The three-day conference was ing confidence and trust in everyday th to 6th ferenceof African to Studiesintroduce of theits researchUniversity and of Brigitte Merk-Erbe, the Mayor of Bay structured around several paired life that shape the African experience. - agendaBayreuth. to Thethe broaderAcademy academic used this audi con- keynote addresses interspersed with moreHe argued concerned that in with the face the ofrecovery European of From 4 July 2013, the recently- transcendingSusan Arndt “isolated presented or self-isolat the vision- shorter panels, two of them as experi- ‘colonisation of time’ we should be nationalcreated inaugural Bayreuth conference Academy ofat Adthe and deliberation on its current main of the Academy and its overall aim of- mental panels. - vanced African Studies held its inter- ence. It was a laboratory for reflection- Africa’s experience of history, instead tled Conceptualising ‘Future’: Current - ing ‘Area Studies’” due to Africa’s glob - of focusingThese dichotomic on a ‘future’ distinctions that is opof Keynote speaker Valentin Y. Mudimbe DebatesUniversity in ofRegional Bayreuth, and Germany. Systematic Ti enceresearch brought theme, together ‘Future members Africa: of the Vi thisal influence process and “necessitates its entanglement a scrutiny with The first two keynote lectures,- timeposed and to ‘history’.future between Europe and Research, the event brought together sions in time’. This inaugural confer its diasporas. She further stated that- by Ottmar Ette (Romance Litera a diverse group of prominent and - ture, University of Potsdam) and Eli to overcome them, were taken up in emerging scholars and practitioners innovativefive research encounters sub-projects across and diverse over visiveof the past, Africanist to generate gaze… both This memory self-re sio Macamo (Sociology, University of Africa and its diasporas, and on how- from many disciplines including his- 27 international guests, providing for flexive approach gazes back onto a di Basel, Switzerland), both members - narrative’ approach that explored the tory, natural and social sciences, lit- study. It was the climax of discussions makes it possible to transcend insti- of the Academy’s Advisory Board, later keynotes. Dirk Wiemann (Eng- inlimits a future of both in which Black the Liberation transatlan and- - scientific disciplines and subjects of tutionaland visions and for conceptual a shared future”. limitations This vantagetackled thepoints. key questionEtte emphasised of ‘Knowing the lish Literature, University of Pots Western Civilisation, positioning it which, in summer 2013, reviewed powerthe Future’, and place from of their literature disciplinary in un- dam) outlined the phenomenon of ‘al- Europeerature participants and contemporary at the conference art. Com in the Academy’s first Working Group derstanding the globalising world, lochronism’ – the Western tendency to visualtic Slave artist Trade and appears academic, to have was never chal- presenteding from Africa,their – Northdivergent America and often and and systematic research from differ- aof construct, African Area she Studies.emphasised, The Academy and that with illustrations from authors like situate ‘non-western’ societies in dif lenginghappened. “a Centralhistory toof her violence concern, meted as a contradictory – positions on notions concepts of the ‘future’ in regional- theapproaches task ahead the is concept to critically of ‘future’ interro as- ferent times and (‘pre-‘) histories – in- gate and engage with the processes, fictional representations. Kara Lynch partsent disciplines of the world. and areas, between Af ideas and visions that lead to this con- variousLeo Africanus translingual and crossings Anton Wilhelm which, (Video Production, Hampshire Col out upon Black bodies.” 200of future, guests time attended and historythe event in at Africa vari- rica,The the conference African diaspora, was opened and other by struction from a “comparative and inAmo their whose time, works produced are remarkable marked by audiovisuallege, Amherst presentation, USA, and an Academyinterro- anotherV. Y. remarkable Mudimbe (Philosophykeynote lecture, and ousand stages. its diasporas. Altogether, about landscapes of openness towards the gatedGuest Fellow),the loss inof ahistory thought-provoking in a context Literature, Duke University), in yet - In her welcome address as repre- of racialised constructs of time and in the global context – and hence rec- the Directors of the Academy, Achim trans-areal perspective.” separation of cultural areas cherished ommendingaccentuated thea truthful ‘singularity’ conversation of Africa The Bayreuth Academy was estab von Oppen and Susan Arndt, with future cutting across the fixation and 10 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 11 lished in October 2012 with funding speeches by Dietrich Nelle, Federal sentative of the Academic Advisory future. She employed a ‘speculative ACADEMY ACADEMY

about and across the diversity of ‘ar- the future, anticipating a widespread - - - such a conversation. al over-reliance on fossil fuels. It also cial sciences perspectives, by James Tate (Brown University, writer, mu eas’ as well as about the conditions of emphasisedstate of ‘energy the poverty’ need for duefundamental to a glob L. Cox (Edinburgh University, UK) on newsician cultural and producer) aesthetic discussedthat addresses mu changes in energy consumption, re- African religion in Zimbabwe, Evelyn sical expressions of ‘Afrofuturism’, a In the panel ‘Future and time in Wladarsch (Heidelberg University) on diaspora through a lens of technocul- technology and ecology research’, - health and healing in Burkina Faso,- themes and concerns of the African Andreas Jess (Dean of the School of- ferring to a ‘happiness index’. Michael Florian Stoll (Bayreuth Academy) on re-examining historical events. In an- dictionsEngineering on global Sciences, energy University demand of Hauhs (Ecological Modelling; co-lead different social milieus in Recife, Bra ture and science fiction, revising and- drawnBayreuth) from presented extrapolations alarming of current pre timeer of Academyused by models sub-project in science “Visions with of zil, and Fadi Saleh (Literary Studies,- global population growth and energy Nature”) compared the concepts of- Bayreuth Academy) on the creation of examinedother keynote, perceptions Jeanne Cortielof future (Ameri tech- consumption levels in comparison ture and wildlife conservation man- new inclusive spaces by social (inter can Studies, University of Bayreuth) with projected levels of energy sup- models of African nature used in na dealtnet) media with incultural Egypt. imaginations and ply. The presentation foregrounded on concepts of time and future in the representationsAnother group of time of presentations and future nologies and risk in American popular established procedures of forecasting globalagement south in Africa. were presentedOther case from studies so- culture. Turning to Africa, João Paulo Borges Coelho (Historian and writer,- in African-American contexts. Greg University of Maputo) spoke about a- post-war ‘City of Mirrors’ (in Mozam suchbique), as in buildings which surviving and monuments, represen testifytations to of divergent former plans pasts and and fictions, projec- tions of the future in highly ambigu- ous ways.

- Other speakers at the conference Poster session at the inaugural conference (left); Some BA staff & guests in front of the Academy (right top); Panel with Katharina Fink, Nadine Siegert, Ingrid LaFleur, Storm Janse van Rensburg included Anne Adams (Literary Stud (above) ies, Cornell University, USA, and Guest Fellow of the Academy) who examined recent fictional literature from Africa and the African-American community ated an intense discussion, inter alia, using the concept of ‘Afropolitanism’. Sidney Kasfir (Art History, Atlanta, Hopkins (Artist & curator, Nairobi, USA) explored visions of the past and Kenya and the Iwalewahaus’ artist- withon the their interface different betweensubject positions, African the future in contemporary African in-residence) and included screenings disciplinaryStudies and Africanapproaches, Diaspora and agendasStudies, artworks. Nadine Siegert (Deputy theand urbanan exhibition space of of Nairobi. Jim Chuchu’s work theDirector, challenges Iwalewahaus, of curating Universityimages by andTwo Sam Hopkins’experimental artistic panels, creations that in of Bayreuth) opened a discussion on- went even further in transgressing isof reflexivityregularly invoked and critique. in collaborative the borders between academic and researchWhile projects, ‘interdisciplinary a similar broadness dialogue’ contemporary African artists that re artistic inquiry, spiced the evenings as well as intensity of debate across flect past futures and failed utopias to disciplinary and conceptual bounda- which the following also contributed:- spoken word performance by the New - Katharina Fink (Bayreuth Academy), of the conference. The first involved a Ingrid LaFleur (Curator and Educa ries has seldom been achieved in Af tor, Detroit, USA) and Storm Janse van extraordinaryNight Babies (Berlin) panel on and ‘the a DJsounds session of sustainrican Studies the robustness in Bayreuth and and rigorbeyond. of Rensburg (Independent Curator and by Jim Chuchu, and the second was an thisIf indeed conference the Bayreuth and retain Academy a critical can Bayreuth Academy). and non-complacent edge as its ethos, A panel on ‘Afrofuturism’, science- Afrofuturism’ with Greg Tate, Carla its contribution to academic discours- fiction and utopias brought together- Müller-SchulzkeIn the end, a (Berlin)review andof the Stefanie enor- - Jim Chuchu (Filmmaker and musi mouslyAlisch (Bayreuth wide array Academy). of insights gener- tures will be seminal and lasting. cian, Nairobi, Kenya), Henriette Gun es on Africa, its diasporas and its fu 12 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 13 kel (University of Bayreuth) and Sam ACADEMY

shops and other events took place on the sidelines of this conference. The aim of our Academy is to bring intogether the humanities Africa-related and social studies sciences. and other fields and subjects of research- At each of these events, various rica as part of the global context and weretopics at that the cutheart across of the the discussions Academy’s inIn ourits investigations,entanglements wewith approach other Afre- andfive debates. inter-disciplinary Each sub-project sub-projects ad- gions and histories of the world. It is, dresses and questions the main hence, also about challenging the logic foster inter-disciplinary research and openthemes new of avenues the Academy to examine in a the bid sig to- that the Area Studies are perceived as (antithetically) standing in opposition broad description of the sub-projects systematically,to so-called ‘systematic’ and as if the disciplines; so-called nificance of Africa in the world. The- as if the Area Studies could not work lapping concerns. their empiricism regionally. belowEach specifies of the theirsub-projects scope and investi over- systematic disciplines could not find theme from different disciplinary per- The Bayreuth Academy is funded spectives.gates specific They aspects all run offor the the general entire for four years (2012-2016) by the period of the project, and focus on dif- Federal Ministry of Education and - Research (BMBF) in the frame of its asporas. These sub-projects as well as funding priority “Strengthening and- ferent parts of Africa and African Di reuthAdvancing and beyondArea Studies”. have made it pos- together operate on the premise that The guests and fellows from Bay conceptualisationsthe six Work Groups of connecting the future them are programme of events, discussions today globally connected and appear sible for the Academy to run a lively Children from the Don Bosco School in - to be particularly innovative and dy- Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2010. Christine jor event was the opening conference Whyte’s project, ‘The Pan-African School’ and cultural activities. The first ma- examines education and child-care in Sierra namic in Africa. The conditions of their Leone and Liberia in the 19th century. - - “Conceptualising Future: Current De percussionsorigin and dynamismthey have both in Africawithin and bates in Regional and Systematic Re beyondAfrican the Diasporas continent and are the also global at the re search”, the climax of the Academy’s- homonymous Working Group A (see TEXT Doris Löhr & Christine Whyte below). Several stimulating work centre of the Academy’s discussions. PHOTOS CHRISTINE WHYTE (1) & DORIS Löhr (2) Moving into the Future with 1. Beyond Europe: Narratives of the Future in the Bayreuth Academy Modern African and Atlantic History In the last issue (NAB XII, 2012), we - - openedintroduced its doors the for Bayreuth thinking, Academy debate - rogated in detail. These teleological As the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies of Advanced African Studies, which- Over the years, Africans and the Af toconcepts African reveal societies) a particular have been under inter- oftenrican diverge Diasporas from, have but developedare also entan nar- standing of the relationship between closes its second successful Working group, we look closer now,and reflection we are already on “Future half-way Africa through – Vi gledratives with, of alternativethe future ofnarratives Africa, which from time, place and change applied by at the research projects, people and guests that make up sions in Time” in October 2012. And- - - ing on European ideas for the future continent. the ‘Future Africa’ project. our second Working Group on ‘Multi outside the continent. Historical writ someTaking academic into account writers the to thetheoretical African ple Futures through Time’. Through- shaping historical theory and prac- and methodological advances made in enceout the of a year wide 2013, range the of distinguished Academy has of Africa is rich and often innovative,- the literature on Western narratives benefited from the expertise and pres of the future, this project will exam- tice. Particularly the concepts of ‘civi - guests and fellows (some listed on the lisation’, ‘progress’ and ‘development’ 14 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 15 following page). (as they were applied by Europeans ine the narratives developed by Afri ACADEMY ACADEMY

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Erdmute Alber Katharina Fink Doris Löhr Achim von Oppen Stefanie Alisch Henriette Gunkel Kupakwashe Mtata Peggy Piesche Susan Arndt Michael Hauhs Detlef Müller- Nadine Siegert puts an emphasis on social diversity - Mahn Gerd Ulrich Bauer Sibel Inal Florian Stoll - Sabrina Maurus beyondcans and but African are diasporas,by no means “at home”sepa- tionsespecially like thosefuture) that need are similar routine cor for Sybille Bauriedl Georg Klute Annalisa Urbano and “abroad”, narratives that emerged willand theconsider “embeddedness” links between of narratives religious spatialrections perceptions? for their (temporal) distor Dieter Neubert Ulrich Berner Lena Kroeker Ulf Vierke SELECTION andin power secular relations. concepts, Furthermore, the manifold we Today, many see themselves in a Nadja Ofuatey- rated from Europe. As active agents transfers and mutual appropriations special role with respect to environ- Corina Buendia Susanne Christine Whyte Alazard engagedin the construction with Western of Africa’snotions, future, strug- - Lachenicht 2013 GUESTS Ute Fendler gledAfricans against and imbalanced the African power Diaspora struc- - of ideas between Europeans, Ameri somemental Europeans history. Since feel the responsible campaigns toof AND FELLOWS key terms and concepts. are,cans, if andwe take Africans, into consideration asking how “inthe Bernhard Grzimek for the Serengeti, tures and appropriated and modified- on-goingdigenous” process or “authentic” of transculturation. concepts current epoch has even been renamed preserve African ecosystems. The 3. Middle Classes on the Rise: Concepts of the Anne V. Adams, Professor emer., diasporaThe project concepts will of also time analyse and show Af of past ideas on the times to come. today inevitably shape their local and future among freedom, consumption, tradition, Africana Studies Center, Cornell howrican, they African-American are related to andideas African about Lastly, we will inquire into the impact- as Anthropocene, because humans University, Ithaka space. In comparison to European - It is evident that the perception of and moral linear and progressive narratives of search,With as Africans the agents and thewho African built and Di theglobal human environment role in environmental (Crutzen, 2002). his- James L. Cox, Professor of Religious a burgeoning civilisation or planned aspora firmly at the heart of the re tory depends heavily on models of which can be a breeding ground for Studies, School of Divinity, University development, the project will dem- project is concerned with writing the climate change or of the autonomous the development of future designs as of Edinburgh are building the future of Africa, our dynamics of ecosystems. The project bourgeoisieIn Europe, Asia, played Latin a keyAmerica, role in as shap well- well as in their practice result from as in Africa the middle class or the Ottmar Ette, Professor of Romance diaspora conceived of the future tra- how they impacted on global debates will inspect several instances of such ing the future of societies throughout the ideas associated with it. onstrate how Africans and African history of these groups’ concepts and and Comparative Literature, jectory of the continent. The research about the future. models, confronting those used by social upheavals. The middle class University of Potsdam brought future concepts forward, which informed major societal de- a notableKenya ismiddle a particularly class was suitableformed, Sidney Kasfir, Professor emer. of 2. Visions of Nature: Concepts of Appropriating stakeholders in Africa (categorised bates. The crucial question which lies whichfield for has the grownstudy. Already in importance in the 1950s and African Art History, Emory University, by the project as appropriation) with Atlanta and Conserving Nature in Africa occidental perceptions (categorised project works on the micro level and as conservation). We are particularly at the heart of the (SP 3) related to size since then. The ethnological sub- Kara Lynch, Associate Professor of models and their encounters distort extent is the formulation of various captures the consumption and leisure interested to find out how different the role of the middle class is: To what Video Production, Hampshire College In Western thinking, particularly in were located in the universe was a the respective perceptions of time. concepts of the future tied back to a attitude of the new middle class. It fo- natural science, human-environmen- hotly debated issue. Today, we know We conjecture that all stakeholders heterogeneous socio-cultural context cuses on the interregional negotiation Loreen Maseno, Senior Lecturer, tal relationships are conceptualised of nature are in need of correspond- - process within selected families with Department of Religion, Maseno as natural objects related in space. ing routines to cope with potentially a view to future concepts. The socio- University This approach has been termed ‘sci- how to read (and make) pictures of- temporal distortions, i.e. they need to futureof the middleconcepts class? arise Put and more on generwhich logical sub-project consists primarily any size of objects, even of the whole ally: In which social environments do Valentin Y. Mudimbe, Professor - trary spatial distances. know how to read historical or future aspects do they have impact? The of the meso level. It examines actual of Africa or the globe, and that at arbi emer., Department of Literature, The second way of perceiving events, and that at arbitrary temporal ethno-sociological sub-project shall future concepts and their reception as ence of seeing’ which is most rigor Duke University the world from a modeling perspec- distances. highlight the combination of various well as the interdependence of future environmentalously exemplified studies by physics are perceived (Pearl, future concepts of middle classes, concepts and patterns of living. José E. Muñoz, Professor of as2000). applied Within sciences the only. natural sciences, and classifying implicit models of the Performance Studies, New York Recently, humans have become ex- notionstive has of been dwelling termed in anthropology ‘art of doing’ As a starting point of identifying University perts how to perceive themselves in (Pearl, 2000). It corresponds with 4. Concepts of Future in Mediaspaces of Africa ecosystem management traditions history and future of ‘nature’ we use a Luís Patraquim, poet, playwright & invention of spatial perspective, to such(Ingold, as 2011).nomadism, In the pastoralism, project, we use or classification of “ethno-cosmologies” and its Diasporas journalist, Maputo thespace. routine Starting use fromof satellite the Renaissance images in agriculture as examples. The ‘art we(Descola, assume 2005). divergent Case models studies to will clash; be Mariam Popal, Islamic & Postcolonial - - secondly,firstly national the parksappropriation in Africa, ofwhere the Studies, University of Freiburg day how to cope with distortions of malised. We want to test whether - spatialGoogle Earth,perception; many models have learned of spatial to theof doing’-approachdifference between is the hardly ‘science for The sub-project “Concepts of Future in- societaltural and spaces transmedial that perform “life entangled science” Storm Janse Van Rensburg, perspective have become entirely - underlyingclimate change models. discourse These investiga in Africa,- Mediaspaces of Africa and its Diaspo (Ottmar Ette). Diasporas constitute Independent Curator, Berlin proaches has historical rather than where we assume to find divergent ras” is dedicated to fictional conceptu futures, promising creative solutions Greg Tate, Visiting Professor of of modern sciences, the question of of seeing’ and the ‘art of doing’-ap- alisations of ‘Future’ in the intersecting- (hi)stories and generate transcultural Africana Studies, Brown University whereimplicit. human At the observers beginning and of the the earth era tions are cooperating with the DFG arytrans-spaces studies are of mobilised Internet, Fiction,as transcul and- exist in a vacuum; rather, given con- logical or factual reasons. Do tem project “economy of sacred space” Africa/n Diasporas. In doing so, liter for global challenges. Fiction does not 16 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 17 poral perceptions (of history and (Ulrich Berner). ACADEMY ACADEMY

