NAB Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth

Bayreuth Academy ”Future Africa and Beyond: Visions in Time“ BMBF grants the Bayreuth Academy second round funding: 2016-2018

Future(s) as societal project(s) – The middle class as actor A consolidated review of the Bayreuth Academy’s activities in Summer 2016 BIGSAS »ReMIX. Africa in Translation« 6th BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literatures

BIGSAS Diversity Lectures 2016 A journey through gender, religious, disability, institutional, etc. diversity Iwalewahaus Stolen Moments – Namibian Music History Untold An exhibition of Namibia’s music history

Spring Exhibitions at the Iwalewahaus Cedric Nunn: Unsettled; Sculpture by Susanne Wenger, Osun-Oshogbo Existential Phantasies; Sacred Grove in Oshogbo, Nigeria. Photo taken by Porcellanographie: Future Traces; Time Travel Lena Naumann during her visit of Oshogbo artists in the context of the research project African Art History and the Formation of a Modern Aesthetic.

Vol. XVI 2016 EDITORIAL

The IAS Editorial

The Institute of African Studies This volume of NAB XVI 2016, Newsletter of African Studies at the Univer- (IAS) has several main functions: it sity of Bayreuth, celebrates through its lead story, among other things, coordinates Africa-related research the achievements of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies and teaching at the University of (BA), especially the granting of funding by the BMBF for another two years Bayreuth and promotes cooperation (2016-2018) of exceptional research on, and collaboration with, Africa. This with African universities and research volume also presents the major research and outreach activities of the Insti- institutions, as well as with national and international institutes of African tute of African Studies (IAS) and its affiliate institutions, especially BIGSAS, studies. events of the IAS are reported on here which highlight some of the results ofBayreuth the internationalisation Academy, TGCL and efforts the Iwalewahaus.of the University Several of Bayreuth international in the last African studies is one of the cross- few years. These include the Bayreuth Academy’s international conferences; discipline research priorities of the University of Bayreuth, as set out in the Mission Statement and renownedBIGSAS’s EU guests funding who for held intra-continental talks here in Bayreuth. research The and African teaching studies mobility focus the University Development Plan. ofin theAfrica; University the Iwalewahaus’ of Bayreuth 49° keeps Grenzüberschreitungen reaching higher heights Festival every and year. many The IAS thus seeks to promote and coordinate the research and On behalf of the editorial team, I wish to extend words of thanks to all those teaching activities of approximately 100 researchers on a cross-faculty Kogelmann, the academic coordinator of the IAS, as always, provided the and interdisciplinary basis, as well muchwho were needed involved logistical in the support. production The IASof this funded new avolume student of assistant, NAB. Franz Somaye as training for young researchers in Akbari, who compiled the submissions. The contributors, as always, were Africa-related disciplines. There are supportive all through the editing and production process. Yannick Tylle currently about 50 professors and about 50 other researchers who are editing at various stages in the production process. engaged in research in Africa and took care of the typesetting while Gilbert Ndi Shang assisted with copy- who teach Africa-related courses, in For our contributors, remember that contributions to NAB are expected in Faculties II (Biology, Chemistry and October of every year. This deadline as well as the guidelines for preparing Earth Sciences), III (Law, Business NAB contributions if followed closely makes the production process much Administration and Economics), IV lighter – thanks for your cooperation. (Languages and Literatures) and V (Cultural Studies). We wish you all the best for 2017! The IAS initiates cross-disciplinary research projects and supports common Africa-related applications for external funding. The IAS budget is administered and supervised by the Eric A. Anchimbe executive board. On behalf of the editorial team (Editor-in-chief)

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Welcome

The new volume of NAB is here! Its explosive content with internationally-renowned guests, thematically-diverse conferences and exciting social outreach activities certainly makes for a good read. I am therefore privileged to present you volume XVI (2016) of NAB: Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth. NAB is an annual report on the activities, research projects, conferences, publications, guests, etc. of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) and its

affiliate institutions, i.e. the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies (BA), the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), heartfeltthe Iwalewahaus, thanks to the all Tanzanian-German those who worked, Centrein different for Eastern capacities, African on this Legal vol - ume,Studies especially (TGCL), theand editorial others. As team. the current director of the IAS, I wish to extend

workThe reports that was on done the activities in 2016 and of the the IAS achievements and its affiliate therefrom. institutions, Worthy especially of note hereBayreuth is the Academy, Bayreuth BIGSAS, Academy’s Iwalewahaus, successful TGCLapplication are proof for fundingof the far-reaching for a second phase, 2016-2018, with the BMBF. Thanks to this new funding, we will continue to welcome outstanding guest fellows from all over the world here in Bayreuth. This volume of NAB celebrates this achievement, and through this medium, I on behalf of the administration of the IAS, say congratulations to the Bayreuth Academy team of researchers. We look forward to more successes in the coming years.

In sum, I wish to thank all colleagues, collaborators, guests, friends and stu- - ments in 2016 and to wish you all a wonderful year 2017. We are grateful for thedents feedback of the IAS we andreceived its affiliate from you, institutions the readers, for the in 2016 great and work we and assure achieve you NAB will continue to be at your service.

Enjoy reading!

Dieter Neubert Institute of African Studies

NAB XVI - 2016 3 CONTENTS

2 — Editorial 3 — Welcome

6 – BMBF grants 6 — Bayreuth Academy of second round Advanced African Studies funding for the Bayreuth Academy 6 — ”Future Africa and Beyond: of Advanced Visions in Time“ African Studies BMBF grants the Bayreuth Academy second round funding: 2016-2018 9 — “Future Africa and Beyond” Review and Outlook Conference commemorating the first four years of the Bayreuth Academy 10 — Future(s) as societal project(s) – The middle class as actor 12 – Joint work- A consolidated review of the Bayreuth shop of the Bay- Academy’s activities in Summer 2016 reuth Academy and Bonn-Cologne with 12 — “Future Africa and African Future-making” J. von Braun (ZEF), A joint workshop with Bonn-Cologne J. Rhyner (UNU), 13 — Celebrating whose Independence? J. Verne (Bonn), Visions of the Post-Colonial Nation in Africa D. Müller-Mahn Workshop of the Bayreuth Academy (Bonn), M. Becker (Bonn), A. von Op- pen (Bayreuth) 14 — BIGSAS 14 — »ReMIX. Africa in Translation« 6th BIGSAS Festival of African and African- Diasporic Literatures 17 — WHO – A project about the BIGSAS family 18 — Status Quo Another year of success: A record 22 14 – Taiye dissertations published, 12 new alumni, Selasi at the 6th 20 new junior fellows in 2016 BIGSAS Festival 21 — BIGSAS Colloquium with of African and guests from Cameroon African-Diasporic 22 — BIGSAS and its Partner Universities Literatures awarded EU funding for Intra-Africa Academic Mobility (AMAS) 23 — BIGSAS Colloquium: Advanced works in progress

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24 — BIGSAS Denkatelier / BIGSAS Forum for Thought / Les ateliers BIGSAS de la pensée 30 – BIGSASläuft! New lecture series livestreamed online Team of BIGSAS 25 — Visit to the studios of Bayerischer Junior Fellows after Rundfunk in Nuremberg the Mainauenlauf 26 — Higher Education Partnerships marathon Continuation of a global discourse, in Bayreuth with BIGSAS 28 — “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and more Integrated Africa” Model African Union Conference 29 — BIGSAS Diversity Lectures 2016 A journey through gender, religious, disability, institutional, etc. diversity 30 — BIGSAS in Town 2016

32 – Vernissage of Stolen Moments, 32 — Iwalewahaus an exhibition of 32 — Stolen Moments Namibia’s music Namibian Music History Untold history 36 — Things Fall Apart The legacy of cultural relationships between Africa, the Soviet Union and related countries during the Cold War 40 — Cedric Nunn - Unsettled 43 — Porcellanographie: Future Traces 44 — Existential Phantasies The Monkey on your Shoulder 45 — Time Travel 46 — Future Ports of Entry 49° Grenzüberschreitungen Festival 2016 46 – The Jil- lionaire Saturday 48 — Guests at the 49° Gren- 62 — Reports züberschreitungen 84 — Projects Festival 88 — Personalia 90 — Publications 97 — In Memorian 98 — In Brief

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“Future Africa and Beyond: Visions in Time”

BMBF grants the Bayreuth Academy second round funding: 2016-2018

TEXT ACHIM VON OPPEN with internationally invited Fellows; PHOTOS CHRISTIAN WISSLER & range of disciplines, nationalities and an impressive series of academic DORIS LÖHR andfuture. status Coming groups, from the a veryparticipants diverse and public events, the project shows not only raised their glasses but also that studying future and time from their voices. Standing in a large cir- the vantage point of Africa and Afri- It was a remarkable mix of scholars cle, they produced a “slam of state- can diasporas provides important in- who assembled in a festive mood on ments”, featuring different episodes sights of relevance well beyond Africa the evening of 30 November 2016 in and experiences of work at or with and Area Studies. These innovative ef- the Senate Hall of the University of the Bayreuth Academy. One contribu- forts had made a particularly positive Bayreuth. On the eve of the second tion by Katharina Fink even came, via impression on a group of evaluators funding period for the project “Future video-message, directly from Johan- appointed by the Federal Ministry of Africa and Beyond: Visions in Time” nesburg in South Africa. With this members of the Bayreuth Academy of demonstration of dialogue, the Bay- agreed to grant funding for the project Advanced African Studies, together reuth Academy presented itself in an duringEducation a second and Research period: (BMBF),1 December who with partners and guests from Bay- apt and entertaining way as a centre of reuth and Africa, met with the Uni- interdisciplinary research and debate. reason, then, to be happy and proud, versity leadership to celebrate their after2016 tofour 30 yearsNovember and 2018.two months Sufficient of success and the prospects for their hard as well as rewarding work. Through five continuous Sub-Projects; 6 NAB XVI - 2016 one “Working Group” each semester ACADEMY