sustainability of icons in terms of important instrument towards this mographic power’ of images, and the- expressionin Algeria, Angola,in the Namibia,iconographies Burkina of and spread to wider audiences. One- tion are diachronic and transcultural theFaso, time. Guinea This Bissau), internationalism, which found both its radicalism? Central to our investiga ideological and factual, resulted in followingaim is the scholars Bayreuth and Academy’s cultural Acapro- references and relations which reach demic Advisory Board. Currently the- Thesefiliations images within are visual part of culture visual inmem the- - ory‘longue cultures durée’ and of are lusophone enmeshed Africa. with - ducers are members of the Academ thriving political-social movements temporarybeyond Africa visions as a continentof futures (and seem con to ic Advisory Board: John Akomfrah and recent medial transformations. meandernect with, between e.g., Cuba, political-economic GDR, Chile). Con (film-maker, London, England), João- - pragmatism and nostalgic utopias and Paulo Borges Coelho (historian and evoke the question for actual ‘origi- author, University Eduardo Mond foundationOur research of the firstly “Instituto focuses Nacional on Mo - lane, Maputo, Mozambique), Ottmar zambique, particularly because of the gotiation of recent and historical im- Ette (Romance and Comparative - aginationsnality’. Core of questionfuture in here iconographies is the ne Literature, University of Potsdam, de Cinema” right after independence of revolutions; and the investigation Germany), Thomas Krüger (Federal in 1975; established in order to pro of visual archives. The research is lo- Agency for Civic Education, Bonn,- duce and promote ‘own’ images for- Germany), Birgit Meyer (Religious Mozambicans; and conceptualised as and virtual imageries in digital media Studies, University of Utrecht, Neth a contrast to colonial imageries. Fur- cated in the triangle of fine arts, film erlands), Elisio Macamo (Sociology, thermore, Mozambique as part of the University of Basel, Switzerland), “socialist international” formed in such as the internet (see also a short Matthias Middell (Global Studies,- tegral part of political dynamics (e.g. report on the Iconlab in this NAB). Leipzig University, Germany), Auma The Second Working Group: Obama (author and NGO activist, Nai- Advisory board member Auma Obama discussing robi, Kenya), Gloria Wekker (Gender with staff of the Academy in the seminar room. “Multiple Futures through Time” Studies, University of Utrecht, Neth erlands). In July 2013, following the - towards general questions of future held,Academy’s yielding Opening a wide range Conference, of encour the- mester of the project period – are the concepts that can be situated in the agingfirst Advisoryresponses Boardand suggestions. Meeting was mostWorking important Groups –forum one during to bring each seto- stellations of knowledge, power and vi- reinvent itself and resituate its struc- one-language-one-nation-only frames gether researchers from the different sions are negotiated polyphonously— tures, concepts and agendas. The vari- of literary studies are likewise trans- sub-projects and with specially invit- acontext variety of of a reading ‘plurilogical discussion philology’. ses- Other events ous projects will rely on an expertise - - sions,The Working presentations Group continuedfrom staff withand transgress borders between languag- - guests and two more workshops; one affirmed, and/or subverted. Diasporas - relyinggressed. on As postcolonial a result, the projecttheory perand ed scholars from outside (Guest Fel - transgresses conventional boundaries in African and African-diasporic Liter forms Transcultural Literary Studies, lows). After the first Working Group- The Academy was delighted to host a ofes genresand nations and media. just as much as fiction atures, English and Anglophone Litera- studies, gender and sexuality studies, (A, for Summer 2013) was completed in December 2013 on ‘Sharing/Divid lecture and visit from Auma Obama The Internet has become a haven holestures, suchas well as asnational German literatures and Romance and andcritical queer whiteness studies. studies, Diaspora in July 2013, Working Group B “Mul ing Futures’ and a second in January in October. Obama, who completed and home for these kinds of intersec- Literatures. Yet, conventional pigeon tiple Futures through Time” – for 2014 on ‘Changing Futures through her PhD in Intercultural German Winter 2013/2014 was opened on 21 Time’. roleStudies in the at growth Bayreuth and University development in and its diasporas, as well as media and 5. Revolution 3.0: Iconographies of social utopia in November at the Bayreuth Academy.- Advisory Board 1996, has returned to take an active genres.tions and Weblogs, interactions informational of both as Africa well A short introduction to the Working Africa and its diasporas Group theme was followed by a lec introducedof the Academy listeners as an Advisoryto her work Board in - ture by Ottmar Ette (University of programme outlined above is to build member. On her visit to Bayreuth, she formedas social byfora given (to mention geopolitical just the power most - ent dispositives such as painting, pho- Potsdam, Literary Studies, Member networksAn important of expertise aim of theand research debate constellationsobvious) are mediaspaces and yet offer that scopes are inof jected dystopia and departure – and of the Academy’s Advisory Board) on within which its results can be criti- tripKenya were with two the colleagues humanitarian from NGOthis intellectual and aesthetic mobility that itsAfrica diasporas – as a continenthave produced between diverse pro much as referencing existing visions, “World Literature / Literatures of the cally reviewed, further developed, organisation.‘SautiKuu’. Accompanying her on her utopias and imaginations of future. suchtography imaginations and audiovisual create new media. image As- World. The Challenge of TransArea - ries. The research project investigates Studies”. Members of sub-project 1- copingtransgress with them. history Here, and a poetics negotiating arises ages and texts provided by the visual the entanglements of aesthetics and troductions.“Histories of Ettethe Futures”,presented facilitator thoughts For detailed information about our work, please consult the thethat present. (re)invents itself for the future, archivesSuch visions of revolutionsdraw on the andpool liberaof im- politics in situations of radical social fromof this a Working current Group,book project,chaired thefocus in- website or contact us! - tion struggles, which are remixed, transformation, and the becoming http://www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de re-interpreted or repeated in differ- of icons. What constitutes the ‘seis- Literary Studies faced with trans ing on Erich Auerbach’s “Mimesis” 18 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 19 medial and transcultural fiction has to and his “Philology and Weltliteratur” ACADEMY

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oflution. revolution, Scholars andwhich research could partnersinclude Storm Janse van Rensburg, Katha photographs,are invited to showcasevideo stills, ‘their’ paintings, images rina Greven, Susanne Gerhard and etc. The image is at the centre of the Katharina Fink – organised a two-day discussions both as an entry point and workshop entitled “How to work with participantsimages” at the of the Goethe-Institute workshop, among and close visual analysis, the main ques- themMaumaus international Association researchers Lisbon. Theand a reference for other images. Using artists, focused on how to work with given image relevant in the context of images in the social sciences, par- tions of investigation are: Why is a- ticularly in relation to revolution and - anticipate,‘revolution’? stipulate Which androle catalysedoes the radi im- age play in its context? How do images panel,time. Besides the two-day the team workshop of the sub-pro was to consolidate change in the future? ject and invited speakers of the ECAS cal social change? How are they used eclipsed change achieved in the past? also attended by Manuela Sanchez, TheAnd basisfinally, of how our collectivedo images research portray anin Fernandes Dias, Ângela Ferreira, Rui Assubuji, Catarina Simao, Luís create new visual archives by assem- wasPatraquim, successfully Sam Hopkinsused in andits mobile Sophia blingthe sub-project the images “Revolution collected in 3.0” our is“im to- Bauer. At this workshop, the Icon Lab - ties of the sub-group in the last year. function for the first time. age tank”. Here are some of the activi Outreach – Past and Panel and workshop at upcoming events

ECAS Lisbon and activities accompanied the aca- - A number of outreach programmes

A number of sub-projects of the Acad demic programme of the Bayreuth- emy presented their work at the ECAS Academy in 2013. Peggy Piesche and Academy guest Luís Carlos Patraquim The conference was a good opportu- sion session on racism in November with Ulf Vierke in the Icon Lab. nityconference for networking in Lisbon with in June research 2013.- Katharina Fink oragnised a discus - those working on issues related to the 2013 at theDie Schokofabrik 101 wichtigsten Bayreuth. Fragen It future.ers in AfricanThe sub-project studies and “Revolution especially was– Rassismus based on the recent book by Su - sanThe Arndt, 101 Most Important Questions on TEXT Katharina Fink - Racism (Munich, C.H. Beck, 2012) PHOTOS Storm Janse Van Rensburg 3.0” hosted a panel entitled “Revolu ( Icon Lab: Revolution 3.0? togethertion 3.0: Iconographiesinternational ofand utopia interdis in Af- ). This discussion was part of ciplinaryrica and itsresearchers diaspora” whichworking brought on the exhibition “Opfer rechter Gewalt visual archives and iconographies of seit 1990 in Deutschland” (Victims of- Working with images revolutions and social change. The hausRight inWing cooperation Violence in with Germany local sincepart- Although the Icon Lab is situated in papers presented at this panel will be ners.the 1990s), The discussion organised bywas the very Iwalewa posi- i.e.the transferable Academy offices to different at Hugo-Rüdel- locations published as a collective volume in the tively received by the audience. The Icon Lab is one of the core parts of the sub-project duringStraße, research Bayreuth, or it workshop is also mobile, trips, “Revolution 3.0: Iconographies of social utopia in Africa and its - Academy publication series. Furthermore, there was a round- diasporas” of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. for instance, it was mobile for the first Prior to the conference, the team- table discussions and a film projec- time during the ECAS conference in- of the sub-project “Revolution 3.0” tion session with the renowned Af Lisbon in June 2013. In the Icon Lab, we – represented by Ute Fendler, Ulf Vi rican filmmakers Jean-Pierre Be 20 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 21 discuss images which ‘speak’ of revo erke, Nadine Siegert, Stefanie Alisch, kolo (Cameroon), Licínio Azevedo ACADEMY ACADEMY

Work in progress at the Icon Lab. (top) Luís Carlos Patraquim with an image by Mozambiquan photographer Ricardo Rangel (right) Middle classes in Kenya and their visions

A report from Nairobi about the future of middle classes (Mozambique) and Richard Djimeli- (Cameroon), moderated by Gilbert Ndi Shang (BIGSAS) and Natalie Pat TEXT and Photos Lena Kroeker the heterogeneous socio-cultural con- themeterer (Academy) of the round at table the Schokofabrikwas the rela- - tionshipBayreuth between in November cinema and 2013. politics, The tries, Kenya has a considerable middle socialtexts in environments which African do middle concepts classes of income stratum since the 1950s. Ac theevolve? future Generally arise andspeaking: where In exactly which thiscording middle to theclass African stratum Development constitutes with special attention on Cameroon Between July and October 2013, two Bank (see Mubila et al. 2011), today, and Mozambique. The evening ended- post-doc fellows of the Bayreuth with a screening of Richard Djimeli’s Academy of Advanced African Studies, are their impacts felt? Lena Kroeker about 45% of the Kenyan population. recent film “139 - The Last Preda theirLena research Kroeker projects (Social Anthropology)in Nairobi and middleand Florian classes Stoll in spenta bid tothree prepare months for investThis project, in the therefore,future for intendstheir personal to find madetors”, apossible state-censored thanks politicalto the initiasatire- and Florian Stoll (Sociology), set up furtherin Kenya research to explore on thethe topic. status of the out how the middle classes in Kenya- (Cameroon, 2012). Djimeli’s visit was - - ronment and their society. tureMombasa concepts (Kenya) between as part freedom, of the sub-con- - benefit, their immediate social envi- placetive of in the the Goethecontext Institute of the annual Yaounde fes- project “Middle classes on the rise: Fu ciologicalFew countries scholars in considerSub-Saharan the Afrimid- entations and differentiations between (Cameroon). The round table took - The sub-project focuses on current dleca have class a noteworthya force for democratisationmiddle class. So socialFlorian groups Stoll in studiesNairobi distinctiveand Mombasa. ori conceptssumerism, of traditionthe future, and their morality”. protago- and development. This is because the tival “Cinema Africa!” organised by researcherssion devoted and to themembers topic “Futureof the civil Af programme.Bayreuth will The also activities attend withinof the day the nists and addressees within middle characteristics that distinguish one toUte get Fendler. the civil society and the com- rica” on 21 February 2014. Students, willframework be crowned of with the a BIGSAS@School live concert by classes, their social environment and to participate in consumerism and middleHe focuses class ongroup specific from another aspects since and monOne person of the familiar aims of with the the Academy research is pupils in secondary schools around entanglement with current processes holdmiddle social classes positions have financialthat allow means them each group shares attitudes, orienta- society are warmly invited. School of social change. The core question to question social developments. The tions and priorities peculiar to them. the artist KAE SUN. For more information, see middle class, taken from this perspec- Münchnerwork of the Volkshochschule, Academy. For this will reason, host various concepts of the future and tive, helps to develop the society. In along with certain ways of approach- http://www.mvhs.de/5.3/mvhs.de/index.php?StoryID=10674 athe special Academy, meet-the-public in cooperation open with ses the- theof the societal project responses is: To what to them extent tied are to - ingThese the ‘bundles world and of norms relating and to values’ a given go

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Doctoral students of BIGSAS on the university campus

Nairobi Business District (top) Nail polishing in the streets – a meeting point of social classes (below)

ness centres. These places were cho- BIGSAS Alumni 2008-2013 and conceptualisations of the future sen because they are predominantly Status Quo of BIGSAS lifestyle. On this basis, certain visions- occupied by people who are able to tain milieu. afford certain leisure activities and may be related to affiliation with a cer- consumerism – the middle class. A time to harvest: 18 New Alumni, search concentrates on conceptions of - Lena Kroeker’s ethnographic re tablished numerous valuable contacts 2 New Postdocs, 15 New Junior Fellows in 2013 aims at documenting and illustrating withFlorian individuals Stoll and and Lena institutions Kroeker esin futurethe future aspirations and time. of Her middle project class which af- - - therKenya research during this as firstwell fieldas research TEXT & Photo BIGSAS for their postdoc projects, and for filiates revolves around the research- phase. A foundation was laid for fur their continuous collaboration with question: Where and in what do mem - - - bers of the middle class invest finan- training of M.A. students which tiallycially, relevant socially for and such emotionally? a past and Five fu- started in November 2013. Since re BIGSAS through the BIGSAS Journal Theorigin international of new applications. recognition In 2013, of BIG the turethemes oriented have been perspective identified on as the poten mid- beenturning preparing from the a fieldgroup trip of insociology Kenya, thisIn 2012, number BIGSAS almost graduated doubled 10 to PhD 18 ism Award, Alumni meetings and in numberSAS is also of evidentapplications in the for number a place and in dle classes. These are Education and andFlorian anthropology Stoll and Lenaadvanced Kroeker students have newcandidates alumni (see and NAB it is XII: expected 15). In 2013,to be the creation of the BIGSAS Alumni - a lot higher in 2014. The number of portal. As an example of the pivotal - position BIGSAS alumni have, three of BIGSAS was again at an all-time high career, Family and partnership, Hous of the University of Bayreuth for their BIGSAS’ alumni, Meron Eresso Zeleke- with 169 applications from 36 coun- ing, Social security and Life world own field research on middle classes BIGSAS Alumni, therefore, rose from (Ethiopia), Moulay Driss El-Maarouf- tries: 22 African, 4 European, 7 Asian conductedpractices. Duringat public the places first phasesuch as in in Kenya which will take place in July- alumni21 in 2012 and totheir 37 success in 2013. in Now their in ca its- stiftung(Morocco) postdoctoral and Halkano scholarship Wario (Ken in afterand 3 a American. rigorous admission Of these, 15 process. were ad July-October 2013, field research was- doret.and August 2014 in collaboration with reers,seventh in year,getting BIGSAS third isparty proud funding of its ya), were awarded the Volkswagen mitted for the Summer Semester 2014 Anne Nangulu of Moi University, El 24 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 25 shopping malls, theatres, fairs and fit October 2013. So, as of November 2013, BIGSAS BIGSAS BIGSAS

BIGSAS and Engineering Partners International Workshop

Coping with the quest for happiness and the preservation of integrity of the biosphere in Africa – 11-12 November 2013

JF origins: November 2013 in the publication of papers originat- Well-known academics from the six BIGSAS - ing from Workgroups. Two edited Partner Universities were invited to partici- pate in the innovative workshop had altogether 105 Junior Fellows- volumes of BIGSASWorks! were pub- urefrom shows 29 countries: graphically 20 African,this continental 7 Euro Challenging Notions of Develop- pean, 1 Asian and 1 American. The fig ment and Change from Everyday Life in cal and environmentally-friendly al- Africalished: ternatives or improvements these origin of BIGSAS Junior Fellows. - The Making of To the regular Junior Fellows (JF), Meaning (ed. in Girum Africa: Getachew Word, Image Alemu and & could be, for instance, the improve- we could add the five associated Jun SoundPeter Narh, 2013) and mentactivities of cooking could benefitstoves, more from. practi These- funding.ior Fellows They from are Africaeligible and to partici Europe- - cal kitchen designs and ventilation, who are financed through third-party (ed. by Duncan Mainye Omanga- the use of biogas and solar energy. such as seminars, symposia, discus- disciplinary& Gilbert Ndi collaboration Shang, 2013). at Workpeer- sionspate in and all lectures. BIGSAS academic activities groupgroups level offer on JFs topics a platform of relevance for inter to own priorities to the workshop and - to being an independent academic or To ensure that Africa brought its - researcher.transition fromThey beingimmediately a young joined PhD - - BIGSAS welcomed two new Post groupsthe JFs’ had current been formed and future or planned. research in accordance with the BIGSAS slogan docs, Akiiki Babyesiza (Higher edu interests. By the end of 2013, 23 Work wasthat “Researchattended byon representativesAfrica is only pos of whosecation task research) is to support and Olorunsholaand mentor forthe 2014. BIGSAS family and successfully - sible with Africans”, the workshop Adenekan (Anglophone literatures), organised the Doctoral Colloquium grammeThe BIGSAS in 2012, Diversity was Programmefurther ex- - as they themselves negotiate the concerned, 2013 saw huge successes pandedwhich replacedand consolidated the Gender in 2013. Pro BIGSAS’ five Partner Universities in the Junior Fellows in their research As far as BIGSAS Workgroups are TEXT & Photo BIGSAS on the preservation of the biosphere Africa namely, Moi-University, El- - doret, Kenya; University of KwaZulu- The 18 PhD graduates in 2013 are from 11 countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America – illustrat- Besides the regular services in - Natal, Durban, South Africa; Univer- ing the international recognition of BIGSAS in African Studies. achieving equality for all, the Diversi This special workshop which brought ergyin the is face the ofkey global to sustainable changes. In develop Africa,- sité d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin;- ty Programme now also offers various in particular, a sufficient supply of en Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Ma Name Country of origin Supervisor disabilities or chronic diseases, with together the predominantly social ment since it potentially offers ben- forms of financial support to JFs with - puto, Mozambique and Université Mo Abraham Brahima Benin Ute Fendler and economic productivity. hammed V Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. Ahmed El-Hassab Sudan Franz Kogelmann children, etc. A few snapshots of the scientists of BIGSAS and the engi- efitsIt tois publicthe conviction health, socialof the welfare work- Being the first initiative of its kind Duncan Omanga Kenya Jürgen Müller Diversityto compensate Programme for are:various disad- neering scientists of the University that answers servedin BIGSAS as anda trial probably ground in for graduate ideas, Francis Xavier Ng’atigwa Tanzania Franz Kogelmann • vantagesDiversity grants: financial support of Bayreuth as well as representa to questions about the sustainability needsschools and in Germany,possible thiscollaboration workshop Irina Turner Germany Susanne Mühleisen tives of BIGSAS’ Partner Universities group based in Bayreuth points for joint social and natural sci- Jude Kagoro Uganda Dieter Neubert or parental leave and child support was the first major event in the new- ences projects and cooperation. It of- • BIGSAS for parents: maternal and/ cooperation between BIGSAS and the of natural resources (i.e. energy) and Magdaline Wafula Kenya Said Khamis future can only be provided through fered a platform for brainstorming on engineering sciences here at the Uni ecosystems (i.e. biodiversity) in the Marie-Laure Kozi Côte d‘Ivoire Manfred von Roncador coaching sessions with experi- - multi- and cross-disciplinary research how to reconcile research methodolo- • encedCoaching: coaches up to five individual versity of Bayreuth. This cooperation approaches. To achieve this, the work- gies and analytical procedures in the Maroua El Naggare Morocco Ute Fendler started after the prolongation of BIG- group is composed of researchers diverse disciplines in future joint re- Moulay Driss El Maarouf Morocco Ute Fendler scholars, and other successful plinesSAS in closer2012 andfor ismore intended practical to bring out- from several social sciences disci- Nadine Siegert Germany Ulf Vierke • personsFireside chats: with experts, comesresearch on onthe Africa ground. in these two disci plines collaborating with researchers to lay the groundwork for facilitating Nene Morisho Congo Martin Doevenspeck The rather unusual topic of the from the natural and engineering sci- search. Another important issue was- Paulo Jeferson Araújo Brazil Manfred von Roncador ences. Topics of shared interest in- • BIGSAS outreach: football (BIGSAS co-supervised PhD dissertation pro Sakinatou Bello Benin Ulrike Wanitzek happiness and the preservation of in- clude the social and cultural aspects - FC), city tours, events and visits workshop, “Coping with the quest for jects between BIGSAS and her African Samuel Ndogo Kenya Said Khamis - of energy demand and consumption pants, the workshop was an eye-open- (BIGSisters!) - ried a more central and contemporary at the local level, ecological impacts erPartner and a Universities. new door to For many all particifuture Serah Kiragu Kenya Detlef Müller-Mahn theme,tegrity i.e.of the how biosphere the universal in Africa”, quest car for and use of irrigation, fertilisation Setargew Fantaw Ethiopia Kurt Beck For more information see the Diversi happiness is linked to the consump- and other agricultural techniques Silke Oldenburg Germany Erdmute Alber ty Programme website or contact the tion of energy and how this impacts and possible technical or technologi- thesedirections partners. between BIGSAS and her Diversity Representatives, Ulf Vierke Partners in Africa and also between 26 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 27 and Eric Anchimbe. BIGSAS

2nd BIGSAS Alumni Meeting

In July 2013 BIGSAS Alumni convened at the Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, home of the Bayreuth International Gradu- ate School of African Studies, to discuss the creation of an Alumni platform.

- discussion. The students received The meeting was organised and host- profound feedback on their projects ed by the new BIGSAS Postdoc Akiiki dents from the United States, Switzer from both senior scholars with long Babyesiza. Since our alumni are spread land, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and- all over the world, only a couple of ityGhana. of the topic, the one-week agenda fellows who were facing similar chal- them had the opportunity to attend employedTo efficiently diverse tackle didactics. the complexThe con- lengesexperience in their in the research. field and peer junior this meeting. During the first BIGSAS tent of the summer school was both To help expand the academic pro- Alumni meeting in 2011, the partici- pants decided to set up an interactive Summer school participants from Bayreuth and Berlin thematically-informative lectures on publication strategies was facili- internet platform to communicate in a weretheoretical given andby renowned empirical. scholars Firstly, file of the junior fellows, a workshop- more structured way and to facilitate cal guides to publication were offered. the exchange of relevant information. tated by Birgit Meyer in which practi Due to many and often unpredictable talkedand experts about inthe the anthropology field of Islam of Is in- to receive individual feedback on circumstances, this aim was not fully Sub-Saharan Africa. Roman Loimeier Additionally, students had the chance . their work and coaching on research- achieved. Thus, this much desired de- related issues. vice is still under construction. In view (Re-)Configurations of Islam lam debate in the African context after the ethical turn. - - of the fact that the number of BIGSAS Benjamin Soares lectured on Islam mann presented his ongoing project mer school, a public lecture was given Alumni will increase over the years, Rüdiger Seese As an outreach event of the sum in Sub-Saharan Africa on theories and practices of Islamic - the second meeting discussed the knowledge These lectures were ac- . future of this project. In addition to companied by relevant readings that Nigeria.by Umar Moreover, Danfulani, the Professor summer school of Re that, the alumni wish to play a clearly- enriched the discussion. providedligious Studies, the opportunity the University for exten of Jos,- A joint BIGSAS-BGSMCS summer school on Islamic defined role in the application process sive one-on-one meetings between at BIGSAS Partner Universities. To be practices and groups in Africa students and professors, offering a more inclusive, the participants of 1.The TraditionalPhD students Islamic presented institu their- rare chance to personally meet with projectstions in seven in practice thematic panels: - this meeting proposed the position of an Alumni Representative. As a result TEXT & Photos Salma Abdalla of common interest – in this case the 2. Muslims school – schooling study of Islam and Muslim societies. Muslims greatleading success scholars of inthe the summer field and school, dis of this meeting, BIGSAS will make an seniorsjörg Dilger fellows (BGSMCS) and four in junior August fellows 2013 3. The aesthetics of sound and acuss follow-up individual meeting questions. is in Givenplanning, the effort to create a more efficient and titled “Transforming social order in at the Freie Universität Berlin. Three- the city highly inclusive platform to foster net- with similar academic institutions, The first BIGSAS-BGSMCS workshop- 4. in 2014. The summer school was also working among our alumni. A third As part of the endeavour to join forces- struction of identities, institutions, from BIGSAS participated in this sum 5. - ato great take placeopportunity at the Universityfor networking of Jos BIGSAS Alumni meeting is scheduled African Muslim contexts: (Re)con mer school. The Senior Fellows were lamicPerforming practices piety, and meeting like-minded people for for early summer 2014 in connec- BIGSAS has established coopera - Rüdiger Seesemann, Kurt Beck and 6. Female engagement with Is tion with the award ceremony for the tion with the Berlin Graduate School movements, markets” was held in Franz Kogelmann while the junior Islamic healing and medicine a very fruitful week, and the junior world-wide renowned author Ngũgĩ twoof Muslimgraduate Cultures schools have and teamed Societies up June 2011 in Berlin with three mem fellows were Bakheit Nour, Francis Scholarly traditions fellowsfuture collaboration. agreed that they All wouldin all, likeit was to wa Thiong’o, who will receive an Hon- to(BGSMCS). bring together On various senior occasions,and junior thefel- summerbers of BIGSAS school participating. was convened by Rü- Ng’atigwa, Ahmed Khalid Ayong and Each7. panel was chaired by a senior - orary Doctorate. lows of both schools to discuss themes Continuing the same efforts, a joint- Salma Abdalla. Other participants- scholar who provided impulse to the reuth or elsewhere. included seven Junior Fellows from see more activities of this type in Bay 28 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 29 diger Seesemann (BIGSAS) and Han BGSMCS Berlin and other PhD stu BIGSAS BIGSAS

BIGSAS Journalism Award 2013 Official visit of Minister Müller

Beware! The colonial rulers are back! Cooperation with Africa and African experts moves to a higher level

Helmut Ruppert, Horst Eggers, Charlotte Wiedemann, Philipp Hedemann and Dymitr Ibriszimow

TEXT BIGSAS the extremes of colonialism, his arti- - PHOTO Regina Fettköther cle captures the rising costs of living and other challenges caused by the re- welcome. The jury is chaired by Hel mut Ruppert, former President of Representatives of IAS, BIGSAS and the Iwalewahaus, together with UBT Vice-Chancellor H.W. Schmidt and former Bavarian State Minister for Federal and European Affairs Emilia Müller The award ceremony of the second seem to have come to repossess their the University of Bayreuth, and has colonialturn of the territory. former ‘colonial lords’ who representative.as members BIGSAS Alumni besides - The jury also decided to honour specialTo crown jury membersthe ceremony, like Veye the DFG Ta- etedBIGSAS biennial Journalism award Award is to tookrecognise place andon 10 reward July 2013. outstanding The goal journalistic of this cov Le Monde Diplo- TEXT & Photo BIGSAS nomic, social and security issues on Charlottematique, with Wiedemann, a special journalist award for with her keynotetah, the Cameroon-bornaddress on the founderimportance and The overall positive reactions show the German edition of editor of “Africa Positive”, gave a was very positive giving credence to tival of African and African-Diasporic thatarticles there published is an urgent in German need on to Africa. over- Le monde recalled the founding impulse of her Africa. Her impression after the visit- Literatures 2013. - come the well-known stereotypes of- Diplomatiquearticle “Bilals Frömmigkeit” (Bilal’s of good journalismAfrica Positive about Africa. She - ler Forwas thea historical Dean of moment BIGSAS, not Dymitr only devoutness) published in After Wolfgang Heubisch, Bavarian BIGSAS’ place in the Excellence Ini Ibriszimow, the visit of Minister Mül to promote high quality journalism in trade in the context of 13 Januaryof Islam 2012.and the In negativemagazine news about crises: “to and fix theca- State Minister for Science, Research secondtiative: phase “I am of not the surprised” Excellence she Initia ex- - ten found in the media about Africa and it, she discusses the East African slave tastrophesone-sided portrait by also of reporting Africa through about prolongation,and the Arts in this 2012 year (see it NABwas XII:14)Emilia plained “that BIGSAS is now in the for BIGSAS but also for African Studies- in its mission but also in the composi- The ceremony was opened by the who visited BIGSAS shortly after the - in Bayreuth – historical in that the Min tionthis field.of its Theselection award committee. is not only unique Arabic culture. ingtive and funded competence by the German is needed Research for that ister came to Bayreuth on her own ac explained,the continent’s offers potential a far-reaching and its vastaca- Müller, Bavarian State Minister for Foundation. A lot of energy, network whichcord. Bayreuth, is why, he he announced,said, has established “We are Dean of BIGSAS, Dymitr Ibriszimow- demicdiversity.” platform This for BIGSAS negating event, eurocen she- Federal and European Affairs who Talking to the large audience at the itself as the centre for African studies weltreporter.net,This year, the for prize his was outstanding awarded and the President of the University- inpaid and BIGSAS beyond an the official academia, visit. she Having came and I have seen that today”. to Philipp Hedemann, journalist with of Bayreuth, Stefan Leible. As a mem learned about the exploits of BIGSAS- - now working on a Bavarian Research - ber of the jury, Marco Finetti, the Di oftentric perspectives have an interest on Africa in sustaining sustained Iwalewahaus, she reassured BIGSAS- Institute for African Studies with the article “Die früheren KolonialherrenWOZ - Die rector of Press and Public Relations among others by certain NGOs which- to express the interest of the Bavar ment,of the sincecontinued as she financial said “I am and sure admin that Free State of Bavaria to be hosted here- Wochenzeitungsind zurück” (The former colonial rul of the German Research Foundation veloped, crisis-stricken and hopeless ian State Government in BIGSAS and artistrative and supportculture ofconnect the State and Govern bring in Bayreuth.” Hans-Werner Schmidt, 2012.ers are In back) it, he published describes in the tensions (DFG), underscored the importance an image of Africa as an under-de- its academic expertise on Africa and people together in a way that politics theVice Minister President on of behalf the University of the university for Re No. 37 of 13 September of the prize in restoring an image of - collaboration with African experts.- administrationsearch and Young and Academics, appreciated welcomed all the juryAfrica is evidence in Europe that based the innovations on reality. nalists,continent. she Cooperation concluded, betweencould foster Eu tunityDuring to her engage visit with to Bayreuth junior fellows on 25 in Mozambique, a former Portuguese That the DFG was represented in the thisropean change and ofAfrican perspective. media and jour workingApril 2013, on she various had the political,unique oppor eco- never can.” To back up her promise,- colony, caused by the alarming flow of she offered BIGSAS the amount of support the University’s African Studies 30 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 31 immigrants from Portugal. Revisiting in BIGSAS’ outreach programme are 8,600€ as support for the BIGSAS Fes focus has received from the State. BIGSAS BIGSAS

BIGSAS Colloquium: Work in Progress I Higher Education Research at BIGSAS

TEXT Shola Adenekan & - TEXT Akiiki Babyesiza Akiiki Babyesiza footage clips recorded on her mobile formances. PHOTOs BIGSAS the possibilities of staying in contact PHOTO BIGSAS was on Arts in Africa. Using video bridisation in Bukusu funeral per- Colloquium: Work in Progress I” and- Education and Society” will explore was attended by BIGSAS Junior and phone, Stefanie Alisch looks at Kuduro Presentations on English and An- Senior Fellows as well as by partici- with Woldetensae and the African The November 2013 colloquium took music and dance in Angola, while glophone Literatures completed the - pants of the DAAD Alumni Stakeholder higherUnion Commissioneducation research in order thatto initiate draw threeKatharina controversial Greven’s European paper examines artists- theoreticalBIGSAS colloquium. framework Weeraya of postcolo Don- fullyIn July concluded 2013, I started my doctoral my work studies as a Workshop “International Alumni Net oncollaborative the knowledge projects and capacity in the field of our of - cum-collectors‘phantasy’ and thewho art left of theirpatronage imprint by nial-materialsomsakulkij’s ecocriticism paper explores and the Postdoc at BIGSAS after I success working in the Context of University cationplace atat thethe Geschwister-Scholl-PlatzIwalewahaus, which has Development Strategies and Policies”. beenin room unavailable S 18, away as from it is themoving usual to lo a - at the International Centre for Higher higherThe presentation education ofwas the followedAfrican Union by a BIGSAS Junior Fellows and Alumni. In - on contemporary African arts. Ms idea of ‘placiality’ in selected post- researchEducation focus Research on higher Kassel. education My role inat livelyCommission’s discussion portfolio about inareas the of field con of- Europeanorder to putmap, the I will BIGSAS be part Workgroup of a del- Iwalewahaus.Greven, however, placed special fo apartheid South African literature. BIGSAS includes the development of a- - “Higher Education and Society” on the- new address. Colloquia are a compul- cus on Ulli Beier, the late founder of Sibel Inal’s paper looks at the Politics sory part of the PhD programme of of Transcultural Communication in Africa. It is in this respect that I found flict such as African-led solutions ver egation from BIGSAS and IAS to Brus BIGSAS for Junior Fellows and nor workmally in last progress for two at days.least Thetwice Junior dur- ingFellows the course are expected of their toresearch present study. their These presentations are supposed to take place after the doctoral students

- searchhave been study. on their field research or haveThe undertaken November acolloquium significant was re organised into sessions according to - Lively discussions on culture and technology the different disciplines: Anthropol continued even during coffee breaks. ogy, Arts in Africa, Linguistics, and English and Anglophone Literatures.- mann,After a shortthe colloquium Welcome Address opened by with the sus the transfer and implementation sels, where we will attend a European Vice Dean of BIGSAS, Rüdiger Seese The BIGSAS Colloquium: BIGSAS Junior and Senior - of European policy ideas. The discus- - Fellows followed and discussed the presentations inged thegroup Workgroup that meets “Higher regularly Education to dis- sion, during which attendees asked paper,two presentations entitled “The fromReligious the fieldMen in of cussand Society”. scholarly The texts Workgroup about higher is a read edu- Policy Seminar by the Academic Cor anthropology. Bakheit Mohammed’s experience as academics and employ- focusporation of theAssociation seminar onwill Euro-African be “recent The next presentations were on - and invites higher education research- specific questions based on their own overallCooperation trends in Higherand developments Education. The in Jebel Marra: The Process of Learning - cation systems in Africa and the world one and a half hours and was conclud- - religiousand Performance men, who of are Islamic locally Rituals called the work of the Anglo-Egyptian nov- public lectures, workshops and con- edees with of African a dinner universities, organised by lasted the forIn- and Techniques”, analyses the roles of Linguistics. Diderot Djiala investi umelist concluded and journalist with a Ahdaf keynote Soueif. address ers and policy makers to BIGSAS for andAfrican cooperation higher education, in higher internation education - gates how the Cameroonian media- After a short break, the colloqui - alisation in African higher education- Fuqqarā’, in the Muslim Jebel Marra riedpresented whether the messagemedia presentations of HIV/AIDS - ferences. The Workgroup’s first guest lyternational discussion Office continued of the theUniversity next day of more, the Workgroup is organising schoolscommunities where of Sudan.they usually It further spend in actuallyprevention match to the expectations public. He queand organised by the BIGSAS Workgroup- was Yohannes Woldetensae, a Senior- duringBayreuth a roundtable at the Aktienkeller. discussion, The where live between Africa and Europe”. Further vestigates how they learn in Qur’anic perceptions in the campaign to cre- “Higher Education and Society”. Yo Education Expert in the Department of participants discussed a wide range and other associated knowledge. Next hannes Woldetensae, a Senior Edu- whoHuman formerly Resources, worked Science as a & freelance Technol of issues including the brain drain, the panel on “Global Ideas and Local many years memorizing the Qur’an Nganga, meanwhile, analyses ‘Ver- cation Expert in the Department of ogy of the African Union Commission- the politicisation of higher education, Strategies for the Future: Perspectives whose research investigates the work ate awareness on HIV/AIDS. Simon Human Resources, Science & Technol the lack of public funding and their on Higher Education and International- andwas socio-professional Georg Materna’s presentation,organisation ogy of the African Union Commission,- fromconsultant 13 to to16 theNovember Association at the of sug Af- interconnectedness. The discussions Collaboration in Africa and beyond” of small tourism entrepreneurs in bal and Non-verbal Devices in the gave a talk entitled “African Union rican Universities. He visited BIGSAS left participants inspired and ready to at the Conference of the African Stud Communicative Genre of the Funeral- byCommission’s a lively discussion Continental and questions Initia ies Association in Germany (VAD e.V.) and art have become independent do- Sermon’ among the Bukusu people tives in Higher Education”, followed Woldetensaegestion of BIGSAS gave Junior a keynote Fellow address Emnet that will take place at the University of Senegal. He argues that crafts, trade of Western Kenya. Based on cos Tadesse Woldegiorgis. During his stay, take action. The Workgroup “Higher Bayreuth in June 2014. mains in which a multiplicity of actors understanding of death, his paper - For more on public lectures, see is involved. looksmologies at the underlying determinative the Christian features from Junior Fellows as well as from - The second round of presentations of communicative genres and hy- present Alumni who are members on “African Union Commission’s Con www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en/studies_programme/workgroups/higher_education/ of the Africa Network University of tinental Initiatives in Higher Educa 32 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 33 Bayreuth (ANUB). tion”. His talk concluded the “BIGSAS BIGSAS

Ute Fendler (2nd row, 3rd from right) and the organisation team of the BIGSAS FC and the team of the Police Department of Upper Franconia Maputa African Film Week

BIGSAS FC vs. BIGSAS Partner University Police Department, Upper Franconia Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

TEXT BIGSAS delicate issue of a re-education camp Interdisciplinary studies are new The power of football to connect PHOTO Ute Fendler for women during the revolution, it at- tracted considerable public attention. to the university in Mozambique, so- the coordinators of the film and media Besides the main programme (films Thus,studies the and interdisciplinary ECA plan to visit studies the Uni in TEXT & Photo BIGSAS - - Ute Fendler, Senior Fellow and current werefrom thepresented. Bayreuth The film local week students Cinema versity of Bayreuth in the near future. lice force as part of his research on Director of the Institute of African- wereAfrica!) involved classics in of the African organisation cinema pitch The of match the Federal took off Policeto a great Depart start interviewed members of the Po Studies (IAS), spent ten eventful and- Bayreuth could serve as a role model forment the in police Bayreuth. team who scored in the - successful days in Maputo, Mozam for the new studies’ programme in- “Militarisation in Post-1986 Uganda:- two-stagebique. Highlights plan for were the introductionthe Maputo Af of and discussions about the films. They- Mozambique. It all started in October 2012 when- scored two goals before half time. missioner,Politics, Military along andwith Societysome of Inter his arican new Filmstudy Week, module negotiations at Eduardo about Mond a- bookalso created page set film up analysesfor this event. which were The funding of the project “Digi Reinhard Kunkel, President of the second minute. BIGSAS FC however pretation.” Georg Löffler, Police Com published in a blog and on the Face talisation of historical film footage” Police Department, Upper Franco- teams with drums and songs in their - - hasIn been order renewed to plan by the the second Department phase, nia (Polizeipräsidium Oberfranken),- The BIGSAS fan block cheered both- ballcolleagues, match are attended reported Jude on Kagoro’s in the lane University, and the prolongation Introducing a Media Studies Master- of Foreign Affairs. - invited BIGSAS to the Upper Franco Polizeireportdefence. Kagoro’s work and the foot- of the project “Digitalisation of His Programme is a long-term goal at our bassy and local partners have already meetingnia Police which Headquarters was intended here into Baygive theusual day spirit was ofthe unity. friendship Although that BIGhad torical Film Footage”. - studies,Partner theUniversity university Universidade developed Eduar a two- discussions with the German Em reuth (see NAB XII: 22). During that- startedSAS FC finallybetween won these 6:3, the two winner institu of- – the Oberfranken Po- The first Maputo African Film do Mondlane. To establish film or media ties of the police, a friendly football tions – a friendship that has resulted lice Magazine. Associated BIGSAS Week, 11-18 April 2013, was organ taken place. In the first phase, the BIGSAS JFs a glimpse into the activi Junior Fellow, Frank Hukporti, him ised and hosted by the Mozambican stage plan. As a first step, the university- focus should was on now the be Mozambican strengthened film by police team was organised. The long asself he asupported Superintendent his police of colleagues. Police in film director João Ribeiro and by will introduce a film module. Secondly, analyses“Mueda, Memoryand reports and Massacre”. from eyewit The- match between BIGSAS FC and the in consultations by JFs working on Ghana, added steam to the cheering- Ute Fendler. The event started with specialthe external technical institution equipment, of Escola as well de Co as nesses and researchers in the second conflict, security and military issues. a preview of the Mozambican film “A professionalmunicação e training. Artes (ECA) will provide phase. awaited match finally took place on For example, before his defence in A return match to be hosted by BIG virgem Margarida” directed by Licínio 34 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 35 25 September 2013 on the football 2013, BIGSAS alumnus Jude Kagoro SAS FC is slated for spring 2014. Azevedo. Since the film addresses the BIGSAS BIGSAS

One group of the pupils of the Franz-Ludwig-Gymnasium of Bamberg with BIGSAS Junior Fellows Festival of African and African- Diasporic Literatures 2013 BIGSAS@school From 20-22 June 2013, BIGSAS convened its third and so far the largest Festival Revelations and change of perspectives of African and African-Diasporic Literatures, “Intertextuality: Dialogues in listened to everything the young aca- demicsBIGSAS had Junior to report Fellows. about The their visitors home Motion”, this time with funding from the prestigious German Federal Cultural TEXT Susanne Ott to offer them the opportunity to ask countries. Moreover, the doctoral stu- Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes). PHOTO BIGSAS questions on whatever they might be dents talked about what is different interested in. The most important insight the students gained was that an unbiased thatfor them she inwas Germany surprised and that what there they TEXT Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard intertextuality were explored in key- tive misunderstanding using the ex- approach vis-à-vis the unknown and isimmediately no communication noted. One when of them you saidare PHOTOs Daniela Incoronato notes, panels, readings, performanc- well-establishedAfter its groundbreaking tradition and success an im in- es, a photo exhibition and an open air so, he was focusing on the cultural portant2012, BIGSAS@school asset of the public is becoming outreach a change of perspective is often need- concert. productionspressive term in ‘creolisation’. former colonies. By doing This strange is essential. A fundamental buttravelling not with in the a bus: people “People who sitsit thereright In their greeting words, the direc- - and are communicating via Facebook,- - tors of the Kulturstiftung into a similar location of creolisation. programmes. On 24 July 2013, the theed; stereotypicalmost astonishing images facts of Africafor these do tivalUnder investigated the topic of the “Intertextuality: manifold com- Infestival this regard, thus transformswe wish to thank Bayreuth the 60home teenage of BIGSAS, students located from ata thesecond Ge- youngstersnot necessarily is the reflect huge reality. language One di of- laughingnext to them”. and said The that teacher the journeyof the sec to plexDialogues relations in Motion” of texts the transcending 3-day fes , Hortensia - schwister-Scholl-Platz, was visited by ondary school from Bamberg started borders of space, time, generation, Völckersambitious andvisions Alexander and respectfully Farenholtz genre and media. In dialogue with acknowledgedmasterfully summed the commitment up the project’s of entire organising team of the BIG ary school located in Bamberg, a city hundredversity on distinct the African languages continent. are spo In- Bayreuth with the pupils was exactly the more than 20 invited guests – SAS Festival of African and African- secondary70 km away school from studentsBayreuth. an The oppor aim- ken.some The African questions countries the students more than asked a the same. After their meeting at the renowned scholars, writers, artists, “The poet and cultural theoreti- Diasporic Literatures in particular tunityof BIGSAS@school to meet with is people to give who young un- were numerous and quite diverse. Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, the visitors the festival organisers: the festival directors Susan Arndt They were genuinely interested in and fellows of the Graduate School- and many of its diasporas in Europe this boundary transcending process and Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard as well the answers and observations of the dentswent tocould the askBotanical even more Gardens questions. of the performers and activists from Africa ofcian, rewriting, Edouard alienationGlissant, has and described produc- the Bayreuth International Graduate- dertake research in or on Africa – be University of Bayreuth, where the stu School of African Studies (BIGSAS) 36 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 37 they Africans or non-Africans – and and the Americas – the dynamics of and the Bayreuth Academy of Ad BIGSAS