Four years of successful work

It all started even earlier. On 12 May cooperated with scholars in religious theoretical and conceptual debates 2011, the Federal Ministry (BMBF) studies and in ecological modelling launched a call for a new series of to critically examine concepts of time between area-related and systematic grant projects along the funding line and future that inform conservation approaches.as well as methodological The global and reflections social di- “Strengthening and further develop- strategies, resting on assumptions of versity, the temporal references and a nature-culture divide that becomes patterns of conceptualisations of the core idea was to stimulate research ever more problematic in the “Anthro- future were addressed as well as their ment of area studies in Germany”. The - language, presence, and representa- away from their reputation as “minor logical approaches, in turn, have been tion in knowledge and practice. disciplines”on non-European and mereworld “arearegions special to get- collaboratingpozän”. Sociological in assessing and the anthropo role of A third line of activity that also de- ists”, but to show the potential of this expectations for the future by rising veloped a considerable dynamic, were - middle classes in Kenya and beyond. new formats of dialogue and transfer tribute to much wider “systematic” Still another sub-project looks at im- between academic research and oth- debatespart of on German global scholarshipissues while todecen con- aginations of ‘future’ that are gener- er spheres of knowledge. There was ated in African Diasporas by artistic a considerable number of academic really often inform, and hence limit, movements such as Afrofuturism and events convened in Bayreuth and suchtring “systematic” the European insights. perspectives Bayreuth that different literary formats and medias- elsewhere, contributing to the grow- African Studies, the largest centre of capes, notably through the internet. Fi- ing international attention on “Future research dedicated to the continent, nally, iconographies of the future have its diasporas and its global connec- been discussed and anthologised as workshops, conferences, round-tables, social utopias and indicators of revo- conferenceAfrica and panels, Beyond.” and Lecture even two series, large take up that call. A group of 11 sen- disciplinary conferences were held in iortions scholars in Germany, developed did notan hesitateinnovative to projects comprises about two junior Bayreuth. Beyond that, the “Future” proposal that was eventually granted (postdoc)lutionary change.and two Each senior of researchers. these 5 sub- topic also proved to be highly pro- funding from 1 October 2012 (see NAB Secondly, a series of “Working ductive in establishing novel forms 2012). Through their efforts and un- of conversation, exchange and coop- der the speakership of Achim von Op- through the major part of one semes- eration with actors in education, cul- Groups” was launched, each running tural and development cooperation, in by the Academy directors, seven of literature and the arts, as well as ad- fourpen, firstmain with lines Susan of activity Arndt, in then the withpro- themter. Convened took place by thebetween sub-projects 2013 and dressing the wider public and the me- jectUte gradually Fendler and took Erdmute shape. They Alber, can the be summer 2016. The last two of these dia, through festivals, performances, summarised as follows (for more de- learning days, and many other events. tails see NAB 2013, 2014 and 2015). and future visions of radical change” (2015-2016)discussed “Imagine and “Future(s) Revolution: as soci Past- public by the “FAVT” (Future Africa sub-projects embarked on research- etal projects: Actors and their imagi- VisionsParticular in Time) attention exhibition, was raised created in the by Firstly, five trans/disciplinary nations of the future” (2016). These tandems of researchers from the Bay- - reuth Academy and artists of African ninging specific over the facets entire of the project overall period, theme platform for discussions on various and Diasporic background (see NAB they“Future have Africa: focused Visions on different in Time”. partsRun generalWorking aspects Groups of provided“Future Africa a central and 2015). After its start at the Iwalewa- of Africa and the African Diaspora. Beyond”, cutting across the bounda- haus in 2015-2016, it currently is on For instance, a group of historians ries of disciplines as well as areas. tour through nine African countries looked into the transformation of Starting from African vantage points, - narratives of ‘future’ among differ- researchers from the Academy and tutes). All these activities hence un- ent actors and at various junctures numerous, often notable international derline,(organised inter with alia, localthe contribution Goethe Insti of of the 19th and 20th centuries. In an- guest Fellows, systematically com- the Bayreuth Academy to the Univer- other sub-project, anthropologists pared their results, thus stimulating sity of Bayreuth.

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- agendas, extending also beyond Af- - rica” project has paved the way for rica and the Area Studies; to advance ly committed to a continued support the LastBayreuth but not Academy least, the to “Future develop Af a forInstitute the Bayreuth of African Academy’s Studies haveexistence. firm sustainable new institutional pillar strengthen international cooperation It will continue to make an important for African Studies and the Univer- withthe qualification African partners, of postdocs; both academic and to contribution, along the lines men- sity of Bayreuth at large, with regard and in the wider public. It is highly tioned above, even beyond the current to several important concerns: to ex- welcome that both the administration “Future Africa” programme funded by plore and debate innovative research of the University of Bayreuth and the BMBF.

Tasks for the new funding period

The decision by BMBF, mentioned nuity and discontinuity; linearity and tension period: the running of the in- above, to fund the “Future Africa” pro- cyclicity; vision and agency; and vi- ject for a second period, 2016-2018, of postdocs from all over the Univer- happened in explicit recognition of its very importantly, the extension of sity,ternational selected Working on a competitive Groups by groups basis substantial achievements. It makes it thesion funding and media/form. period will Fourthly, be a testing and and advised by the Academy leader- possible to bring the project to a suc- ground for the introduction of chang- ship. This will provide the successful cessful end at several levels. Firstly, it es paving the way for adjustments to- consortia of postdocs with an excel- wards the Bayreuth Academy’s future lent opportunity to be involved in the projects by individual researchers and role in the context of Bayreuth African planning, organisation and evaluation sub-projects,allows for the andfinalisation of their ofremaining research Studies and beyond. This includes a of academic debates, in the invitation publications. Secondly, it will help to pilot programme, specially supported and hosting of international guests, explore a number of important aspects by the University, for a more system- and in thus building their own aca- of the overall theme that deserve more - attention, notably through a number can studies and beyond, to facilitate of this new format will take place in theiratic qualification academic careers. of Postdocs It also in Afri in- 2017demic and networks. 2018: “Waiting Five Working for Futures”; Groups (see below), conferences and lectures. volves a more systematic integration Thirdly,of new international it will enable Working additional Groups ef- of, and cooperation with, international - forts to crystallise the overall conclu- scholars, notably from Africa and the “The Left, Civil Rights and Democracy: sions from a wealth of results into sev- African Diasporas, who are invited Connections, Conversions and Lega eral published volumes. One of them, to Bayreuth through other schemes. –cies ‘Hauntology’ in Africa and as Beyond”;a means “Learning to think currently under preparation, explores And, importantly, an adapted format for the Future”; “Ghosts and Zombies- concepts of future in Africa and world- cial difference in urban Africa and the wide along four key polarities: conti- introduced and tested during the ex- World”.through future”; and “Protest and so of the regular Working Groups will be 8 NAB XVI - 2016 ACADEMY

“Future Africa and Beyond” Review and Outlook

Conference commemorating the first four years of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies

TEXT DORIS LÖHR PHOTO SABINE LINN

On 16-17 June 2016, towards the end of

Academy held an international confer- itsence first to reviewfunding and period, commemorate the Bayreuth the

Africa and Beyond: Visions in Time”. Thefirst conference four years ofhad its two project main “Future aims. achieved during almost four years of workThe firstsince wasthe Bayreuth to assess Academy the results was founded. The second aim was to look into its future, i.e. the winding-up of the project, its transition towards a permanent role within African Studies at the University of Bayreuth, and the lecture on “Future Africa reviewed: A Africa-related studies and other further integration of its work into the non-Bayreuth perspective”. The core - university as a whole. emy members and guests, between panels reviewing research results in localfields and of expertise,international between researchers, Acad included members of the Bayreuth moreof the detail, conference with papers consisted addressing in five and between senior and postdoctoral AcademyParticipants and guest at Fellows the conferencein the con- the main project theme through the scholars. The conference was both an im- - pressive summary of the work done in Visionstext of Working in Africa Group and GBeyond”. “Future(s) Fur as- entationslens of its from five interdisciplinarydifferent sub-projects sub- the past and an exciting outlook into thermore,Societal Project(s) there were – Actors invited and guests their withthemes. new Each insights panel by combined international pres the Academy’s future. Inspired by this from inside and outside the Univer- guests and fellows. Three roundtable experience, only 10 days later a del- sity of Bayreuth and representatives discussions were organised and these egation of Bayreuth Academy leaders of the Advisory Board and of partner outlined prospects for the upcoming and the provost of the University of projects of the Bayreuth Academy. The years, pointing out additional re- Bayreuth travelled to Bonn to defend sessions were open to a wider academ- - their application for an extension of ic public, and there was a large attend- ing the importance of the project for the current funding period in front of ance by both interested members and criticalsearch fieldsarea tostudies, be pursued, and exploring examin the evaluators of the Federal Ministry guests of the university. the future role of the Bayreuth Acad- The conference programme had emy at the University of Bayreuth. The highly positive outcome of this ex- three different types of sessions. It In line with the Bayreuth Academy’s ercisefor Education enabled andthe Bayreuth Research Academy (BMBF). was opened by keynotes focusing on to continue its work on “Future Africa the work of the project as a whole. at dialogues along different axes: be- and Beyond” for another two years: tweenspecific different profile, disciplines, each session between aimed 2016-2018.

Elísio Macamo (Basel) gave a keynote For more on the conference: www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de/de/gesamtprojekt/aktiv/

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Future(s) as societal project(s) – The middle class as actor

A consolidated review of the Bayreuth Academy’s activities in Summer 2016

TEXT LENA KROEKER & MAIKE VOIGT PHOTOS LENA KROEKER

The summer semester 2016 at the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced Afri- can Studies was dedicated to research on societal actors and their projected -

andfutures. welcomed Sub-project a large 3 (“Middlenumber ofClass dis- tinguishedes on the Rise”) scholars hosted from the nearactivities and far who participated in the various search rather shows that future aspi- activities. rations among African middle classes Series which takes place on Tuesdays, The overriding theme of the term are instead a matter of individual providedally. The Sociala forum Anthropology for invited scholarsLecture was that future visions are the prod- and family future, not so much about ucts of certain actors embedded in a broader social class. The workshop Differentiation”. After an introduc- - participants discussed analytical to speak about “Processes of Social cal conditions from which they emerge frameworks and the societal embed- (Bayreuth) on the middle class in Ken- andspecific within social, which economic they are andformulated. histori ding of a heterogeneous social group. ya,tion Susann by Lena Baller Kroeker (Basel) and Maikegave aVoigt historical insight into the imaginations the Academy’s sub-project focused on - particularGiven all this, actors the activitiesand their hostedsituated by- ogy,The Englishnamely termSchicht “middle, Klasse class”, Lebensstil blurs colonialism, a time of social upheaval ness. Of course, actors can be collec- theand refined Milieu, conceptswhich show in German some joint sociol in- thatof Panafricanists led to a new societalat the dawn order. of Wolfpost-- tives (such as social movements, par- terest. ties or religious groups) or individuals A second workshop was organised race, class and gender intersect and (activists, intellectuals, politicians, in cooperation with the Academy’s aregang categories Gabbert (Hannover) of social laiddifferentia out how- professionals or youths). tion in South America. In South Africa, race is a highly relevant category, too. wassub-project entitled 5 “Beauty (“Revolution and the 3.0”) Norm: and Until 1994 black South Africans were 12 JanuaryA first workshop 2016, anthropologists was held before and Debatingthe Chair ofStandardisation Social Anthropology in Bodily and excluded from credit schemes which sociologiststhe semester in officially the Academy started. present On 11-- changed after Apartheid and resulted ed their research projects about the Böllinger, Ulf Vierke (Iwalewahaus) in high debts, which to date distinguish middle class. The middle class is rel- Appearance”. Co-organised by Sarah the black and the white middle class, evant here because it plays a key role Anthropology), this workshop ad- in shaping the future of individuals, dressedand Claudia the Liebeltglobal dissemination (Chair for Social of Ikanda (Maseno, Kenya) introduced - beauty norms and images and debated usargued to the Deborah visions ofJames resettlement (London). of Fred So- nitions of middle class hold that they whether these contribute to a stand- mali refugees in Kenyan camps who sharefamilies common and societies. social interests Although our defi re- ardisation of gendered bodies glob-