“AfroFictional In[ter]ventions” revisits the BIG- SAS Festival of African(-Diasporic) Literatures The Black Rock Coalition Orchestra gave a stunning performance by intertextually saluting their musical heroines 2011-2013”

also participated in various lively - in a historical context. and fruitful panel discussions. - postdocs and junior fellows, along - vancedIn the African framework Studies of for the a openingjob well with examples from African drama & T. Martinus (Dutch Antilles/NetherEdouard of numerous BIGSAS senior fellows, rah, Akala, Cristina Ali Farah, Awam- done.” 2013 festival was the photo exhibi- lands)Glissant: and One Gina World Dorcely; in Relation the screen Amkpa, Susan Arndt, Gabeba Bade After the reception – generously- One of the cultural extras of the- ingthe oftheatre Manthia performance Diawara’s film and scenic with PhD students from the Graduate roon, Biyi Bandele, Blaq Pearl, Sab- andreception co-director on the – warmly first festival greeted day, all asprovided Ebersberger by the – Citythe ofprogramme Bayreuth (2010); School “Intercultural Encounters”, MA- rina Brancato, Chirikure Chirikure, guestsSusan Arndtand proceeded – the festival’s in setting founder the represented by Deputy Mayor Thom tion “Africa: See You See Me”, curat tivalstudents e.V. of and “Intercultural various institutional Anglophone LaRonda Davis, Deeb, Manthia Dia agenda and outlining the programme. - ed by Awam Amkpa (Nigeria/USA),- reading of British New York-based supporters.Studies”, the Bayreuth Event and Fes wara, Gina Dorcely, Philippa Ebéné, continued with the first keynote- tographersshowcasing in 160 inter-visual works by dialogue, African writer Amy Evans’ “Black Classical Ottmar Ette, Amy Evans, Bernadine - lecture by literary scholar Anne Ad spanning(-Diasporic) more and than Euro-American 100 years of pho- Music: In Memory of Nina Simone” as Evaristo, Quinsy Gario & T. Martinus, She was followed by Günter Nooke, ams (USA) entitled “Diaspora inter slavewell as trade the andSurinamese-Dutch celebrating its ending.dinner In February 2014, the festival- Biodun Jeyifo, Philipp Khabo Köpsell, the German Chancellor’s Representa textuality: The brother/sister that I ritual “Keti Koti” commemorating the- hensivedirectors 500-page Susan Arndtillustrated and reader Nadja Okinba Launko, kara lynch, Lydie- tive for Africa; Kirsten Haß, Head of- haven’t seen in 400 years”. Further tography on and from Africa and its Ofuatey-Alazard published a compre- Moudileno, Patrice Nganang, Nadja Sponsorship of the German Federal onkeynotes the second were givenday entitled by the Haitian“Inter- diasporas. In the evening of the first providedThe concluding the appropriate big Open celebratory Air Con AfroFictional Ofuatey-Alazard, Peggy Piesche, Mar Cultural Foundation; Dymitr Ibriszi- author and scholar Lyonel Trouillot festival day, “Shakespeare’s legacy cert on Bayreuth’s market square then- In[ter]ventions.on the history ofRevisting the first the three BIGSAS BIG iam Popal, Olumide Popoola, Jean-Luc- mow, Dean of BIGSAS; Ute Fendler,- and future reception” was discussed FestivalSAS Literature of African(-Diasporic) Festivals: Litera- Raharimanana, Noah Sow, Greg Tate, Director of the IAS and Representa textuality: Beyond the myth of the by the panelists Akala (UK), Awam acousticclosing act guitar for theoffered 2013 her festival: usual bril Ad- tures 2011-2013 - Lyonel Trouillot, Sabine Vadeleux, Ri tive of the Bayreuth Academy of Ad demiurgic writer and the catchall” Amkpa and Gina Dorcely (Haiti/USA) woa Hackmann (Germany) with her- naldo Walcott, Anna Weicker, Gloria vanced African Studies; Ulf Vierke, nandégritude NYU’s Manthia Diawara from moderated by Susan Arndt and Fadi (2014, Edition As- Wekker, Dirk Wiemann. (http://www. Director of the Iwalewahaus and the Mali on “The 1956 congress: Beyond Saleh. This was followed by a brilliant- liant laid-back Berlin sounds warm- semblage) with contributions from edition-assemblage.de/afrofictional- acclaimed Nigerian scholar Biodun and cultural nationalism”- audience quiz and live performance- chestraing up for the paying10 fierce musical and beautiful “Tribute Ed Abbas, Anne Adams, John Akomf interventions) aJeyifo, moving the welcomefestival’s Guestspeech of adorned Honour on the third day. Literary readings ploringby Akala the andintertextuality his Hip Hop of William Shake women of the Black Rock Coalition Or The next BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literatures is from Harvard University who gave- were given by José Eduardo Agualu speare Company from London, ex and(USA) in a world premiere even scheduled for 26-28 June 2014 under the title “Literature of/and sa (Angola/Portugal), Victor Dugga and beats of contemporary hip hop dedicatingto Black Women an original Writers new of Rock song and to Memories: 1884-1904-1914”. with a beautiful Yoruba song. He ded (Nigeria), Bernardine Evaristo (UK), Shakespeare’s oeuvre and the rhymes Soul” For further information please visit icated his words to the Iwalewahaus’ Zakes Mda (South Africa/USA), Noah were the spoken word performances www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/literaturfestival founder late Ulli Beier and the late Sow (Germany), Sami Tchak (Togo/ music. Further cultural presentations the Thecity hostingfestival theis aBIGSAS joint enterpriseLiterature literary icon Chinua Achebe before France) and Lyonel Trouillot (Haiti). Festival: the “Bayreuth Blues”. 38 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 39 elaborating on the festival’s themes All attending scholars and writers by Ed Abbas (Lebanon), Quinsy Gario IWALEWAHAUS

The new Iwalewahaus home in Wölfelstraße 2

The Iwalewahaus is moving house A new contact-zone in the heart of the city

TEXT Ulf Vierke Iwalewahaus from a side street to the building was occupied thereafter the Iwalewahaus but also for hosting tion space. In the second phase of PHOTO Wilfried Engelbrecht by the lands and surveys department the administrative unit of the Insti- developed an integrated concept for city areas. th Novem- will be converted into a multi-media theven, interior Junior light Fellow and at colour BIGSAS scheme. have one of Bayreuth’s most prominent - eventsrenovation, hall for part hosting of the concerts, ground floor per- This new location is the begin- - until September 2013. On 4 - tute of African Studies (IAS) andrd the formances, lectures, projections, etc. ning of a new era in the life of the vibrant activities at the Iwalewa- The building on Wölfelstraße ber 2013, the building officially was willBavarian be used Research for the archives Institute and of the Af - hausOctober in 2013its old was home, the last the month former of was constructed in 1907 as the offi andtaken an over attic by altogether the University provide of about Bay artrican collections Studies (BRIAS). of the Iwalewahaus The 3 floor ception, the library and two seminar of the city, it offers the Iwalewahaus roomscial seat with of the gigantic state bank doors of stillBavaria re- 2,300mreuth. The2 four floors, a basement- and will also provide apartments for rooms.The same The floor exhibition will also space host theon there moreIwalewahaus. options to Situated function in theas a heartcon- 6 November 2013, the last two ex- mindin Upper visitors Franconia. of that time. Two The fortified build- tions, art collections and archives. lodging and a studio for the artists- 1st hibitionsMargravial closed Mint theirin Münzgasse doors and 9. theOn ing functioned as a bank until the The Iwalewahaus space for moved offices, into exhibi this in-residence programme. The 1st undergo substantial renovations in- the city and the university, the world preparations for moving to the new cluding floor a andnew thelight ground concept floor and syswill- oftact-zone art and – loversa meeting of art, point established between department of forestry. The latter but will carry out major renovations into an extensive exhibition platform artists and budding artists, and of 1970s when it was taken over by the asnew from home 2014 in Decemberin different 2013 phases. as it Inis floor will subsequently be turned course everyone interested in hav- ishome only entered 100 metres the final further phase. down The form of an abattoir room or butchery nd with its high ceiling, is a natural and tem. South African curator Storm ing a multi-faceted encounter with new home is Wölfelstraße 2 and it left a rather bizarre footprint in the marvellousas well as themultifunctional ground floor exhibi which,- Janse van Rensburg, also a fellow of- the first phase, the 2 floor will be the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced 40 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 41 the street. Still the move takes the in the basement. On an interim basis, turned into office space not only for African Studies and Katharina Gre Africa. IWALEWAHAUS

Talks and film screenings

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49° MetalZone Crossing borders ‘Grenzüberschreitungen’ festival 2013

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creating in Germany and Europe. emergenceEkkehard and Knopke, the structures a media scholar of the from Weimar, Germany, described the- terviews conducted with musicians, fans,Kenyan sound metal editors scene usingand organisersseveral in from this scene and multiple digital sources like homepages, videos and

metal heads, their music “is still not sound files. For most of the Kenyan ultimately true because there are al- very Kenyan”. This statement is not TEXT Alexandra Kuhnke Renegades - part of an ulterior, emergent rooted- that give the scene and its music a PHOTOS Frank Marshall (1), Julia Eckel - ness where traditional identities and ready highly significant structures spellwhole of citymetal of music Bayreuth for the and three visitors days by South African photog Frank Marshall, represents a decisive- offrom the all festival. over Germany In 2013, were the concept under the of combinedrapher Frank with Marshall the introduction who portraits to outcropping of a Heavy Metal sub photographer,unique Kenyan gavetouch. valuable insights - themetal study heads room from with Botswana. its rich This content, was conjecturedculture in Sub-Saharan vision of this Africa. subculture Mar havepolitical traditionally histories inbeen Botswana patriarchal are intoJörg his Brüggemann,2012 photography a Berlin-based project nents related to the interdisciplinary consisting of elaborated information shall’s portraits offer a tentative and andsubverted. Eurocentric, Heavy hence Metal making audiences Mar- - overallThe term intention “Grenzüberschreitungen” of, and motivation andthe festivaltransmedial was based perspective on five andcompo the - is somehow historically different, behind,(Crossing the borders) festival entitled characterises 49° Metal the- ca, music video screenings as well as subversivein Botswana. and Since revolutionary this subculture in re- metal lore portraying the multiple heads“Metal can Heads: be found The Globaleverywhere Brother in Zone that took place at the Iwalewa- part of the history of the Iwalewahaus. booksabout and different articles metal on this scenes topic. in Afri lation to the occidental genre, Mar- shall’s portraits parodies of heavy thehood”. world. For No him, matter the so-called who they metal are haus from 24th – 26th notion of “Crossing borders” that is- strata. Renegades is thus a sociologi- or where they come from, they are calpolarities case study of the of subculture’s an underground social all united by heavy metal which goes 20 years ago, provided October people 2013.from presentationsThe five components and debates were and an a art study ex Renegades by Frank hasshall’s aptly subjects dubbed seem his somewhat subjects ofren an- minority rebelling against the status across national borders, generations, allThe walks festival, of life founded the opportunity by Ulli Beier to over get room.hibition, The a festival concert, opened film screenings,on 24th - egadesanomaly., tentatively Because ofsituating this, Marshall himself quo, redrawing the borders of both gender, religion and social class. The immersed in the fascinating and ver- - Marshall - pictures displayed here were taken satile global metal music culture. The Oc Renegades, a landmark exhibition by of rebellious individuals who form tober 2013 with the exhibition (curat as a mediator chronicling ‘visions’ Heavy Metal and the orthodox cul 42 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 43 ed by MA student Susanne Gerhard) ture in Botswana. in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Egypt, IWALEWAHAUS IWALEWAHAUS

- performances by all the bands. The huge crowd of heavy metal lovers attention of researchers, theorists, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Swit and festival participants immediately metal culture is finally attracting the zerland and the USA. caught a dancing fever as soon as the over the world. This complex festival DeathA highlight Metal Angola of the festival was the Shark Tank stormed the presentedphotographers different and points filmmakers of view on all Mashup the Archive Festival Inscreening the discussion of the documentarythat followed filmthe stage. The tempo remained high and this growing and hybridising scene by Jeremy Xido. keptGerman rising band when the other bands per- and provided evidence of metal music formed incorporating the crowd all and metal culture becoming a global screening, the Angolan heavy metal- the way through into the singing and phenomenon. band “Before Crush”, which took part- dancing. This was accompanied by This festival was part of the Mas- in the documentary film, and the Ken a series of stage-diving and crowd- - yan rock band “ParkingLotGrass” of- - in the Master studies specialisation fered the audience first-hand glimpses ous three-day festival of heavy metal. ter project of Alexandra Kuhnke with- experiencesof the explosive and metal challenges scenes since in Ango they Nowsurfing that – markingthe new the Iwalewahaus end to a hilari has - arela and part Kenya of these through scenes. their personal even more space for such musical “Arts and Curating” of the MA pro- events, future heavy metal festivals gramme “Culture and Society in Afri will certainly be a must for all. ca” at the Iwalewahaus and was spon- The heavy metal concert The success of the 49° MetalZone sored by the University of Bayreuth, festival is a sign of the consistently the City of Bayreuth, the Oberfrank growing global metal culture scene, theenstiftung, most important the Institute emerging of cultural African was a mega, multinational, multi- and the fact that the phenomenon of Studies and the Schokofabrik, one of rhythmOn the lastconcert day with of the the festival, metal bands there ParkingLotGrass Before centres in Bayreuth. Crush Shark Tank and More information online Aardvarks from Kenya, www.iwalewa-metalzone.uni-bayreuth.de an extraordinary from Angola, event with great both from Germany. It was TEXT Sam Hopkins was precisely the transformative hy- Archive PHOTOS Lukas Richthammer bridity that we were hoping for in the space created by walls of packing cas- Mashup the Archive project. es, the exhibition festival. Displayedreferenced within the fact a that the Iwalewahaus is moving loca- tion, but also suggested the possibility City tour: “Afrika in Bayreuth” transformativeThe visual artists powers Kevo on Stero the andar- of a mobile archive that could change MashupWe are in the the Archive Glashaus, festival, the University watching Otieno Gomba also exercised their of Bayreuth, on the second night of the- Mashup the TEXT Katharina Fink the context of the BIGSAS in town! out- - chive. Both worked with the symbol of Archivelocation. As well as the exhibition and reach programme and was developed th and 20th centuries which andan ethnographiclistening to filmpre-colonial by Hans music Him the mask, as in Gomba’s words, “when- the event in the Glashaus, incubated the so-called ‘scientific rac melheber shot in Ivory Coast in 1962 delicpeople installation think of African based onArt masks they think from festival also presented film- ism’the foundations of the 19 of 20th century fascism. Raf from Nairobi. I say again this is theof masks.” archive Gomba which developedwas then photocop a psyche- screenings, artist’s talks and a closing with classical music, particularly from there on by three BIGSAS Junior eventually contributed significantly to thefrom moment Burkina when Faso it remixed all made by sense, Deejay as ied, painted and layered on polysty- party dubbed “Bass Instinct” featur withMost the often, works Bayreuth and life is of associated Richard Fellows: Peter Narh, Gilbert Ndi Shang this seemed to contain the essence of rene, together with a video of himself, ing The Deejay Mashup Daladala the andArchive Stef festival the Cat and Katharina Fink. The tour provides tour,At the we same listen time, to ita personalstands as narrative a hub for what Mashup the Archive project was dancing in the archive with a mask on. alongside Deejay Raf. cityalternative along with perspectives the histories on Bayreuthattached living and working. On this walking about; namely to develop something - Wagner. But there is a lot more to tofrom it andtwo angles:the current the structure experiences of the of new from the archival material of the eventsreturns at in other July 2014,venues based across once the more city. Bayreuth than this. The following people from around the world who andof Richard her mistress Wagner Wilhelmine, by Peter Narh involun from- Iwalewahaus collection by connecting Stero worked with one of Hans Him at the Schokofabrik together with quiz questions touch just the tip of- Ghana; the story of two women, Alzire it with contemporary artists and mu- tomelheber’s create anfilms animation shot in Ivory which Coast was in the iceberg that Bayreuth is – who- seek to leave their mark on the city. 1968, painting over a series of frames andArtists-in-residence develop new artworks will in come response from lainknows, live? for Who instance, opposed where the “Traité in Bay de have made Bayreuth their home and- tarily migrating to Bayreuth told by- These works formed the core of toSouth it. Mashup Africa tothe research Archive is the a archiveproject reuth did Houston Stewart Chamber - Katharina Fink from Germany; and like,sicians the from music Africa. sounded both like con- then layered over the original film. ter Onthe thestories journey of Margravial into the ‘internaEmpress walkingthe life and to new,works perhaps of Jean unexpectedPaul by Gil temporaryAnd that electronica is exactly and what traditional this felt - l’ inégalité des races” - from Haiti? tional Bayreuth,’ participants encoun- stops,bert Ndi new Shang perspectives from Cameroon. on a by When now dance music, at the same time. The rik,the the exhibition main venue “Yesterday of the Mashup today” the supported by the Kulturstiftung des workerWhere of did Wilhelmine Wagner’s II? anti-Semitism Who found- familiar space emerge. Through this which took place in the Schokofab Bundes as part of the “International edoriginate the Iwalewahaus? from? Who What is Alzire, connects the Wilhelmine and her maid Alzire , Hou tour, answers to the question “What seemed to become something other Museum Fellowship programme.” ston Stewart Chamberlain, Richard thanfilm, awkward coupled withethnographica. this soundtrack, It was For more, see Wagner, Jean Paul, Emanuel Osmund are sought for. possible to see it differently, as move- www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/cms/en/programme/fellowship_ the Margravial Opera House and and Christoph Schlingensief. constitutes the Bayreuth we live in?” ments, as a situation, as people. In this internationales_museum/ Ouagadougou? but also: Where can Bayreuth emerges as the city that For the next dates of the tour visit www.fellow-me.de/fellows/sam-hopkins/ one buy yams in Bayreuth? - something different; part club, part www.iwalewa.uni-bayreuth.de www.iwalewa.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html tionsThe and city more. walking The tour tour emerged “Afrika in cinema,context, part the Glashausexhibition alsospace. became This Bayreuth” engages with these ques 44 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 45 IWALEWAHAUS IWALEWAHAUS

Iwalewa – Quatre vues de l’Afrique contemporaine

Just a Band is a Kenyan house, funk, disco band whose career was launched with their debut album Scratch to Reveal in 2008. Their Just A Band music explores various musical directions such as jazz, hip-hop, disco and electronic. In addition to writing, recording and engi- neering their own music, the band also produces their own music Sound and Vision videos, packaging and promotional items. The band also enjoys a strong web and blog presence incorporating animation, illustra- tion and photography into their visual campaigns. The group was at Maison des Arts, Université formed when its members were studying at Kenyatta University. Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III They went on to release the song “Iwinyo Piny,” accompanied by a self-made animated music video. Initially, the song was rarely played on radio and television due to its unconventional musical style, but with time they started to gain popularity through un- Valente Malangatana (untitled) derground channels. They released their second single Ha-He on 17th March 2010, accompanied by a music video featuring a char- acter known as “Makmende.” The video has been described as Iwalewa – Four Views on Contempo- ginning of the Iwalewahaus with our Kenya’s first viral internet meme by the Wall Street Journal, CNN rary Africa and Fast Company. activities,film, posters this event and artoffered installations. a critical public and to answer some questions The exhibitionJust A Band: Sound and Vision, curated in Bordeaux , curated by Pierre-Nicolas Along with guided tours and other whichcolleagues have inbecome Bordeaux, essential the generalto the by Katharina Greven, encapsulated the whole bandwidth of Just A Bounakoff (BIGSAS), with four sub- today and its decisively modern and pursuit of our work today, especially Band. It included original sketches used in the production of the projects by Sarah Böllinger (DEVA), understanding of African creativity the complementarity of these do- music videos, background images of video-sets, posters, and a Katharina Fink (Bayreuth Academy), it was also a comprehensive critical mains, the necessity to explore the uniqueKatharina glimpse Greven into the (BIGSAS), activities and of enquiryinterdisciplinary into the evolution approach. of Above our own all, present in order to preserve the past, documentary on the band’s life. Also exhibited were images from Lena Nauman (Iwalewahaus), was a institution – the Iwalewahaus – from and the challenge of creating a perma- magazine articles and publications that served as inspiration and the archive of its Nigerian origins to nent state of dynamic conservation. It references in the production of the band’s videos. These included Bayreuth's Iwalewahaus over the past the current creative utopia it sup- is, of course, an ambitious plan but we copies of paintings by Wangechi Mutu, music by Jamoriquai and 30 years. Presented in five distinct ports; from its academic research to believe that a show that encompasses film stills from Stanley Kubrick’s films. In the middle of the exhi- parts and four locations in Bordeaux, the artistic endeavours it nurtures. bition space, video screens were mounted that projected all the continentFrance, this seldom exhibition taken was into unique focus in It was an opportunity for us to con- - music videos of the band, the “Makmende” stories broadcast on that it portrayed parts of the African tinue the dialogue initiated at the be- such a wide horizon could not possibly TV and distributed on YouTube and a live concert by the band. With this combination, the aim was be anything less. (Pierre-Nicolas Bou This mesmerising atmosphere filled with various products of Just toFrance, establish such the as Nigeriainterconnectedness and Kenya. nakoff) A Band captured visitors quickly ushering them into the world of The catalogue of the Bordeaux project is available at Just A Band, their drive, the sources of their inspiration and their culture, including fashion, pop mu- imagination, hence taking them to different spaces inhabited by of the fine arts with other spheres of www.iwalewa.uni-bayreuth.de. sic, popular imagery, literature and Photos by Just a Band (stills from the music video He-He, 2012) different realities. (Katharina Greven) IWALEWAHAUS IWALEWAHAUS