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in Minnesota, USA. Aspirations can be considered a category of social differ- - sterdam), pointing out that high soci- etyentiation, clubs provideargued Rachela gathering Spronk ground (Am not only for those who belong to the high society but also for those who as- pire to reach this status. An international conference en- - thropological and sociological perspectives”titled “Middle (27-29 Classes April in 2016 Africa: at Anthe Iwalewahaus) brought together scholars from Bayreuth, US, UK, Sweden classand Austria. naturally A firstchanges panel over argued one’s that life courseaffiliation – a withfact that a particular is widely disre social- garded in ahistoric debates of class. A - nitions of class while in a third panel, ally, entrepreneurs as a socio-profes- delved into the topic of social security alternativesecond panel concepts discussed of socio-culturalcommon defi sional group are not subsumed under and social reproduction given that differentiation were debated, taking members of the middle class cannot into account the applicability of such class and class aspirations of this con- only rise but can also fall in status. concepts to the African context. Usu- testedthe middle group class. in Africa. Panel The IV last discussed session

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“Future Africa and African Future-making”

A joint workshop of the Bayreuth Academy and Bonn-Cologne

pers by Achim von Oppen and Michael Hauhs (both Academy) which focused on ‘future’ as transdisciplinary re-

of patterns of future-making in rural search concept. Common conceptions-

inAfrica their were presentation contested which by Detlef triggered Mül anler-Mahn intensive and discussion Michael Bollig on theories (Cologne) of change, transformation and future. During the workshop, stakehold- ers and researchers came together for a public panel discussion on the practical relevance of a “Future Afri- ca” research for development cooper-

liegt in Afrika! - Herausforderungen ation. The panel entitled “Die Zukunft

für Wissenschaft und Praxis” had as TEXT DORIS LÖHR between the social sciences, natural University,participants Tokyo), Joachim Achim von Braun von Oppen (ZEF, PHOTO SYBILLE BAURIEDL sciences and the humanities, and 3) (UniversityBonn), Jakob of Rhyner Bayreuth), (United Julia Nations Verne bridge the gap between academic re- and Mathias Becker (both University search and development practice. of Bonn). The panel was moderated On 2-3 June 2016, the Bayreuth Acad- The starting point of the workshop - was a discussion about the contempo- On 3 June 2016, conceptual and phy of the University of Bonn co-or- rary use of the ‘future’ paradigm in empiricalby Detlef Müller-Mahn. contributions to ques- ganisedemy and a thejoint Department workshop on of Geogra“Future Africa-related research, taking into tions about the African future were Africa and African Future-making” account interpretations of the past presented. These focused on socio- and responses to certain challenges ecological transformation in Africa The workshop brought together re- of the present. These pave the way for and on the topic of “Future Africa - searchersat the Poppelsdorfer from two researchSchloss in groups Bonn. a set of interventions being made into Visions in Time”. Several interesting with related research interests. that particular present towards a topics were also discussed, among These two research groups are the ‘better’ (utopian) or against a ‘threat- them, the spread of infectious dis- Bayreuth Academy which researches ening’ (dystopic) view of the future. the overarching theme “Future Afri- African futures and their agents are Sandra Junglen), green development ca: Visions in Time” and the research both subjects and contested objects (Sybilleeases (Christian Bauriedl) and Borgemeister energy futures and network “Future-making in rural of change within global power geom- - Africa” at the Universities of Bonn etries and development discourses. emy speakers gave insights into their The workshop was introduced by research(Clemens on Greiner). the rising Bayreuth African Acadmid- to achieve three things: 1) intensify and Cologne.foster conversations The workshop between aimed - African and development studies in makingDetlef Müller-Mahn in rural Africa”) (spokesman and Achim for tindle Katsakioris) classes (Lena and Kroeker),the practical Africa use - vonthe Bonn-CologneOppen (Director network of the Bayreuth “Future- ofand “Future communist Africa” countries research (Constan (Doris tate the interdisciplinary encounter Academy). This was followed by pa- Bonn, Bayreuth and Cologne, 2) facili 12 NAB XVI - 2016 Löhr). ACADEMY

Celebrating whose Independence?

Visions of the Post-Colonial Nation in Africa Workshop of the Bayreuth Academy in Bayreuth 15-16 January 2016