Studio Ramogi, Photographer unknown, 1960s

At the core of the exhibition stands what is both the origin and the Collection / Base binding force of the Iwalewahaus, embodied by the collection of art gathered for more than twenty years by its founder, Ulli Beier. Essen- tially assembled in Nigeria around the art of Oshogbo, it also features at MC2a Migrations many other less known types of productions, such as barber’s shop Culturelles aquitaine afriques signs posters from Biafra. In Bordeaux, the presentation curated by Pierre-Nicolas Bounakoff, was conceived as a reduced-scale storage room from which works can be selected and presented directly. This aims at giving the visitor an opportunity to directly encounter the works, to sneak into the backstage and explore on their own the wide diversity of pieces available, to make their own choices, to select their own angle and to understand better the various approaches this en- semble of materials is open to, hence turning the archive into a living source of fruitful combinations and encounters. The show was also one of the first attempts of the Iwalewahaus-team to reactivate the art collection, which was rather dormant in the last years. This will be continued in the next years both through research and exhibitions to offer a critical re-evaluation of this heritage and offer a possibility to write another chapter of the art-history of the African continent. Dancer Ojetunde Ajayi (Pierre-Nicolas Bounakoff)

Sam Hopkins’ installationNot in the Title was part of his 2011 artist-in- In 2007, Ulf Vierke and Katharina Greven started the exhibition pro- Sam Hopkins residence project at the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth. The project took as its PigaPicha! ject PigaPicha! (Take a photo!) together with Johannes Hossfeld, Di- starting point the archive of Nigerian (Nollywood) horror movies in the rector of the Goethe-Institute Kenya. Its focus is on the phenomenal Iwalewahaus. With the intention of understanding how this archive 100 Years of Studio expanse of studio photography in Nairobi. The exhibition is differ- Not in the Title too was constructed and selected, Not in the Title presented film trailers ent from previous projects on studio photography in Africa that tend culled from this archive alongside film trailers made in the Iwalewa- Photography in Nairobi to address only middle-class photography and upper-class studios. at Maison des Arts, Université haus during this residency. There was no indication as to which trail- In contrast, PigaPicha! embraces the entirety of the city’s figura- ers were “real” and which were “fake”. The installation dealt with the tive archive and the local population’s participation in its curatorial Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III question of authenticity and researched the reception of global works at Maison des Arts, Université processes across income levels. Not only photographers and studio operators participated in the creation of the exhibition but also -art of art in a local context. Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III For the Bordeaux project, Not in the Title too curated by Lena Naumann, ists, bloggers, journalists and cultural scholars, who deal with (or Sam Hopkins continued with his approach of working with the archive produce) on the one hand, the urban culture of Kenya and, on the as a contested space, a field of imagination and manipulation. This time, other hand, fine arts. A cursory look at the over 200 studio photos re- a whole movie, African Djinn, which tells the story of a mysterious, veals the enormous thematic depth of PigaPicha!, among them, age, terrifying calabash, was produced in Nairobi with local Kenyan actors, wisdom, the modern age, self-representation, generation, love, art, thereby introducing another local context and also keeping an eye on utopia and hope. possible variations in self-description and stereotype representation. The curators subdivide the photographs into the following thematic For Hopkins, “The idea of creating a situation whereby a group of categories “Uzee na Busara” (Age and Wisdom), “I and Me”, “Open Kenyan actors would act Nigerian actors for a fake movie would be a Air”, “Imaginary ‘Safari’”, “Speaking from Yesterday” and “Intimacy”. great way to interrogate a whole set of expectations, judgments and Each of these categories is accompanied by a text written by artists, perhaps prejudice about Nigerians. This could lead to a whole discus- photographers, bloggers, journalists or cultural scholars. sion about what it means to be African, about how Kenyans build their Considered as a whole, PigaPicha! is composed of eight parts that identity, about notions of ethnicity…” provide insight into the pictorial archive of the city, the self-imagi- In addition to African Djinn, Hopkins also produced a “making of” doc- nation of its inhabitants and the photographic traditions of Kenya’s umentary on the production process of this Kenyan Nollywood movie. capital. Beyond that, the project serves as a story-teller. (Sam Hopkins) This story was told for a whole month in Bordeaux in 2013 – curated by Sarah Böllinger. The excellent venue provided by the Forum des For more information visit Arts, Bordeaux enabled the pictures to unfold their great power and invited visitors to peep into one hundred years of Kenyan visual cul- http://www.africandjinn.com

Photos by Georgina Beier and (1) Sam Hopkins (film poster) ture. (Sarah Böllinger) IWALEWAHAUS

From the series Winds from the North From the series Soweto Youth Kara Lynch: INVISIBLE :: The Archivist Vault Video - from audio tour and design: Emeka Alams, photo by Bo Streeter design: Emeka Alams, photo by Kyle Johnson video installation Greenfield, MA. October 2011. Still from video

contemporary artists were in focus at the show: Zohra Opoku GhostBusters II {Haunted by Heroes} virtual/material and Emeka Alams. The metaphor of the “logbook” mainly works in two direc- tions: towards the imagination of a past, the recording of what In Berlin, Nadine Siegert (Iwalewahaus) and Storm Janse fashion as logbook has been and what lies beyond, investigating entanglements Van Rensburg (Bayreuth Academy) curated the exhibition of historical relations; and in the transgression of apparently GhostBusters II {Haunted by Heroes} in cooperation with at Maison des Arts, Université ‘logical’ constellations of the location of self in the present. the gallery SAVVY Contemporary from 10th August to 10th “Logbook” builds on ‘being conscious of why certain things September 2013. The show featured the media artist Kara Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III are part of the ‘past’ and imagining what might lie beyond the Lynch from New York, a former fellow of the Bayreuth Academy present state.’ This understanding locates textiles and fashion of Advanced African Studies and Délio Jasse, a photographer in an in-between space of temporal compositions; an “inter- from Lisbon. In the exhibition, the phantom served as a A blue suit dangling across a woman’s shoulder, white sym- esse”. The exhibition titlevirtual/material “ ” captures the pos- metaphor of an unknown haunting entity, which leaves traces bols on a black T‑Shirt surrounding the word SOWETO, and an sibilities arising from the paradoxical interplay of fashion and in our collective memory. The focus here is not on personal installation of textiles, fabrics, dresses and shirts enmeshed, textiles as being both materially present and evoking an else- memories but rather on (absent) memories in the collective entangled and wrapped together hanging from the ceiling of where. This particularly comes across in the works of vintage archive. Both artists worked with historic and contemporary the Iwalewahaus’ exhibition room. Opaque messages from fashion designers and bloggers such as Jamakazi Thelejane of images of known and unknown personalities who once the in-between space of fashion, art and popular culture, Fruit Cake, Johannesburg which were presented in the show. Installation view of the exhibition with works by Délio Jasse from the had positions of power and were regarded as heroes and shorthand “The aesthetic universe”. This is a crude descrip- At the core of the show were the works of the Iwalewahaus series Contacto, 2013 heroines occupying sites where power was/is executed. Délio tion of the exhibition virtual/material: fashion as logbook artists-in-residents Zohra Opoku and Emeka Alams. Zohra Jasse talked about the unsung heroes with the aid of newly curated by Katharina Fink. It looks at textiles and fashion be- Opoku worked with the textile collection of Iwalewahaus and found images, showing various sides of memory of colonial yond the often chosen signifiers ‘identity’ and ‘style’. Fashion presented her work on fashion, performance and future while societies, thereby exposing the archive of the unknown. kara and textiles are perceived here as “logbooks”, in the overt Emeka Alams presented his trademark “Gold Coast Trading lynch constructed a map of an individual creative history as it reading of web-logs, as evident in the cultural technique of Company”, a postcolonial aesthetic stance with its project. emerges in connection to a collective Afro-American history fashion-related blogging worldwide today. The works of two (Katharina Fink) as zones of cultural haunting. (Nadine Siegert) IWALEWAHAUS EXHIBITIONS

In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Kenya (Nairobi), the Goethe-Centre Uganda (Kampala) and the Makerere Art Gallery, the Iwalewahaus exhibited several Nsukka drawings which are part of a collection gathered in the 1970s by the founder of the Iwalewahaus and art promoter Ulli Beier. The exhibition, curated by Ulf Vierke (Iwalewahaus) and Katharina Greven (BIGSAS) titledThe Poetic Line brought together artworks by renowned artists of three generations, namely El Anatsui, Obiora Udechukwu and Olu Oguibe all from Nigeria (with prints and poetry) as well as the contemporary Kenyan artist Gor Soudan and Solo 7 who responded to the works from the collection with painted murals. It is the first show in East Africa with original works from the Nsukka School. While it is formally engaged with the past of the Thank you – Fight on!! The Nsukka School, the artistic response by the two young Kenyan artists linked it to contemporary aesthetic praxis and discourse and underlined the vital potential to be Poetic found in the Iwalewahaus’ collection. It also marks a new South-South perspective In May 2013, Sophia Bauer developed the video installation Thank you – Fight on!! within the work of the Iwalewahaus developed with the Goethe Institut Kenya that which is both based on, and an extension of, a research for a Bachelor thesis on started with a series of events on contemporary Angolan art hosted by the Goethe propaganda posters from Biafra in the Iwalewahaus archive in the context of the Line Institut in Nairobi in 2008-2009. study programme “African Languages, Literatures and Arts”. Artworks from the Nsukka School make up the second largest group in the What is, or perhaps what was, Biafra? Biafra was a separatist state formed in 1967 Iwalewahaus collection, containing some of the earliest works of this School to be in the east of Nigeria, as a result of civil unrest in the 1960s. The attempt to secede found in any museum collection. The East Nigerian city of Nsukka was the cradle of resulted in a cruel three-year civil war in which thousands of people lost their lives. one of the most influential schools in contemporary art on the African continent. In 1971, the rebellion was crushed and the Biafra state was reincorporated into The Nsukka group emerged around 1970 in southeastern Nigeria and was associated Nigeria. During that period, the Biafra war attracted widespread, global attention and with the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. for Sophia Bauer’s parents’ generation, Biafra became synonymous with donation- The members of this arts group used traditional Igbo designs and styles, known as collecting on behalf of Biafra and media images of malnourished children – the so- uli. Although uli itself was practiced by Igbo women, most members of the Nsukka called “Biafra-Babies”. Born in the late 1980s, Sophia Bauer had never heard of this group were men. They adopted European equipment such as the pen, brush, ink, term, nor was she familiar with the conflict. She was, however, still able to decode silkscreen and lithographs combining them with the traditional form of uli that is the loaded meanings borne in the propaganda posters from Biafra. They seem to tell often described as linear and two-dimensional. Although many of these artists were a story about a nation in times of war, about hunger, about powerful and powerless also poets, their drawings are far more than simply illustrations of their poetry. They people, about ideologies and hope. Since all these stories are transported through the are an element of a synesthetic expression. The Nsukka artists still a major group of vehicle of propaganda, the intriguing questions, therefore, are: Through what means artists in the modern epoch in Nigeria today, are active in the international art scene does propaganda function? Is it a “language” everybody understands? The video

to date linking the traditional past and the present. (Katharina Greven) Photo by Katharina Greven Photos by Sophia Bauer installation Thank you – Fight on!! tries to explore these questions. (Sophie Bauer) EXHIBITIONS GUESTS

Choices

Choices was first of all a walk through the very rich collection compiled at the Iwalewahaus over the years. But beyond that, it is also a time to reflect about the way we interact with it, especially in the context of the preparation of an exhibition. Middle Art, War ist not good, ca. 1967

Kevo Stero Otieno Gomba

The Maasai Mbili Art Collective Stero stayed at the Iwalewahaus for six weeks in 2013,- whereuted immensely they worked to the with critical the Kenyan engagement artist andwith curator the history Sam - Hopkins on the ‘Mash Up the Archive’ project. They contrib- Kevo Stero and Otieno Gomba are contemporary artists chive, which is central for the concept of the project ‘Mash from Nairobi. They are part of the Maasai Mbili Art collec and the heritage (both tangible and intangible) of the Ar tive, a group of artists and activists with a base in Kibera, beenone of a Nairobi’sstrong, independent slum areas. and Maasai well-known Mbili is anadvocate officially of createdUp the Archive’,new works funded which by were the both German an ironic Federal and Cultural critical registered community-based organisation. For years, it has commentFoundation. on archive For the and exhibition museum at practices. the Schokofabrik, they

Kibera community development. Otieno Gomba and Kevo

What do we want to show? How? What are the reasons for selecting certain artworks and not others? What do we expect to create when we bring them together? Within an exhibition space deliberately limited to a white cube, the possibilities Emeka Alams for putting together an exhibition are infinite. The works exhibited can be chosen according to a theme, an author, a specific school, a geographical area, or purely aesthetic associations, historical preoccupations, personal taste… to name but a few - of the innumerable options. Through these choices, we try to create new associations Emeka Alams is a fashion designer and artist based in- every time, that will, if we do it right, tell the visitor a story more complex than each denceNew York at the and Iwalewahaus Abidjan. He for was the born show in virtual/material: the US to Nige piece would tell on its own. logbuchrian parents mode and grew up in Seattle. He was artist in resi To make this process visible, the Choices display, curated by Pierre-Nicolas Bounakoff can be termed aesthetic activism by means of fashion , curated by Katharina Fink. Alams’ work (BIGSAS) changed every two weeks, each time exploring a different approach to selecting the pieces exhibited, and each time bringing different works out of a storage design. In Bayreuth, Alams gave a talk and worked with room which is an integral part of the exhibition. The visible presence of the collection Gold Coast Trading Company students of thewww.before1444.com University of Bayreuth are the and backbones members and of kept in storage was used here to underline the complementary relationship between thetoolboxes Iwalewahaus. of his work. His labelThese provide him spaces for im- these two sides of the life of artworks, like a peek into the backstage of a theatre, or aginationand the zine and connection with others. the springs and sprockets behind a clock's dial. Choices was an exhibition about exhibitions because constructing an art show is

never a gratuitous gesture. (Pierre-Nicolas Bounakoff) Daneshmandi Carmen by Photo

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Ato Malinda

Ato Malinda, born in 1981, grew up in the Netherlands,- Kenya and the USA. She studied Art History and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas in Austin, and is current nowly doing works a Master in the ofdomains Fine Arts of atperformance, the Transart drawing, Institute, paint New- ing,York. installation She began herand professionalvideo, and also practice as a asfree-lance a painter cura and-

thistor. Shecontext, was invitedshe presented to Bayreuth her recent by the artistic BIGSAS and workgroup academic “Aesthetics and Queering Africa: Sexualities that Matter.” In

research project “Claiming the Void: Mapping Queer Space in Dakar”. She was invited to an Icon Lab Session with the Sub Project 5 of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. Rowland Abíódún

Rowland Abíódún was born in Nigeria and studied fine art and painting in Ife, which he completed in 1965. In 1969, he obtained his Master in Art History in Toronto, and in 1997, he became the John C. Newton Professor in Amherst.- licationsHe teaches and the has History also receivedof Art and many Black awards. Studies Inat Amherst2011, he College in Massachusetts. He is the author of several pub

received the Leadership Award of the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA). He was also a close friend of Ulli Beier, the founder of the Iwalewahaus, with whom he worked for several years. He came to Bayreuth as a guest professor of the Institute of African Studies in- October 2013 to work on the estate and the collection of the Beiers. He was also the keynote speaker of the confer hisence work “From on Mbarithe Iwalewahaus Mbayo to Iwalewahaus”. archive. His knowledge of Yoruba culture and of Ulli Beier himself was essential to Zohra Opoku Frank Marshall

fashionBased both in a performativein Accra and manner,Berlin, Zohra often Opokucaptured is onan video.artist 49° Metalzone and trained fashion designer. Her work uses textiles and- Born in 1985, Frank Marshall is a South African-based photographer. In October 2013, he was invited by the Institute of African Studies to participate in the metal festival . After studying in styleHer inspiration materials. inThe the core innovative piece of arther designspart in thecomes exhibition princi hisEngland thesis, and but South also developed Africa, Marshall into a bigger incidentally project. came In his across series the of sixtyBotswanian portraits metal named culture Renegades while, onhe virtual/material:pally from African logbuch symbols, mode African traditions and African- portraysa tour of thea vivid country subculture with a whichfriend´s became band. Theoutstanding Botswanian through metal its scene very not own only appropriation became the of topic metal of reuth was a textile sculpture, a hanging installation con- - at the Iwalewahaus in Bay types and gives visibility to an emerging subculture that emancipates itself from Western domination culture. Besides dissecting the question of representation,Rooke Marshall’s Gallery work the exhibition also breaks has with toured stereo the sisting of entangled pieces of the Iwalewahaus’ rich textile world, with the 49° Metalzone bycollection. means of Zohra a textual Opoku approach. will come back to Bayreuth for a and pop culture. Since its exhibition in the Johannesburg residency that will focus on the town of Bayreuth’s history 56 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 57 at the Iwalewahaus in Bayreuth being its most recent stopover. Personalia GUESTS

Ronex Ahimbisibwe tinent, in India and the US, and she has acted widely as consultant and trainer for arts and development initiatives all across the world. Among the agencies she has worked with are ACORD, ActionAid, The British Council, Comic Relief,- Ronex Ahimbisibwe is a graduate of the Margaret Trowel- videdThe Department training in forapplied International theatre formsDevelopment for three (UK) language and Oxfam. groups; In thein the 1990s, late School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Plastow ran the Eritrea Community-Based Theatre Project (ECBTP) which pro- Kampala, Uganda who works as a multi-media visual art- ist. He was artist in residence at theAktion Iwalewahaus Afrika in June- 1990s and early 2000s, she was also involved in developing Adugna Commu and July 2013. The project was funded by the German For nity Dance Theatre which trained street children as community advocates and eign Ministry’s initiative “Program ”, and sup- professional dancers in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. More recently she- ported by the Goethe-Centre Uganda and the Makerere Art has been developing theatre around gender issues in Uganda, and she has been Gallery. This contemporary artist lives in Kampala and re working with academics in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya to move forward TheaMaitu stay,ceived he the worked residency intensively as an award on the in archives the context of the of IwalewaKLAART,- Njugiratre for Development in relation to research, teaching and practice. Following an hausthe first and contemporary developed his artown festival method in ofKampala. research During based hison invitation from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Jane Plastow will be directing his play the history of the Iwalewahaus by exploring the archive (Mother Sing for Me) at the Kenya National Theatre in summer 2014.

of his stay, he installed an exhibition with a number of art- worksmaterial he bothcreated in its during analogue the residency. and digital forms. At the end Camille Roger Abolou

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Kitula King’ei 15Camilleth Roger Abolouth is Professor in the Department of Language and Commu nication Sciences, University of Bouake, Ivory Coast since 1994. From October to December 14 2013, he was a guest of the Chair of Romance and General- Linguistics, invited by Martina Drescher. As a member of several Pan-African Kitula King’ei, rdProfessor ofst African Literature at Kenyatta- scientific organisations, he currently works on the new research programme be University, Kenya, was a guest of the Institute of African tween the Universities of Bayreuth and Bouaké. He received his doctoral degree Studies from 3 June to 31 July 2013. At Kenyatta Univer- in sociolinguistics from the UniversityLangues of René Africaines Descartes, et développement Paris V (Sorbonne), sity he has held various positions including Director and France Langues in 1994. et He médias has publisheden Afrique booksnoire francophone and several papers in international- Founding Dean of the Graduate School and Head of the De- journals. His monographsLes français include populaires africains (2008,- partment of Kiswahili and Other African Languages. While Paari), (2011, Editions Universi- conductedin Bayreuth, library he gave research courses onon hisSwahili current Literature research and inter pro- taires Européennes), (2012, l’Harmattan). Dur vided academic guidance to postgraduate students. He also ing his stay in Bayreuth, he taught the course “Le français d‘Afrique” and con in the local mass media, orature and culture and globalisa- tinued work on his current research on discourse markers in African varieties ests which include Swahili technical terminology, language of French. - tion in Africa. Kitula King’ei has written more than fifteen Tulia Ackson books and booklets on Swahili literature, cultures and lin- ingguistics. religion, He is agriculture, also known media, for translations environment from and English develop into- Swahili as well as from Swahili into English of works cover - received several national and international awards. Tulia Ackson, associate dean of the University of Dar es Salaam School of Law, ment. In recognition of his achievements Kitula King’ei has Tanzania, and senior lecturer at its Department of Public Law, visited the Facul ty of Law, Business and Economics of the University of Bayreuth in 2013. At the TheUniversity visit took of Bayreuth, place within she wasthe contexthosted by of Stephana cooperation Rixen, arrangementProfessor and between Chair of Public Law, and Ulrike Wanitzek, Professor of Law, Institute of African Studies.