TEXT MAX KROGOLL symbolic moments of independence ther elaborated the topic, including – its aspirations, commemorations, the issue raised by disillusioned writ- preparations – to investigate not “The 50th anniversary of independ- only the uneven courses of nation- independence by the ruling elites. ence in many African states brought building but also the multiple ways in Dissentingers of the “confiscation”views of the nations of national were about a renewed interest in the ways which this era of great expectations presented by Annalisa Urbano and in which the event has been celebrat- - Achim von Oppen (both Bayreuth), ed, commemorated, performed and culties and disillusions. contested in the last decades. Build- cameThe along workshop with constraints,consisted of diffifour - ing upon this trend, the workshop in- panels, representing the diverse aca- Melanie Torrent (Université Paris- tended to recapture the intensity and demic backgrounds of members of lane,Diderot), Maputo), and João exploring Paulo howBorges several Coe the Bayreuth Academy as well as its groupslho (Universidade contested the Eduardo legitimacy Mond of as a way to further scrutinise the vi- guests with an opening keynote lec- the elites and imagined different sionssignificance of Africa’s of Africa’s future independence developed paths to Africa’s future. The celebra- back in the 1950s. - tion of African independence in an in- The organisers focused on intel- ture by Frederick Cooper (New York ternational context was presented by lectual and material motives, re- AfricaUniversity) at the on Moment “Federation, of Decolonisa Confed- sources and strategies that inspired tion.”eration, Focusing and Community on national in celebra French- - actors to conceive and promote ideas tions that took place on the occasion Constantin Katsakioris (Bayreuth), of a post-colonial future. Since the of independence and the national showingÉloi Ficquet how (EHESS images, Paris) politics, and Made- eve of independence, many African days instituted and celebrated there- bateslika Rahal and the(Université stakes of Paris international Diderot) states have elaborated nation-build- festivals could be compared against ing policies that joined the chorus the background of national, African of other emergent and consolidated after, Carola Lentz, Marie-Christine- or foreign, political and cultural as- nation-states. National celebrations, Gabriel and Konstanze N’Guessan- educational policies, the promotion (all Mainz), Harcourt Fuller (Geor- - of party and mass organisations, and gia State University), and Odile Go reuth).pirations. Concluding remarks were the grip on the media were all crucial theerg performative (Université Paris staging Diderot) of the prena- madeThe by workshop Susanne was Lachenicht convened (Bay by for the ruling elites to establish legit- tionsented as well official as national representations symbols that and Sub-project 1 “Narratives of the Fu- imacy. However, visions of the future served the nation-building process. ture in the History of Modern Africa” inspired by Africa’s independence Analysing images, popular reactions of the Bayreuth Academy project “Fu- went beyond hegemonic narratives and emotions with regard to Inde- ture Africa: Visions in Time”, in coop- of the nation-state’s ruling elites. pendence and their representations Dissenting and alternative voices in in literature and personal memoirs, - Katharina Fink gave insights on mo- eration with the Doctoral Research ratives were rife. Moreover, orthodox bilising images of beauty in the con- atGroup the Department “The Poetics of and Anthropology Politics of andtension unorthodox and conflict views with of the these post-co nar- text of independence while Nadine National Commemoration in Africa”- Siegert (both Bayreuth) focused on new national borders but often en- militant femininity in the same con- and African Studies, Johannes Guten- gagedlonial futurewith broader were not visions confined of Africato the nographiesberg-Universität of Social Mainz, Utopia and in Africa with in international contexts. The partic- andSub-project its Diasporas”, 5 “Revolution of the Bayreuth 3.0. Ico ipants took the highly emotional and text. Godwin Kornes (University of- Academy. Mainz), Ute Fendler (Bayreuth) and Drew Thompson (Bard College) fur

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Now in its 6th year, the BIGSAS Festival of African and African- Diasporic Literatures is an annual encounter that brings together African writers, artists and scholars from the African continent and the diaspora into

intellectual dialogue. Spoken Word & Music with Adi Keissar

»ReMIX. Africa in Translation«

6th BIGSAS Festival of African and African-Diasporic Literatures 2016

TEXT JOYCE ABLA ANCHIMBE Shakespeare was quite conscious PHOTOS ADEREMI ADEGBITE - of the imperative of mutual respect with symposia and filming planned in amongst people all around the globe, colonialTanzania, heritages. Togo, Cameroon This extension and Namib of - - theia, all programme countries wasthat realisedharbour withGerman the ropean nations entered the enslave- val of African and African-Diasporic mentthough of heAfricans wrote and at a considered time when their Eu The 2016 edition of the BIGSAS Festi Ministry. whiteness as superior to the ‘other Africa in Translation« was held on collaborationIn her introductory of the German note Foreignon the races’ 2-4Literatures June 2016 on at the Iwalewahaus. theme »Remix. As conference theme, Susan Arndt elab- as an “act of rearranging, combining, tradition requires, the occasion began editorialising. Matt Jessel and adding defines originals remixing to with welcoming speeches by a number in artistic and cultural (re)readings, create something entirely new.” We of authorities including the Dean of withorated examples on the pertinencefrom Wagner of ReMiX and live in the age of remix where every- - thing is based on adaptations and in sentative of the Mayor of Bayreuth, the hybridity, intertextuality, complex the process of remixing, one creates BIGSAS Dymitr Ibriszimow, the repre- identities,Shakespeare. entanglement ReMiX has of to different do with different kinds of series. The idea that dalla and Anka Feldhusen who spoke temporalities, spatialities and prac- Godfather of the festival Abdilatif Ab- tices, giving birth to complex notions its claimed original state by either - of identity based on metissage and in- adding,Remix altersremoving a piece or changing, of work fromran torson behalf Susan of Arndt the delegation and Nadja of Ofuatey-the Ger terraciality. These notions run coun- through the keynotes, discussions, man Foreign office. The festival direc ter to the pretensions of racial and run-down of the programme for the artistic purity claimed by Wagner dance performances. Translation on entireAlazard event opened which the included festival the with exten a- especially in his controversial anti- itssongs, part books, is a films,process spoken of translating word and sion of the festival beyond Bayreuth Semitic positions. On the contrary, ideas beyond language, space and

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Spoken Word & Music with Linda Gabriel

to tell a story, but also used as a form citing and thought-provoking spoken aims of deconstructing reality were of healing. word performances by Adi Keissar (Is- greatlytime. Remixing explored and during translations the three- with After the panel discussion Yvonne day festival that hosted more than Adhiambo (Kenya) read from her lat- Nina Kibuanda (Kinshasa). These per- 200 guests from all over the world. est novel Dust, which mirrors the chal- formancesrael), Linda centred Gabriel on (Zimbabwe), issues of gender, and lenges of nation-building in multi-eth- the power of orature and the innova- - tive channels of self-representation The panel discussion “Remixing by marginalised segments of human History. ReMIX Africa in Transla nic Kenya. Referring to the multiple communities. tion goes to Togo” with Wazi Apoh voices in her text, the writer affirmed- On day two, there were two keynote (Togo), Nicolas Premier (France), and lence.that there The languageare three ofofficial silence languages consists Philippa Ebéné (Cameroon/Germany)- ofin repressed reading: English,memories Swahili of violence and be Si- focusedsation, gaveon Togo. some Archaeologist insights into Wazu his fore, during and after the independ- lectures by Shankar Raman (USA) on- Apoh,project specialistin which he on is German “interested coloni in ence struggle. This was followed by timediaRemixing where Shakespeare he also focussed and Paul onMiller his knowing our past and making sure the performative Vernissage “Invisible recently(USA) on released Remixing book in MusicRebirth and of amul Na- we are going into the future.” This - tion. The former focussed on the vari- panel discussed the holding of the - ous (re)adaptations of Shakespeare’s geria),Borders: foregrounding The Trans-African the art Photogra of travel- Othello with regard to the framings in Africa, convened by Nadja Ofuatey- lingphy” and project encountering by Emmanuel new spacesIduma (Nias a and re-readings of the race question. festival in former German Colonies way of deconstructing views of otherness and difference that characterise based on how to bring the structural theirAlazard. colonial Philippa past through Ebéné, explainedthe Mvet- xenophobic border practices. In the behaviourPaul D. Miller’sof natural presentation elements like wasice- instrument,how Cameroonian a sacred artists instrument deal used with - bergs to bear on the art of DJ remix-

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ing, with the possible correlation with from her novel entitled Ghana Must Go nected with interpretation given that deconstructive modes of thinking. He - language and textuality do not op- also shed some light on his projects on erate within ethically neutral back- Wagner, disputing the latter’s claim partwhich stressed was greatly the roleinfluenced of music by inYoru his drops. In responding to the keynote, to originality and purity of his artis- workba and on Latin Arab Epic Jazz Poetry. Miské on his- tic tradition. This was followed by a plained how Hip Hop as a main cultur- to the notion of untranslatability al phenomenon could set helpin Paris. in building He ex withGilbert reference Ndi Shang to historical made recourse experi- bridges, and his crime novels in which ences such as colonialism. This was panel discussion on Remixing sources, crime is used to solve problems. followed by a panel discussion on “Generating Futures” by Paul Miller This was followed by Remixing Film explored(USA), Rinaldo aspects Walcott of racial (BB/CA), categories and andShankar how Ramanthere are (USA). remixed All panellists through panellists“African emphasised Literature: the Translation, power and the transatlantic slavery. Shankar with a short film and discussion by- roleKnowledge of translation and Literature” as the translator wherein Branwen Okpako (Nigeria/Germnay) needs to be alert to the political im- on a selection of poems by Christo both the source and target cultures in aplications translation of specific context. terminologies in

of the festival gave a reading of three Abdilatif Abdallah, the Godfather- lish, showing how the original text sufferspoems, twowhen in Swahilitranslated. and oneHe instated Eng that “Translating poetry is like kiss- ing somebody whose face is covered.” Musa Okongwa, a British Ugandan poet and the griot of the festival gave a summary of the three-day festival with a remix of the festival high-

events and private experiences, in- fusinglights combining irony and bothhumour official in his festival nar- rative, as a typical griot. He also wove into his griotage the death of one of Tchekpo Dan Agbetou (Benin) presented a breathtaking dance performance entitled “Remixing Africa’s greatest sons, Muhammed Knowledge. Sous le Toit de mes Ancêtres”. Ali, entreating the audience to be inspired by Ali’s role in the defence of racial equality and mutual accept- pher Okigbo and the Mbari club. The ability. According to the griot, the mixing, one creates different kinds of exciting keynotes, discussions and festival was an atmosphere that cre- Raman stated that “In the process of book launch were followed by a dance ated new tunes, fostering a commu- create a new origin.” The crisis of col- performance by Tschekpo Dan Agbe- nity, which welcomes everyone and ourseries. in theRemixing 21st century is not was an attemptat the core to where strangers become friends. The of the debate. Walcott clearly made the performance enriched by elements of festival ended with an open air con- statement that there should be some choreographytou (Benin/Germany). and body The movements cultural cert with guest artists DJ Spooky and threshold beyond which remixing was fascinating to the audience. can become counterproductive or un- of conviviality and revelry with par- ethical. This session was followed by (Kenya) gave a keynote lecture on ticipantsMr Reed. demonstrating The atmosphere innovating was full “TheThe power next of day, translation Wangui Waas inter Goro- dance feats, celebrating the success by Karim Miské and Taiye Selasi. Se- pretation” in which she argued that of the festival as they bid farewell to lasi,a session a diasporic on Literature novelist andread Remixing excerpts translation was fundamentally con- Bayreuth.