Jane Plastow the Universities of Bayreuth and Dar es Salaam under the Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies programme. - During her visit, Tulia Ackson researched and wrote on a number of topics - including socio-economic rights in Tanzania and gender and labour law in Tan Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre at the University- zania. She also held a lecture at the Faculty of Law, Business and Economics of Leeds, conducted a one-day workshop on ‘Radical Com on “Social security and regionalth integration: Challenges of coordination in the munity Theatre’ on invitation of the Departments of Eng East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community lish, Romance Studies and African Linguistics in November (SADC)”. She attended the 40 Anniversary Conference of the Gesellschaft für 2013. A specialist in African theatre, development studies, Afrikanisches Recht (African Law Association) “Normative Spaces in Africa” - Photos by Rémi Tchokothe (King’ei), Christine Matzke(Plastow) education and politics, Plastow has been a key player in a held in Halle/Saale on 8-9 November 2013 at which she presented the paper 58 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 59 number of community theatre projects on the African con “Gender and labour law in Tanzania.” GUESTS GUESTS

Raphael Kariuki aka DJ Raf Peter Tirop Simatei

- - - Raphael Kariuki aka DJ Raf is a DJ from Nairobi. He was artist in residence dur Peter Tirop Simatei, Professor and Head of the Department of Literature, Thea ing the first Minifestival of the project ‘Mash Up the Archive’ in November 2013. tre and Film Studies, Moi University, Kenya was the guest of Susan Arndt be This project was curated by the Kenyan artist Sam Hopkins in the context of tween April 2012 and September 2013 as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow.- his 18-month stay at the Iwalewahaus, funded by the German Federal Cultural While in Bayreuth he worked on diaspora subjectivities in East African Asian- Foundation. Raphael Kariuki spent his time working on the music archive of the writings and published three articles on African popular culture, magical real Iwalewahaus, which had remained unexplored since the 1980s when Wolfgang ism and the Swahili novel, and oriental traditions in East African children’s lit Bender established it. Kariuki composed new songs by remixing material from erature. He also enriched the academic life in Bayreuth through public lectures, receivedthe archive. by theDuring audience. the festival nights at the Glashaus and the Schokofabrik, he panel discussions and paper presentations at the BIGSAS festivals of African played the new auditive artworks for the first time. These were enthusiastically and African Diasporic Literatures and the Swahili Colloquium. An alumnus of- the University of Bayreuth (2000), Peter Simatei’s research interests include- thorrepresentations of the monograph of memory The Novel and violence and the Politicsin African of Nation-Building literature, diasporic in East subjec Africa Christoffel R. Botha tivities in African Asian literatures and African popular culture. He is the au (Bayreuth African Studies, 2001).

Christoffel R. Botha, Professor of African Literature andst May former to 31 Directorst of the Markus Coester School of Humanities at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, is a regular guest of the University of Bayreuth since 2009. From 1 July 2013 he was a visiting professor for Literatures in African Languages at the University of Bayreuth. Christoffel R. Botha specialises in research on Xhosa prose literature,- Invited by the Institute of African Studies (IAS), Markus Coester was guest at with specific reference to the works of the well-known author, A.C. Jordan. He is the University of Bayreuth from 1 November 2013 to 28 February 2014. During- the author of the language policy and the University Standing Orders for Facul- his stay here, he designed an archiving project based on the Institute’s archives ties of the University of Fort Hare. During his stay in Bayreuth, he enriched the – one of the largest collections world-wide in African music – making it digi advicecurriculum to doctoral with courses students on and Conversational took part in discussions Xhosa, Xhosa on Literaturethe restructuring in Trans of tally accessible for international research through the University of Bayreuth’s lation, Early Black Intellectuals, and Folklore. Moreover, Botha gave academic Africa information system ‘DEVA’. The IAS benefitted from his expertise, given popularthe reputation music Markusand who Coester has been has central acquired in theover preservation the years as anand anthropologist safeguarding the African languages focus of the Faculty of Languages and Literature. and ethnomusicologist who documents and researchesEttu, African Mento, and Revival, Caribbean Ku- mina: Recordings from the Jamaica Folk Music Collection Ghana Mun- oftie music– Recordings archives. from He the is G.B.C.the editor Gramophone of the recordings Library and Radio Ghana 1947-1962. Bernard Mulo Farenkia (2006) and - Currently he is supervising the digitisation and safeguarding of several sound archives of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and also working on a habilita Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Associate Professor of French and Linguistics at Cape- tion thesis on West African popular music. chimbeBreton Universitywith whom Sydney, he is collaborating Canada, was on an various Alexander projects von on Humboldt pluricentric visiting lan- scholar in English Linguistics in April-June 2013. He was invited by Eric An Speech Acts and Politeness in French as a Pluricentric Language Victor Dugga guages in Africa. While in Bayreuth, he completed his forthcoming monograph- (LIT Verlag, - 2014). Among his long list of publications are five monographs written in Ger pluricentricman, French languages,and English, postcolonial three edited and volumes variational and manypragmatics, journal intercultural articles and Victor Dugga, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Federal Univer book chapters. His research cuts across many disciplines including varieties of sity Lafia, Nigeria, visited Bayreuth in the period March to December 2013 as- an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. He was the guest of Susan Arndt. Besides communication and German as a foreign language. - working on his project “Impact evaluation of applied theatre in African socie He is no longer a visitor in Bayreuth since this was his second visit after 2009 ties”, he also participated actively in the BIGSAS Literature Festival of African- when he was invited by Martina Drescher. Through his and Eric Anchimbe’s ef and African-Diasporic Literatures (20-22 June 2013) and gave several public forts, the University of Bayreuth and Cape Breton University Sydney signed a lectures. Having completed his PhD here in Bayreuth, Hopehe is atHarvesters home here. Vic Memorandum of Understanding to develop collaborations and exchanges in tor Dugga is author of both creative and critical works in the fields of theatre, fields of shared interest and expertise and a Student Exchange Agreement for literary theory and cultural studies. In 2009, his play (2008, student mobility in October 2013. Away from academics, BIGSAS FC benefitted Dat & Partners) won the Association of Nigerian Authors’ Prize for Drama. He team while here. Photo by Rémi Tchokothe (Botha) 2010 to 2012. enormously from Mulo Farenkia’s goal scoring abilities since he played with the was also a member of the panel of judges for the ANA literary awards from 60 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 61 REPORTS REPORTS

Media and Language Use in Lost in Translation? Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa

The 26th Swahili Colloquium at the Iwalewahaus A multidisciplinary international conference

Colloque international et pluridisciplinaire

Medias et dynamique du francais en Afrique subsaharienne

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TEXT Gabriele Sommer were examined by Magdaline Wafula PHOTOS Clarissa Vierke - - (Lubumbashi), Rosanna Tramutoli (Bayreuth) and Mohammed Ghassany (Naples), Karolina Knotek (Copen- TEXT Ramona Pech the title of the conference foreground- - (Cologne). Nancy Ayodi (Narok) de hagen),duced newly Sara Weschlertranslated (Abueditions Dhabi) of PHOTO Martina Drescher loquium brought together research- onscribed the translation Swahili sayings of culturally-specif and proverbs- and Niwaeli Kimambo (Mbeya) intro- Faso,The Cameroon, language and Gabon, media Ivory landscape Coast, languages in this multilingual media ersLike from every several year, the countries 2013 Swahili working Col while Maud Devos (Tervuren) focused- Senegal and Togo. ed French, French is only one of the hasSwahili never texts been as well systematically as Swahili teach con- “Médias et dynamique du français en on how the use and dissemination of th - ic terms in Mozambican Swahili varie ing material. Given that ‘translation’- toin varying Sub-Saharan degrees Africa by the has spread evolved of nationalspace. Speakers, and supranational therefore, languages focused onquium, various which Swahili-related took place from disciplines 10th to wasties. alsoThe questionvividly discussed of finding by linguistic a num- hili, this theme triggered a lot of lively of an international and multidiscipli- therapidly media, in the the last spoken decade and influenced written to12 th Bayreuth. May 2013, This had 26 a special Swahili focus Collo on berand ofparticularly literary scholars, cultural among‘equivalents’ them, debatessidered withinand fruitful the context(s) discussions of Swa on naryAfrique conference subsaharienne” that was was organised the topic press, the increased access to the in- Tafsiri - various translation-related topics and - ternet, the emergence of interactive influence regional and local language approached from different perspec- - issues as well as other related disci- and phone-in radio programmes, the andnorms economic and varieties. aspects of Some media papers pro- (Translation). This topic was- Mikhail Gromov (Nairobi), Justus Chi by Martina Drescher, Chair of th Ro to use of mobile phones for limitless ductionalso considered and threw the more financial, light on legal the ings and often heated discussions. In moni (Leipzig), Meg Arenberg (Madi manceth November and General 2013, Linguisticsspecialists inat Rothe- communicative functions as well as overall reception of social, cultural sometives of yielding the papers, very focus interesting was mainly find son), Flavia Traoré (Calabria), Roberto plines. After the presentations, Irene- University of Bayreuth. From 7 sign boards and audio-visual adverts . and political topics by media listen- on the linguistic elements of transla- Gaudioso (Naples) and Daines Sanga Brunotti (Leipzig) presented a film in- 9 ers and audiences mostly through the (Bayreuth). - memory of the Zanzibari Taarab sing mance and Media Studies discussed linguistic instantiations were exam- responses in interactive programmes, - proachedSerena translation Talento (Bayreuth) from the per and- buildinger Bi Kidude. before The the Iwalewahaus, move to another host Illuminatingthe influence investigations of different mediaon media on inedThese by influences the conference and their participants media and phone-ins, letters to the editor and on tion into Swahili or from Swahili into- spectiveMwenda of Mukuthuria power relations, (Chuka) consid ap- location,ing the last once Swahili again Colloquium offered a friendly in this practiceslanguage and use incorresponding francophone linguis Africa.- internet forums. tationother languages.in the multilingual Nathan Ogechicontext (El of ering particularly the choice of texts - - doret) talked on the role of interpre- ther exchange also during the opening tries were presented during the con- from different perspectives. Although and inspiring ‘contact zone’ for fur tic outcomes in over 10 African coun For more on the conference, see inKenyan comparison health with services. other The languages seman as reflecting power structures. Kelly http://www.romanistik2.uni-bayreuth.de/de/ tic and pragmatic aspects of Swahili Askew (Ann Arbor/Berlin), Kai Kresse of the exhibition, “Thank you... Fight ference, among them, Benin, Burkina 62 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 63 (New York), Georges Mulumbwa On!”, based on posters from Biafra. REPORTS REPORTS

Archeology of the Future: African Cinema and Utopias MangrOove – Travelling Identities

An international conference on Cinema in Africa and by Africa Through the lenses of a Jazz concert and a dance performance

TEXT Ute Fendler

In July 2013, four artists were guests of the Institute of African Studies for- the project “MangrOove – travelling identities”. They were the Jazz percus sionist Michael Küttner (Germany), timbilistathe guitarist Matchume Jean-Pierre Zango Joséphine and the (La Réunion), the percussionist and

choreographer and dancer Lulu Sala (both Mozambique). The “creolising” experience of the- Indian Ocean depicted as a mangrove in the sense of Glissant will “material- tersise” orof “take music shape” and indance, the constantly making graspablechanging forms,travelling the flowingidentities. encoun The project brought up underlying con-

Réunion as an echo of old trading and travelnections routes, between linking Mozambique them with and the La larger global network. The musicians gave a very successful concert at the ecos The musicians and the choreogra- Afro-Caribbean Festival in Bayreuth. - da opressão

TEXT & Photo Ute Fendler certain future through their engage- pher Lulu Sala created a dance per formance entitled “Ecos da Opressão” dance performance though tend to borrow elements from reflect on the state of the art and to three(Echoes parts, of Oppression) the performance that merged dealt tuesday 23|07|13 6pm - ment with politics. More recent films theorientate conference further was reflections the projection in newand withvideo, the music effects and dance. of oppression Organised from into movies, action thrillers, etc. in order directions. One of the highlights of the history of colonialism, exploitation university of bayreuth organisedFrom 24 to an26 Januaryinternational 2013, Uteconfer Fen- togenre appeal films to a like larger science-fiction, public and to road tell and separation to the present time. theaterraum audimax dler, Professor of Romance Literature, stories that deal with their concerns discussion of Kivu Ruhorahoza’s film- Video projections of political lead- - - cide.“Matière This grise” emotionally-loaded (Grey Matter), therecrea first- free entrance emaence onis often“African seen Cinema as a mediumand Utopias” that tionfeature of the film psychological on the Rwandan aftermaths geno Foto & Design by Lukas Richthammer focusesat the Iwalewahaus. on the past, remembering As African cinand cinematographicfor the future of technology Africa and ofand man the of the genocide was highly rated by ers like Thomas Sankara and Samora memory, the main question of this evolutionkind. Given of thenarrative new developments techniques, the in an astounded audience who contin- Machel with music from Mozambique conference was how cinema creates discussions at the conference opened ued to brainstorm on the future and audienceand South of the Africa performance accompanied found the in utopias or imagined scenarios for the up new perspectives for questions of danceexpressive performance dancing a of voice, Lulu a Sala. channel The future. The range of themes showed production, distribution and aesthet- for the remembrance of, and reconnec- ics of works of cinema. The confer- audienceits representation and talked inabout cinema. his future Kivu tion with, a past that has often been decades offered projections for a ence, therefore, offered a moment to projects.Ruhorahoza took questions from the retold from different perspectives. that especially films of the earlier 64 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 65 REPORTS REPORTS

Revisiting the First International Congress of Africanists in The Hausa Language in the Diaspora a Globalised World International workshop on L1 and L2 varieties

International Conference on African Studies, Legon, Ghana

TEXT & PHOTO Rémi Tchokothe

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“Akwaaba Ghana” (Welcome to Gha na) are the two words participants of the International Conference on onAfrican hearing Studies from 24 thatth to took 26th place at the University of Ghana, Legon, kept October 2013. The theme “Revisiting the First- getherInternational more than Congress 200 scholarsof Africanists from in a Globalised World” brought to - thirty five countries. The expansion of the field of Afri- can Studies today was visible in the panels, e.g. “Africa and the diaspo The Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana ras”, “African Studies and National Development”, “Arts”, “Gender”, ”Identity”, “Library and archives”,- “Peace and security”, “Science and - TEXT Michael BroSS of findings of studies on the sign technology” and ‘Teaching and re had to fulfill before being allowed to- rector of the International Solidarity PHOTO Doris Löhr bysearching the fact African that it marked Studies’. the The 50 broadth - tinuationgraduate. ofOpening the experience the conference he had onin Network,In addition Women to events Living like under the Mus key- Germany (Doris Löhr, Eva Rothmaler,- scope of the conference was justified thatAfrican course. Studies was for him a con lim Laws. Constanze Schmaling, Ulrike Zoch), interestinglanguage(s) research of the deaf question and mutethat An Ghana (Mary Esther Dakubu, Mo emergedethnic Hausa was inwhether Kano, Nigeria.the differ An- andniversary the 65 ofth the Institute of African- university education to foster knowl- panelnote speakers’discussions meeting and plenary with highses- has increased tremendously in the hammed Sadat), UK (Philip Jaggar), ent variants of the sign languages Studies of the University of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah’s vision of using sions,school other students, highlights an Alumni included soirée, cul- The use of Hausa beyond Hausaland- Nigeria (Ahmed Tela Baba), Poland were initiated Anniversary by former of president the Uni self-consciousness and action re- tural exhibitions and the fashion (NinaTopics Pawlak) of the and workshop Togo (Mimboabe ranged versity of Ghana. Both institutions searchedge of was one’s replicated own history, in the boostingkeynote last few decades. This first inter- Bakpa, Laré Kantchoa, Issa Takassi).- comparablein other Hausa-speaking or mutually intelligible regions, - national workshop on L1 and/or L2 ties and sociolinguistic issues to re- for example in Dapaong, Togo, were Kwame Nkrumah who opened the show “Afrifes 50 Years of African wasvarieties organised of Hausa to launch in West intensive Africa out re- from descriptions of Hausa varie- The participants at the work- first conference in 1963. Nkrumah lectures given by Pan-Africanist fig Studies and Fashion in Partnership searchside Hausaland into this asdomain well as that in hasNigeria not shopwith thedecided variety to used establish in Kano. a com- etymologyenvisioned of the the University word Legon of Ghana,in the ures like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Carlos with Ghana Textile Print”. The next - giolectal features and (language) his Legon as a ‘Hill of Knowledge’ as the hasLopez so and far Fatou received Sow. eight honorary 2015biennial in Ibadan, International Nigeria. ConferenceThe Insti- tion in the past. The workshop which Togotory. Itwere became hardly obvious adequately that Hausa ana- language in the diaspora involving - doctoratesThe Kenyan – one literary more will giant, be offered Ngũgĩ of African Studies is scheduled for- tookreceived place significant from 6th to research8th atten lysed,varieties some in Benin, not even Burkina described Faso and at mon research project on the Hausa mah,Ga language the 2013 suggests. conference was opened all, while consistent and extant lin- Fifty years after Kwame Nkru- oftute vibrant of African academic Studies activities of the Uniand June 2013 at guistic and sociolinguistic research a South-South cooperation between by the University of Bayreuth in May- need-orientedversity of Ghana, research, Legon which is a place ex- the Iwalewahaus of the University of- Europeanscholars fromscholars. West Two Africa working and a by his Excellency John Dramani Ma 2014. Carlos Lopez, the executive- Bayreuth, was organised by Michael- - groupsNorth-South were formed collaboration to prepare with the hama, President of the Republic of- secretary of the UN Economic Com tion.Broß Expertsand Dymitr and scholarsIbriszimow from and eight fi der-studiedexists already varieties, for Hausa therefore, varieties con- sociolinguistic research outline and Ghana. Himself a graduate in history- booksmission on for development Africa from and Guinea strategic Bis forwardplains why to thewelcoming African focusits director of the countriesnanced by participated the Fritz Thyssen actively Founda in the stitutespoken new in Ghana areas and for futureNigeria. research. The un to put together the characteristic from the University of Ghana, Presi sau has authored and (co)edited 22- University of Bayreuth is looking features of the different linguistic dent Dramani Mahama prided him - conference was the presentation varieties investigated so far. self for passing the course on African planning while the Senegalese soci Akosua Adomako Ampofo here in workshop: Benin (Coffi Sambiéni), An important highlight of the 66 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 67 Studies – a requirement all students ologist Fatou Sow is the current Di Bayreuth in January 2014. Burkina Faso (Pierre Malgoubri), REPORTS REPORTS

Life Courses in the Rapidly TGCL Celebrates 5 Years of Legal Training

Changing Worlds of West Africa TEXT Johannes Döveling - gional integration. It became clear that such a friendship treaty has the poten- presentedMbunda, Professor a paper on of “EnforcementLaw at the Uni of tial to help build a strong regional bloc. Research training trip to Benin and Togo: MA Social Anthropology - versity of Dar es Salaam School of Law,- also marked the end of the initial fund- In October 2013, the Tanzanian-Ger- theConstitutional same institution Judicial comparedReview in Tanfun- ing Theperiod fifth and anniversary the beginning of the of TGCL the niversaryman Centre with for Easterna conference African on Legal “Re- damentalzania”, while principles Khoti C. of Kamanga the European from Studies (TGCL) celebrated its fifth an- - second and final period (2014 to 2018).- gional Integration and Law: East Af Union with those of the East African demicsAfter an from external both evaluation partner universities process of rican and European Perspectives” in Community. Olivier Dubos, Profes- inthe numerous centre’s performance meetings developed in 2012, newaca Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The TGCL sor of Public Law at the University of and innovative concepts to ensure the is a joint project of the Universities of Bordeaux, and Bernd Kannowski, Pro - Bayreuth and Dar es Salaam, and offers- fessor of Civil Law at the University treMaster’s trains and future doctoral leaders programmes for Eastern in theof Bayreuth,harmonisation provided of laws insights in the Euro into- long-term sustainability of the Cen law. Based in Dar es Salaam, the Cen French and German perspectives on thetre. future, An independent the centre panel will deepen of experts the from both regional blocs led to a num- academicfinally approved cooperation the application.between the In Africa from all five Partner States of berpean of Union. questions The presenceand contributions, of experts two universities through mutual vis- the East African Community (Burundi, many of them involving a comparative its and joint seminars on the law of Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) component. and beyond. It is funded by the German - Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the the conference also celebrated the 50th berregional of students integration. funded Additionally, privately or theby GermanThe Academicanniversary Exchange conference Service Beyond the academic discussions, externalTGCL will sponsors, strive to therebyincrease promoting the num broughtwithin the together programme academics, “Aktion Afrika”.politi- Élysée treaty, a bilateral treaty signed cians, lawyers and other stakeholders, anniversary of the French-German- Institutional changes shifting respon- who analysed processes of regional ciliation between the two countries. the Centre’s financial sustainability. integration with a special focus on the after the Second World War for recon- - - turalsibilities sustainability. step-by-step from Germany The discussants agreed on the signifi to Tanzania will further ensure struc harmonisation of laws. Luitfried X. cant social and economic benefits of re

TEXT & Photo Nina Haberland & exchanged ideas on the following sub- a seminar in which they shared their Maike Voigt - Cinema Africa! 2013 The second phase was to conduct in- jects: “Life courses of childless wom terviewsfirst field together experiences in binational and challenges. teams, TEXT UTE FENDLER which was censured in his home coun- ise communal life in peace after the - en and men”, “Images of the western design and administer questionnaires breakdown of society due to civil war. - world”, “Life courses of separated and exchange data. A key element of the Master’s pro ofwomen”, religiously-educated “Local healers inMuslims the border in thetry Cameroon,options for questionsthe construction the practice of a - agramme research “Culture training and trip Society to a commu in Af- region Togo-Benin”, and “Life courses- - place for the sixth time in November futureof long termfor these presidencies countries in Africaand their and sentsWith an the entertaining “The Necklace narrative of Makoko” about rica” at the University of Bayreuth is vidual life courses are shaped in a rap- sionAfter of their this topics second and phase, to prepare they again for The festival “Cinema Africa!” took Henri Koumba Badidi from Gabon pre- idlyDjougou”. changing The globalised question of world how indiwas met in Cotonou for the final discus rica and Europe focusing on ecological nity or society in Africa. In August weaved into hypotheses that guided objective2013 at Cineplex, was to Bayreuth.offer a clear insight citizens. Besides politics, some of the thequestions complex that relationship he develops between into a story Af Togoand Septemberunder the supervision 2013, this researchof Tabea presentedthe conference and discussed at the Aboméy-Calavi with the au- Like in the previous five years, the- offilms a young were onactor social trying life. Toshto survive Gitonga’s in about bringing back cultural goods and trip took place in Northern Benin and dienceUniversity. which Here, included the first several results profes were- rican continent that enable viewers to film “Nairobi Half Life” tells the story - each student’s research. discoverinto recent the film great productions diversity ofof stories,the Af the theatre and the criminal scene full pectsHäberlein like andlife Erdmutestages, life Alber. passages, Under Before leaving for their respective genres and aesthetics they embody. Nairobi by living in parallel worlds: allowedwildlife fromfor vivid Europe discussions to Africa. on the the topic “Life Courses”, including as- fields, the Bayreuth students spent sors from Germany and Benin. - The presence of the film directors andseveral consulting days in with Cotonou professors. discussing They secondSuch opinions a binational and perspectives cooperation on - of violence. Hami Ratovoarivony uses- well as on aesthetics. Round tables at researchmigration training and formation, in cooperation five MA with stu thentheir travelledprojects with together Beninois to the students North theirprovided research these and MA the students opportunity with A couple of films dealt with political the road-movie genre in his film “Mala conditions of filmmaking in Africa as dents from Bayreuth carried out field to compare their data, hence leading thatissues. deals Licínio with Azevedo’s re-education film “The camps Vir aspectsgasy Mankany of contemporary – Legends ofMadagascar Madagas university complemented the rich cin- - to many fruitful discussions. It also duringgin Margarida” the post-independence is the first feature period film thatcar” tohe capturequestions various with socio-politicala good sense emathe Schokofabrik programme. Bayreuth and at the six MA students from the Aboméy- of Benin and Togo where they spent gave them the chance to build net- Calavi University in Benin under the the first three weeks of their inten Working in binational teams, the this initial data, they met again at the works that could help them in their topic, it initiated a long awaited debate. www.cinemaafrica.uni-bayreuth.de direction of Hippolyte Amouzouvi. sive field research. Having collected future careers. in Mozambique. Being such a touchy childrenof humour. rule “The the world Children’s and Republic”re-organ- by Flora Gomes creates a city where 68 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 69 students from Bayreuth and Benin border between Togo and Benin for “The President” by Jean-Pierre Bekolo PROJECTS

Huntsmen as private security services in northern Bénin

A collective research project between Bayreuth and Abomey-Calavi

TEXT Issifou Abou Moumouni & and students from both universities. Tabea Häberlein The survey meeting started with PHOTO Tabea Häberlein huntsmen?ernments? HowWhat is does the the legal local security popu- lationentity (thethink police) about dealingthis new with security these service? To answer these questions thea briefing methodology session and in which its principles. Erdmute the chair of social anthropology, the Alber gave a historical overview of- ticipants not only to get used to this haveThe Universitycollaborated of Bayreuthin various and ways its collective research project named Thismethodological briefing session approach allowed that is gain par- andpartner, projects Université especially Abomey-Calavi, through the University of Bayreuth organised a ing importance, especially within the anthropology of development, ECRIS (Enquête Collective Rapide- but also to strengthen their ability TheBayreuth project Internationalon huntsmen as Graduate private d'Identification des conflits et des to use it. The methodology is the ma- School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Groupes Stratégiques), the French ac - ronym for “Rapid Collective Inquiry security in Northern Bénin initiated- for the Identification of Conflicts jor framework used by Issifou Abou by Erdmute Alber, Professor of So and Strategic Groups” in the district Moumouni in his PhD research on the- furthercial Anthropology, strengthens University this partnership of Bay tookof Pèrèrè place in in Northern the framework Benin from of the 17 topic “L’Etat et les alternatives locales sincereuth itand provides senior fellowa platform with BIGSAS,for col- to 20 August 2013. The rapid survey autour de l’offre des services de sé laborative research. The project of- - curité publique dans le Nord Bénin” fers a multidisciplinary basis for the partnership between BIGSAS and the (StateThe and four-day local alternatives intensive indiscus public- meetingUniversity was of organised Abomey-Calavi. to introduce Super sionssecurity gave services participants in Northern hands-on Benin). Moumouni, a member of the project, vised by Erdmute Alber, this initial- methods and strategies for repre- BIGSAS junior fellow, Issifou Abou sentative research in this area using natureproject membersof the project, to the ECRISresearchers meth - interestingwhose PhD thesissecurity-related is on this topic. devel- fromodology. various Given disciplines the multidisciplinary took part er researchers who are working on Since 2005, there has been an in this meeting, including the an- theirthe ECRICS research methodology. projects accessed The young new the frontier with Nigeria, groups of approaches in data analysis, formu- armedopment huntsmen in Northern have been Bénin. offering Near lation of empirical hypothesis and private security services to traders thropologists Erdmute Alber, Dodji and local communities. These organ- Amouzouvi, Tabea Häberlein, Issifou ised security groups guard against Abou Moumouni; the sociologists thisidentification period would of newserve avenues as take foroff armed robbers and invaders. To in- Guirguissou Maboudou Alidou, Garba pointsresearch. for Thefurther findings ethnographic made during re- vestigate this phenomenon, several Fatouma, Abas Tassou, Sahada Kora- search by others, especially Issifou tidisciplinaryLafia; the geographer team is Saka composed Mora and of - Chief of the local hunters’ group, Pèrèrè, Bénin these groups linked to the local gov- the jurist Sakinatou Bello. This mul sis focuses directly on this topic. research questions arise: How are Abou Moumouni whose doctoral the 70 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 71 professors as well as PhD candidates PROJECTS PROJECTS

Cargo First Maputo African Film Week

A Students' Journal for Anthropology A platform for African film classics

TEXT & Photo Sabrina Maurus & Carsten Mildner

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overAt the the end editorial of 2012, duties a group of the of Anthro journal Cargopology - studentsZeitschrift from für BayreuthEthnologie took. In

Cargo #32: Filmmaker Licinio Azevedo and EthnologieOctober 2013, und weÖffentlichkeit published the first- director of the film week Joao Ribeiro Bayreuthian issue entitled also in this year that Cargo celebrates(anthro herpology 30th andbirthday. the public sphere). It is Cargo anthropology students as a platform for transregional was founded discussion in 1983 by andby

team has been shifting from one insti- tutefor students. to another. Since Inspired then the by theeditorial topic journals. This sphere, though, often unconventional ideas. remains beyond the reach of student The editorial duties, the lay-out, of the 2013 conference of the German Anthropological Association (DGV),- - homepage all lay in student hands tialsthe within Bayreuthian the public edition sphere, discusses the am- anthropologists.th Already in 2009, a- andfinancing are kept and alive the maintenancevoluntarily with of the an TEXT & Photos Ute Fendler - bivalentanthropology's responsibilities relevance andof anthro poten- group of African Studies students or- immense portion of passion, fun and ganisedworks, exchanges,the 9 Anthropological inspirations Sym and term cooperation between the Uni films by providing all the films with anthropological questions and an- discussionsposium of Students were enabledin Bayreuth. between Net - versity of Bayreuth and her partner Portuguese subtitles. This is how the swerspological closer findings to the and societies ways toaround take students of different universities. It encesinterest. in Participationpublishing; which in the is editorial as well - theThrough Eduardo this Mondlane cooperation, University a simi of- film “Grey Matter” by the Rwandan is in this vein that we understand the board offers the students first experi At the 2012 “Cinema Africa” festival larMaputo, cinema Mozambique. festival entitled “Maputo filmmaker, Kiv u Ruhorahoza, the first- on the ways anthropology is taught task of the Cargo project as well. Cargo is her homepage, in Bayreuth, the Mozambican film di feature film on the genocide came to andus. Differenthow the studentacquired authors competences reflect Cargo encourages any student whichan interesting we wish field to establish of future aswork. a dis - rector João Ribeiro and Ute Fendler Maputo. The Franco-Senegalese film can or cannot be of use outside aca- interested in anthropology to sub- cussionPart offorum for student anthro- discoveringlaunched the images idea for froma film acrossweek with the African Film Week” like the Bayreuth- maker, Alain Gomis, also presented mit papers and essays. The student continentAfrican films in orderin Maputo. to exchange The need sto for- “Cinema Africa” was established in thehis filmaudience. “Tey” (Today)The response which likeof the editors meticulously proofread the offers numerous possibilities for ries and experiences independently WeekMaputo, has Mozambiquean additional withfeature its which pre publicother filmswas wasso warmlyoverwhelming received that by theoreticaldemia. Students ideas report and express on first their field submissions in order to assist the au- publicationspologists. Beyond like video this, theor audio homepage data, ismiere the inprojection April 2013. and The discussion Maputo Film of Ribeiro and his team have already thoughtsexperiences on thein Africa discipline and Asia,in general. draft thors in developing their papers. In photos, blogs, thoughts, essays and Cargo - whatever our readers and contribu- atof various Hollywood cultural and events other and dominant semi- - - film industries has been expressed discoverclassics ofnarrations African filmfrom history.across the In plannedWe are the particularly second Maputo happy African that Amongst the authors are present and lished journal students that find over a rare time opportu contrib- terested in purchasing, promoting, - continentthis first edition,linking it the with public a cinephilic was to Film week for April 2014. former students of African Studies at utednity for to firstthe historypublications of the in discipline an estab supportingtors might comeor criticising up with. our Anyone work in is nars both in Africa and beyond. This- history of the pre-war epoch. While aboutthe University researching, of Bayreuth. reading and writ- itself by challenging it with young, dearly welcome to contact us. ceedinglyis because unexplored the wealth ofand films isolated pro students from the Eduardo Mondlane Maputothis film to cooperationanother level is beyond taking aca the- Doing anthropology is not only duced in and on Africa remains ex demicpartnership exchange. between We will Bayreuth continue and to - E-Mail: [email protected] report on the progress of this coop- sionsing. Anthropology that take place manifests at conferences itself in to the specific regions in which they University gave short introductions eration project in future editions of andthe scientificsymposiums, discourses in collections and discus and Cargo online: www.cargo-zeitschrift.de thisare need produced. and is Theintended Maputo to be African a long facilitatedof the films the to understandingthe large public, of Joao the Film Week is an initial response to Ribeiro’s team of collaborators had 72 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 73 the NAB. PROJECTS PERSONALIA

Views of the World – Imagens do Mundo II Personalia

Films from the archive of the INAC, Mozambique Michael Broß

TEXT Ute Fendler Bilderwelten - Filme aus dem Archiv des INAC (Maputo, Mosambik) Filmes do Arquivo do Views of the World Instituto Nacional de Films from the Archive of INAC (Maputo, Mozambique) Audiovisual e Cinema Michael Broß was appointed lecturer for Hausa at the Univer- The cooperation between the Eduar- sity of Bayreuth in April 2012. He studied African Languages O Tempo dos Leopardos Die Zeit der Leoparden (Afrikanistik) and German Linguistics in Marburg and Frank The Time of Leopards

Regie: Zdravko Velimirović furt where he completed his PhD on the language of Hausa 1985, 90 Minuten - do Mondlane University of Maputo craftsmen. Subsequently, he worked as a research fellow in Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing do Arquivo – Filmes do INAC elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut and the University of Bayreuth on laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi two DFG collaborative research programmes, SFB 268: “Cul material, initially reported on in Nab enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea XII-2012,the digitalisation continued of historicalin 2013 with film commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor tural development and language history in the West African in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero et Savannah” and SFB 560: “Local action in Africa in the context accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer of global influences”, and in other research projects at the adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod more DVDs and an official launching tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth. He taught several volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam vero et in Maputo, Mozambique. “Views of accumsan et iusto odio dignissim assum. wellcourses as historical at German linguistics. and Nigerian Universities. His main fields

the World – Films from the Archive O Mundo em Imagens of interest are Hausa dialectology and L2 varieties of Hausa as Disc Type DVD 5 Legendas/UT alemão/deutsch, Formato/Bildformat 4:3 Som/Ton Dolby Digital 2.0 inglês/englisch Duração/Laufzeit 277 min. Theof the archive INAC” of isthe a Instituto project Nacional between Audio português Versão/Version PAL, s/w, color Extras Booklet the two iniversities and the ICMA. O Mundo em Imagens

Advertência: Este DVD destina-se somente para uso privado. Todos os direitos reservados. Warnung: Diese DVD ist nur für private Vorführungen bestimmt. Alle Urherber- und Leistungsschutzrechte vorbehalten. de Cinema e de Audiovisual (INAC)- Warning: The copyright proprietor has licensed this DVD for home use only. All rights reserved. www.arcadia-film.de holds film material from the years cal testimonies from the years of in- Bilderwelten Filme aus dem Archiv des INAC (Maputo, Mosambik) dependence1976 to 1992 and and the thus civil rich war histori in Mo- Filmes do Arquivo do Views of the World Instituto Nacional de Films from the Archive of INAC (Maputo, Mozambique) Audiovisual e Cinema Kuxa Kanema chronicled current af- Kuxa Kanema: Episódios 001 – 010 zambique. Particularly, the newsreel Kuxa Kanema: Folge 001 – 010 fairs and hence represents irreplace- Kuxa Kanema: Episode 001 – 010 04.– 07.1981 - Saïd Ahmed Mohamed Khamis

Kuxa Kanema: Episódios 013 – 030 do Arquivo – Filmes do INAC Kuxa Kanema: Folge 013 – 030 itable serves historical as witness sources of the for epoch Mozam of Kuxa Kanema: Episode 013 – 030 bique’s national history. Beyond that, 04.– 07.1981 liberation movements in the history Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing Episódios 001– 010 elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Duis Kuxa autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu Saïd Ahmed Mohamed Khamis, Professor of Literatures in Kanema the archive also holds nu- feugiat nulla facilisis at vero et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit of Africa and the world. Besides augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem African Languages, now enjoys a well-deserved retirement merous documentaries and a small ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed Profes- diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet since March 2013. Before his appointment as professor of the dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad Episódios 013 – 030 sur für Literaturen in Afrikanischen Sprachen minim veniam vero et accumsan et iusto odio. th - O Mundo em Imagens then newly established and still unique in Germany Disc Type DVD 5 Legendas/UT alemão/deutsch, Formato/Bildformat 4:3 number of feature films. Som/Ton Dolby Digital 2.0 inglês/englisch Duração/Laufzeit 277 min. at the University - Audio português Versão/Version PAL, s/w, color Extras Booklet On 6 December 2013, the coordi of Bayreuth in November 1997, he had taught at universities nator of the project, Ute Fendler (Uni O Mundo em Imagens and colleges in three continents: Africa (Zanzibar, Tanzania Advertência: Este DVD destina-se somente para uso privado. Todos os direitos reservados. - Warnung: Diese DVD ist nur für private Vorführungen bestimmt. Alle Urherber- und Leistungsschutzrechte vorbehalten. versity of Bayreuth) presented the- Warning: The copyright proprietor has licensed this DVD for home use only. All rights reserved. www.arcadia-film.de 2 DVDs and Eldoret, Kenya), Europe (Leipzig, Germany and Yorkshire,- tivenew ofDVDs the atministry the cinema of culture hall of and INAC. of UK) and Asia (Osaka, Japan). On this exceptionally rich aca The director of INAC, the representa demic itinerary, Saïd Khamis must be commended for project who attended the ceremony, under- O tem- ing literatures in African languages to new heights. Besides linedthe German the importance embassy inof Mozambique the project (Goethe-Centre Maputo), INAC and- po Ondos theLeopardos double, DVD,the Kuxa published Kanema at teaching he established himself as one of the most prolific the Faculty of Languages, Literatures the same time as the DVD with contemporary Swahili writers. His literary works include- an important part of the collective and Social Sciences, Eduardo Mond short stories, novels, plays, poems and children’s stories. To as the first steps in the salvation of lane University,O tempo dos Maputo. Leopardos, made in theepisodes continuation of 20 minutes of the from episodes the first of celebrate his creative life, a symposium on “Utopia and Dysth was realised with the support of the The DVD with the long feature phase at the end of the 1970s and topia in Swahili Narratives” was organised in his honour in- memory of Mozambique. The project- film - presented. With accompanying texts May 2012. He rounded up his official time in Bayreuth on 5 - cooperation with Yugoslavia in 1984,Mue- the first DVD, episodes 13 to 30, are February 2013 with a talk on ‘Creative writing and linguis programme “Kulturerhalt” (Preserv da,is the Memoria second e movie Massacre of the published INAC pro in the material is now accessible to re- tic knowledge’ within the African Studies Research Colloqui ing culture) of the Federal Foreign duction after Ruy Guerra’s film and subtitles in English and German um that recorded its highest attendance ever that day. Saïd this series in 2012. searchers and the public. Photo by Rémi Tchokothe (Khamis) Office and in cooperation with Birgit Khamis remains a principal investigator with the Bayreuth 74 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 75 Plank-Mucavele, the Director of ICMA International Graduate School of African Studies. PERSONALIA PERSONALIA

Franz Kogelmann Rémi Armand Tchokothe

In May 2013, the Institute of African Studies engaged Franz Rémi Armand Tchokothe was appointed “Wissenschaftlicher- Kogelmann as fulltime academic co-ordinator. He holds a PhD Assistant” at the chair of Afrikanistik II in April 2013. He holds Islamicin Islamic endowments, Studies. A product contemporary of our university, Islamic movements he specialises and a B.A. in Linguistics and English Literature from the Univer in the study of Islam in Africa. His main focus of study is on sity of Buea, Cameroon and a Magister Artium in Afrikanistik, Literatures in African Languages and Development Sociology- inthe obtaining economy research of sacred funding space infrom Muslim a wide communities. range of donors Over tionfrom uses the the University motif of of transgression Bayreuth. In to 2012, analyse he completedthe recent de his- the course of his prolific academic career he has succeeded- doctoral thesis within the framework of BIGSAS. His disserta challenges such as marginal reception and editorial inconsist- including the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Ger- velopment of Swahili prose narrative and some accompanying man Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Volkswagen the era of globalisation, literature and cultural development, gainedFoundation, rich experience amongst others. in managing Besides multi-national pursuing academic research ex encies. His research interests include Afrophone literatures in cellence with research projects and teaching, Kogelmann has reception studies, readership promotion, African urban youth- groups. His responsibilities within BIGSAS are manifold. He languages and intercultural translation. From 2008 to 2012 is Principal Investigator, supervisor of PhD students and was he was a member of the Bordeaux-based multidisciplinary re formerly a member of the Academic Committee during the search project on Swahili continental expansion with a focus experience.early crucial years of BIGSAS. The Institute of African Studies on texts and fieldwork. will benefit greatly from his rich academic and administrative

Gerlind Scheckenbach - DAAD Award 2013 After many years of teaching Swahili as a lecturer in the Uni versity of Bayreuth’s Language Centre, Gerlind Scheckenbach bid farewell to colleagues and friends in September 2013 as Gilbert Ndi Shang she took her retirement. She contributed significantly to the steadily growing prominence of Swahili as an integral part - of various BA and MA programmes in linguistics, literature, anthropology, history, geography, etc. at the University of whoWith hasthe DAADshown Award,distinguished the University performance of Bayreuth in his acknowldoctoral Bayreuth. Having lived in Tanzania for several years with her- studiesedges Gilbert as well Ndi as inShang his attempt as an outstanding to share his junior research researcher experi- family, Gerlind Scheckenbach joined the Language Centre in the 1990s and has been actively involved in supervising Swa - hili tutors over many years. She supported the Swahili Choir ence on Africa with the wider community. - speakingand took carecountry. of guests and students from Eastern Africa as Gilbert Ndi Shang has been a Junior Fellow (JF) of the Bay- well as students who spent a semester abroadFrederick in a Swahili- Bosire atedreuth in-between International literary Graduate studies School and political of African science, Studies analyses (BIG and Rosanna Tramutoli who started teaching as a team in SAS) since April 2010. His interdisciplinary PhD project, situ- Gerlind Scheckenbach is succeeded by - - and an cophone“State and novels, Society: his Narrating research Transformationsgoes above the usual in selected language Af October 2013. Frederick Bosire was born and grew up in Na andrican disciplinary novels”. In a barriers, comparative thereby study bringing of Anglophone additional and interFran- kuru District, Kenya. He holds a BA in Swahili Studies disciplinary and qualitative contributions that address the un- literatureMA Literature and developmentin Cultural Contexts both from the University- Frederick Bosire, Gerlind Scheckenbach and Rosanna Tramutoli of Bayreuth. He is currently working on his PhD on Swahili- international journals such as the Journal of Social and Human in the International Doctoral Pro derlyingSciences andquestion Journal of of“Good African Governance.” Literatures He and has Cultures. published in gramme (IPP) “Cultural Encounters”. Rosanna Tramutoli re Gilbert Ndi Shang and Anna Köhler, Vice President of the University - ceived her MA in Comparative Studies in Naples, Italy. She also Since studied African Linguistics at Leiden (Netherlands) and spent 2011 Gilbert Ndi Shang has been conducting the “Afrika in Bay a year in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania). She is currently working reuth” city tour with other BIGSAS JFs. He served as a member 76 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 77 on a PhD on Swahili body terminology in African Linguistics. of jury for the BIGSAS Journalism Award 2013. PERSONALIA PERSONALIA

Research Award 2013

Eric A. Anchimbe

- - Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize 2013 The 2013 research award (Wissenschaftspreis) of the Univer Thesity Associationaward honours of Bayreuth his multidisciplinary (Universitätsverein) and ground-breaking for outstand researching post-doctoral and publications research in was postcolonial awarded to varieties Eric A. Anchimbe.of English, Clarissa Vierke honoured language contact, political discourse and sociolinguistics and especially his role as one of the proponents of the new prag-

- - matics framework “postcolonial pragmatics” with Dick Janney In June 2013, Clarissa Vierke received one of the most signifi (University of Munich). He is currently working on a Habilita cant scholarly awards for young researchers in Germany: the tion on offers and offer refusals in Ghana and Cameroon from a Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize. From a total of 123 nominees, the postcolonial pragmatics perspective. He is a senior fellow and- prize was awarded to nine young researchers – four women the Deputy Diversity Representative of BIGSAS. and five men − by the selection committee convened by the his Sincepublications his PhD and in Englishresearch Linguistics activities as (University a reference of in Mu a German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry numbernich), Eric of A.disciplines, Anchimbe especially further established World Englishes himself with through focus of Research and Education (BMBF). annuallySince 1978,to outstanding this prize, young named researchers. after physicist This and year, former the Eric Anchimbe and Horst Eggers his publications are two monographs and six edited and co- DFG chair Prof. Dr. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, has been awarded editedon African volumes. Englishes, The research pragmatics award and which sociolinguistics. is worth €2,500 Among is

BMBF increased the prize money from €16,000 to €20,000. the 2013 Dies Academicus For the DFG, the award is both a recognition and an incentive.- granted annually. It was presented to Eric Anchimbe during Clarissa Vierke’s award is unique in that it is the first time by the chairman of the University the prize has been awarded to a researcher in the field of Af Association, Horst Eggers. rican Studies. The chair of the selection committee, DFG Vice- President Dorothea Wagner explicitly acknowledged this: “Over the years the prize has demonstrated an elegant bal ance and has reflected the diversity of the German research- KfW-Price system. This year I’m especially pleased to see prize winners from the so-called ‘smaller’ disciplines, and to be able to rec ognise the excellent work being done in these fields.” Lena Kroeker sheClarissa also combines Vierke methodsis an internationally in philology, acknowledged cultural studies expert and Clarissa Vierke with BMBF Staatssekretärin Cornelia Quennet- anthropologyon East-African to poetryexplore and not culture.only cultural Besides and textual religious analysis, issues Thielen (DFG/David Ausserhofer) -

In June 2013, Lena Kroeker’s PhD dissertation in social an but also the contemporary relevance of literary texts. She is thropology was awardedNachwuchsförderpreis the €3.000-worth für prestigious praxisrelevante prize a graduate of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of- Entwicklungsforschungof the KfW Entwicklungsbank is awarded and for Verein excellent für research Sozialpolitik. that African Studies (BIGSAS) - hasThe aprize high known potential as for practical relevance in the society in The research slogan of BIGSAS and the University of Bay reuth: “Research on Africa is only possible with Africa”, re ceives a special acknowledgement through this prize, as the- the field of development research. As a junior fellow in BIGSAS, Dean of BIGSAS Dymitr Ibriszimow explained after the award Lena Kroeker worked on the prevention of mother-to-child-- ceremony: “The honourable distinction of Clarissa Vierke af transmission of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. Based on ethnographic- firms our special profile of African Studies in Bayreuth, which ferentmaterial medical from long-term and family fieldwork care structures. in Lesotho, Whereas she investigat medical is unique across Germany and even Europe. We are happy and facilitiesed the agency appear of to HIV-positive be more adapted mothers-to-be to tackle the within complicated the dif “weproud emphasise that the individual first Heinz freedom Maier-Leibnitz-Prize in creative research. awarded We to African Studies goes to Bayreuth. In BIGSAS”, he continued, differently since elderly female family members have the so- cialsituation experience of HIV/Aids, of what the it meanstraditional to become social structurea mother. worksYoung are very glad that we were able to support Clarissa Vierke’s mothers-to-be hence carefully and secretly navigate these work in this way.” - two spheres to safe their child and themselves and to main- Since October 2013, Clarissa Vierke has been teaching in tain a stable supportive family network. the Department of Swahili and Other Languages at Moi Uni 78 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 79 versity in Eldoret, Kenya. PUBLICATIONS Publications

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¢ Shang, Gilbert Ndi. 2013. (Re-)Sig- Vossen (ed.). The Khoesan Languages. naires et pratiques du développement à costal response to Islam in Nigeria. In: porary art and Luanda and Nairobi. In: Rémi Tchokothe : B.A. in nifying abject bodies: Narrative trans- London: Routledge, 497-481. Linguistics and Englishl’é preuve de la politique internationale. Akintunde E. Akinade (ed.). Fractured Brigit Obrist, Veit Arlt & El sio Macamo Literature from the University UNG of Buea/Cameroon and Band 56 UNG figurations of violence in the novels of M. A. in Afrikanistik,Paris: L’Harmattan, 51–92. Spectrum: Perspectives in Christian- (eds.). Living the City in Africa: Process- Literatures in African í Ayi Kwei Armah and Sony Lab’ou Tansi. ¢ Sommer, Gabriele. 2013. Bantu-Languages and Development Muslim Relations in Nigeria. New York: es of Invention and Intervention. Ham- Sociology from the University “This book remarkably analyses the development of recent Swahili of Bayreuth/Germany where prose narrative. The main thesis is that since the 90s, Swahili In: Duncan Mainye Omanga & Gilbert Khoesan language contacts in northernhe is a lecturer. Field¢ research Tandia, literature Aboubakr. has developed to go beyond2013. aspects thatDiploma had hitherto - Peter Lang, 43-62. burg: LIT Verlag, 135–151. in Kenya and Tanzania. conditioned literatures in African languages (local, popular and didactic) and has opened itself to global, sophisticated and Ndi Shang (eds.). The Making of Mean- Botswana. In: Rainer Vossen (ed.). The tie locale etsubversive sécurit perspectives.é transfrontaliRémi Tchokothe uses the leitmotifère of en transgression as the unifying thread to render an account of this ing in Africa: Word, Image and Sound. Khoesan Languages. London: Rout- Sénégambieevolution m ofé theridionale: Swahili narrative fiction Quelle towards the disruptionperti - ¢ Ukah, Asonzeh. 2013. Prophets for ¢ Wafula, Magdaline. 2012. Faith ver- of narrative linearity, an increase in intertextual references, an awareness of globalisation in political analysisé and a shift - Fo RSC h Bayreuth: BIGSASworks! 3: 122–146. ledge, 444-446. nence pourto magicalla gouvernancerealism. The finishing touch tos thecuritaire analysis is a - Fo RSC h profit: Pentecostal authority and fiscal sus reason: The place of religion in the meticulously conducted reception survey which highlights editorial Rémi Armand Tchokothe de la CEDEAO?ambiguities that In: go withAlain the transgressive Laurent turn.” Aboa, accountability among Nigerian churches socialisation process as depicted in two KA (Xavier Garnier, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3) KA i ¢ ¢ i Shang, Gilbert Ndi. 2013. Ngugi’s po- Stasik, Michael. 2013. In the hustle Hilaire de Prince Pokam. Adama Sadio Transgression in Swahili in South Africa. In: Afe Adogame, Mag- Kiswahili novels: Kufa Kuzikana and FR etics of naming. In: Charles Smith & Chin park: The social organisation of disorder & Aboubakr Tandia (eds.) Démocratie et FR nus Echtler & Oliver Freiberger (eds.). Unaitwa Nani? In: Meron Zeleke Eresso Narrative Fiction and its Ce (eds.). Africa and Her Writers. Morris- in a West African travel hub. In Ulf En- développement en Afrique: Perspectives Alternative Voices: A Plurality Approach & Halkano Abdi Wario (eds.). Trends, A A ville, NC: Lulu World Press, 31–52. gel & Richard Rottenburg (eds.). Work- des jeunes chercheurs africains. Tome Reception for Religious Studies. Essays in Honour Discourses and Representations in Reli- Transgression in Swahili Narrative Fiction and its Reception UR ing Papers of the Priority Programme I: Dynamiques nationales et régionales UR of Ulrich Berner. Göttingen: Vanden- gions in Africa. Bayreuth: 9: 59-70.

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IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM

1940-2013 1959-2013 Eckhard Breitinger Naomi Luchera Shitemi

ic, Death in the English Novel around egy was his publishing activities. In TEXT Lena Kroeker & - 1800 - the over 106 monographs and edited Clarissa VierkE reuth, dispatched a delegation to bid - PHOTO BIGSAS her multiplefarewell engagementat her funeral. here The in Baydel- . In 1980, he left Germany to be- - come a Senior Lecturer at the Kwame volumes of his Bayreuth African Stud Nkrumah University in Kumasi, Gha- music,ies Series theatre, (BASS), sociology, he published religions on is egation headed by BIGSAS Vice Dean, tionna. Here, on Broadcasting Africa and African and Radio Diasporas Plays sues of African literature, linguistics,- Rüdiger Seesemann, was composed of inbecame the United his core States interest. 1930-1950 His Habilita was On the 28 September 2013, Naomi BIGSASIn recognition JFs and Alumni of her Lena brief Kroeker, but suc- - and cultures of Africa. He offered re- Luchera Shitemi, prominent professor cessfulMagdaline career, Wafula a andthree-day Sam Ndogo. funeral searchers on and from Africa a forum- coordinatorof Kiswahili atin Moi Eldoret, University passed Eldoret, away ceremony was organised for her, TEXT Franz Kogelmann submitted to the University of Bay to publish their research. Having ar atKenya the andage BIGSASof 54 years Partner after University bravely PHOTO Pia Thielmann reuth in 1986. rived in Bayreuth in the winter se He acted as a project manager overmester a period 1980/81 of 30 as years a coordinator he, more than for with church services at the All Saints in both the Collaborative Research anythe newlyother, establishedshaped a whole focus generation on Africa, fighting cancer for almost two years.- thanCathedral 500 people in Nairobi attended and her at theburial St. Centre “Identity in Africa” (1983-- of young researchers and artists from She was an outstanding scholar of atMathews her rural Cathedral homestead in where Eldoret. she More was 1997) and in the Research Training all over the world. createsSwahili Studiesa big hole recognised in the academic both na The Institute of African Studies and Group “Intercultural Relations in Af The enduring legacy of his activi- tionally and internationally. Her death - Kenya, she played an essential role in all its affiliated institutions mourn the rica” (1991-1999) at the University of- where she was a regular guest and finally laid. - translating the Draft Constitution of- loss of Prof. Dr. Eckhard Breitinger, a Bayreuth. His teaching and research community in Kenya and Bayreuth- She will continue to be remem- Kenya into Swahili in 2002. Later she founding father of African Studies at- trulyactivities transnational, were not limited as he to tookthe Uni up ties is indeed tangible. Amongst those pacitybered foras promotinga founding Swahilimember scholar of the translated the Truth, Justice and Rec the University of Bayreuth. Until the numerousversity of Bayreuthvisiting professorships– his sphere was in inwho conversation travel in Southern, as members Eastern of the or colleague. Her contribution to the “liv ship in Kenya and beyond in her ca onciliation Report into Swahili. She late 1970s, his route towards Anglo - Western Africa and reveal themselves- ing partnership” between Bayreuth- also served as translator in the Pan- phone African, Caribbean and African- til recently, and a long time after his ten happens that the conversational and Eldoret has been immense: she National Swahili Association (Chama- African Parliament, in the Ministry of ingAmerican his studies literature of English and theatre literature, was retirement,Europe and, freedespecially, from in administra Africa. Un- partnerUniversity turns of out Bayreuth, to be a itformer quite stu of- participated actively in the first BIG- cha Kiswahili cha Taifa, CHAKITA).- Higher Education in Kenya, working- pre-not a andstraight early one. history However, and evenarchaeol dur- tive tasks and teaching, he exhibited linSAS for application the prolongation phase and meeting; was in shethe She also served as the first chairper closely with UNESCO and the African his relationships and experience over - contributedBIGSAS delegation to other that projects went born to Ber out son of the East African Swahili Associ Union’s Academy of African Languag- his interest in new experiences was and over again in the service of the ences,dent of encounters Eckhard Breitinger. with the network Even at ation (Chama cha Kiswahili cha Afrika- es (ACALAN). - ogy at the University of Tübingen, ofAfrica-related his former students international are frequent. confer Mashariki, CHAKAMA) representing Besides her academic achieve he spent some semesters abroad in of the partnership between Bayreuth Swahili scholarship in the East Afri ments, Naomi Shitemi also held ad already pronounced. In the 1960s,- University of Bayreuth. He was very- graduates continues to feel connect- and Eldoret, among them, the SEED translationcan Union. and intercultural commu- ministrative positions. She served as pleted his university teacher-training rica.committed In this toregard, making his Africa teaching and and its The fact that this group of Bayreuth hasproject been on part New of ICT the strategies mentoring and group the nicationShe hadand her a particular involvement interest went far in Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research Switzerland and Wales. After he com activecultural support diversity of knownyoung researchers outside Af not only due to the high standards Bayreuth alumni network; and she - and Extension at Moi University and was only one of his many strategies. ed, even after leaving Bayreuth, is bewas missed a DAAD by consultant many. and a member in 1965, he was not drawn to teaching - for many BIGSAS JFs. The University beyond the academic realm. Promot of the DAAD Alumni in Africa. She will in his Swabian homeland, but from his research results for an academic of African studies at the University of Bayreuth and BIGSAS, cognisant of ing Swahili as a national language in 1965 to 1968 went as a DAAD lecturer audienceHe was not only satisfied but popularised with publishing his of Bayreuth, but also to the legend histo the academic University and of culturalthe West interestsIndies in - andary hospitalityhis tireless of Eckhardcreativity Breitinger. both in Kingston, Jamaica, where the seeds of casts, journalistic articles, lectures, The quality of his African research - findings in numerous radio broad- places cannot be overestimated. were planted. In 1971, he received his Bayreuth and in all his other work- 88 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 89 PhD in English literature on the top and photo exhibitions. Another strat IN BRIEF IN BRIEF

In Brief

New cooperation with Cape Breton New cooperation with the The 21st Afrikanistentag 2014 returns Agreement on PhD co-supervision University Sydney, Canada Agostinho Neto University Luanda to Bayreuth between Bayreuth and São Paulo

- - In the period September-October 2013, the University As part of the internationalisation process of the Univer An agreement on the co-supervision of PhD students of Bayreuth and Cape Breton University Sydney, Canada 2013.sity of TheBayreuth, cooperation a new wascooperation initiated agreement by the Institute with the of was signed between the Faculty of Philosophy, Lit signed two cooperation agreements: a Memorandum of Agostinho Neto University Luanda, Angola was signed in- eratures and Human Sciences of the University of São Understanding to develop collaborations and exchanges- Paulo, Brazil and the Bayreuth International Graduate- dinatein fields student of shared mobility interest between and expertise the two and institutions. a Student African Studies in Bayreuth and the Faculty of Languag School of African Studies (BIGSAS) of the University of ThisExchange cooperation Agreement was toinitiated introduce, by facilitateindividual and collabo coor- es and Literatures of the Agostinho Neto University in Bayreuth. The Dean of the Faculty, Sergio França Ador

ration between Bernard Mulo Farenkia (Cape Breton- University) and Eric Anchimbe and Martina Drescher (Bayreuth) and supported by Arnim Heinemann, Direc tor of the International Office, University of Bayreuth. The agreements were signed by Keith G. Brown Vice President for International and Aboriginal Affairs, Cape Breton University Sydney and Stefan Leible, President of projectsthe University in the of internationalisation Bayreuth. In Cape Breton, scheme Bayreuth of the uni has- found a new partner in North America with whom many

versity will be realised. (Eric Anchimbe/Bernard Mulo Farenkia) Prolongation of the research - project by the DFG no de Abbreu, signed for the University of São Paulo while the vice president for international affairs, Ste The library building: Flagship of the new campus. fan Leible, signed for the University of Bayreuth. The- signing of the agreement took place in December 2012 calledWho is sandwich-generation caring for elderly people manage in rural to assure Africa? the Who living is on the occasion of a visit by a delegation from the Uni giving material support to children? How does the so-- - versity of Bayreuth to Brazil. Following this agreement,- reuth will again host the Afrikanistentag, a biennial and the successful defence of the thesis of Paulo Jeferson- conditions for the whole family? Erdmute Alber and Ta- Luanda. After the signature of the agreement by Rüdiger- For the second time after 1998, the University of Bay- Pilar Araújo, a junior fellow of BIGSAS, co-directed dur bea Häberlein have since 2009 been seeking to answer- landoBorman, da Mata,former also president put his signatureof the University on the agreement of Bayreuth in st Afrikanistentag 2014 will be ing his one year stay in Bayreuth by Manfred von Ron- these questions in the DFG-funded project entitled “In in 2012, the rector of the Agostinho Neto University, Or internationalheld on the 11 conferenceth and 12th on African Languages, Litera cador, took place at the University of São Paulo in June ner family resource flows and intergenerational relation linguistics, anthropology, arts and literary studies. This tures and History. The 21 2013. Members of the defence committee from Bay ships in West Africa.” The focus lies on resource flows September 2013. Individual contacts already existed in of June 2014, and will, among reuth were Clarissa Vierke and Manfred von Roncador.- between the generations in North-Eastern Togo (Kabiye), expansion of these contacts. aother forum topics, for discussion focus especially and exchange on the themeamong “Languages Africanists A double degree will be awarded to Paulo Jeferson Pilar North-Western Benin (Lokpa) and North-Eastern Benin- formal agreement will facilitate the intensification and- in the new technologies and in the media.”th It will provide Araújo in accordance with the statutes of both institu (Baatombu), and particularly on those who provide for structing a new, bigger and modern campus for about th-11th tions. (Manfred von Roncador) havethe elderly been inadministered these regions. in So three far, more villages. than 2000The initial ques 40,000The students Agostinho on Netoan area University of more than is currently 35km² on con the and will partly overlap with the 27 Swahili Colloquiumth to tionnaires on intergenerational familial resource flows- (1014th June 2014) and the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD) Congress on “Future Africa” (11 collectedanalysis yielded and structured findings on the national quantitative and regional and qualita differ- chemistrysouthern outskirts and physics of Luanda, departments scheduled as well for completionas parts of June 2014) both taking place at the University of tiveences data, in familialthe project intergenerational now enters the supply.next step After of analysis. having thein about main 15 library years. have Actually, moved only to the rector’snew location. office, Thethe Bayreuth. (Irina Turner) - Photo by Manfred von Roncador Photo by Paulo Jeferson Pilar Araújo With the support of DFG the project will now run for two other departments are still in downtown Luanda. (Man 90 NAB XIII - 2013 NAB XIII - 2013 91 more years from 2014 to 2016. (Tabea Häberlein) fred von Roncador) NAB Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth Vol. XIII 2013 ISSN 1867-6634 (print) ISSN 1867-6642 (online) INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES Published 2014 by the Institute of African Studies www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de

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