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WHO – A project about the BIGSAS family

TEXT & PHOTO BIGSAS of all motives. Aderemi Adegbite com- the lower part was left blank. This bined a picture of this blackboard space could be seen as the “interac- - tion platform” in which viewers were - ior and Senior Fellows. The pictures expected to leave comments on, and werewith 13superimposed photographs on of the BIGSAS picture Jun of messages for, the person portrayed. In 2016, the corridor of BIGSAS of the blackboard. “I found the idea of Thus, a communication in the style guest,fices was Aderemi the location Adegbite. of an During exhibition his the constant exchange of knowledge of social media was encouraged – but residencyshowing objects in December created 2015 by the and BIGSAS Janu- which goes on between Senior Fellows in analogue format using pens and ary 2016, the Nigerian artist and pho- and Junior Fellows as a visual language papers. “This visual question ‘Who’ tographer developed an interactive vividly represented on the blackboard - project entitled “WHO”. Aderemi Ade- in one of the workstations”, he ex- lows, regarding their colleagues that gbite has been working and exhibiting arebegs featured for answers in the from portrait”, the BIGSAS Aderemi fel in several countries all over the world. on the blackboard”, he added, “set the Adegbite explained. He discovered the medium of photog- toneplained. for the “A inconsistent grid of five equations parallel lines and The exhibition was accessible for raphy just a few years ago when he torrent of texts, in several colours that several months. The photographs started photographing political events form the rhythm on the lines. Then, the - and protests in his home country. Just blackboard became a scholarly canvas ours containing mostly anonymous recently, he turned the lens on himself comments.were filled withBefore sticky taking notes down of all colthe and his own story, and so developed By choosing the blackboard he also boards they were again photographed his very own technique of putting to- referredon which toI portray his perception the BIGSAS of doingfamily.” a together with all notes. These photo- gether photographs by layering them graphs will be the subject of a project- in a semi-transparent way. sometimes having to wipe them away”. closing brochure summarising indi- The project “WHO” consists of PhD: “It is like…creating new ideas and writings on a blackboard which was the project. The edited photographs project from different perspectives subsequently used as the basic layer wereBut printed this was on metalonly theboards first of step which of (seevidual NAB reactions 2017). and reflecting the art

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Status Quo

Another year of success: A record 22 dissertations published, 12 new Alumni, 20 new Junior Fellows in 2016

In 2016, the Bayreuth International in 2008, 2009 and 2010 put altogether. The ap- - plications were from 26 Graduate School of African Studies - new(BIGSAS) Junior welcomed Fellows 15in newthe winterJunior Felse- an, three American and mester.lows in theThe summer new doctoral semester candidates and five elevenAfrican, Asian seven countries. Europe This was so far the most diverse application pe- come from Cameroon, Niger, Benin, riod in terms of applicant hadGhana, a total Côte numberd’Ivoire, ofSouth 96 JuniorAfrica andFel- nationalities. lowsGermany. from At 25 the countries: end of 2016, 18 African,BIGSAS With 12 doctoral - defences conducted in can and one Asian country. The gender 2016, the number of five European countries, one Ameri- Alumni increased to a didates are female and 58% are male. total of 90. This nearly ratioApplications shows that 42%for admissionof the PhD caninto balanced the number of Junior Fellows at the end of the year 2016. The new a total number of 259 applications Alumni, six women and six men, come CuvillierThe editorial Verlag, Franzteam of Steiner The BIGSAS Verlag thereBIGSAS were again more increased applicants in 2016. than With in Worldand the proudly Brazilian announces publisher Publit.the publication of the issue 2014-2015. The fromAnother Sudan, record Angola, was Ethiopia, set regarding Ghana, newsletter offers a panoramic view of the first three application processes theThailand number and Germany.of published disserta- the Junior Fellows’ as well as Alumni’s tions: 22 Alumni published their dis- experiences and activities as young sertations in 2016, among them seven researchers during the years 2014 and online, twelve in the Institute of Afri- 2015. It also gives non-members of can Studies series Beiträge zur Afrika- forschung abroad beyond academia. BIGSAS an idea of life in Bayreuth and at LIT Verlag, one each with

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BIGSAS Junior Fellows who started in April 2016

Defences in 2016

Name Country of origin Title of dissertation Supervisor Power Relations of Development: The Case of Dam Construction in the Nubian Abd Elkreem, Tamer Sudan Kurt Beck Homeland, Sudan Spoken Word Goes Digital: Performance Poetry and Social Media in Harare De Haas, Ricarda Germany Gabriele Sommer (Simbabwe) und Johannesburg (Südafrika): Eine gendersensible Analyse Towards a South African Literary "Post-Pastoralism": Alternative Environmen- Donsomsakulkij, Thailand talism and Multispecies Narratives in Selected Post-Apartheid South African Susan Arndt Weeraya Literature "Recently there were a lot of changes": Translations of the "Adaptation to Martin Doeven- Gebauer, Claudia Germany Climate Change Paradigm" in Rwanda speck Hänsch, Antonia Valerie Germany Der Versuch zu bleiben: Dammbau und Krise im sudanesischen Niltal Kurt Beck Hailu, Aychegrew Towards a History of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Ethiopia Ethiopia Achim von Oppen Hadera since the 1960s Performative Künste in Äthiopien: Internationale Kulturbeziehungen und Köppen, Grit Germany Susan Arndt postkoloniale Artikulationen The Religious Men in Jebel Marra: The Process of Learning and the Perfor- Mohammed, Bakheit Sudan Kurt Beck mance of Islamic Rituals and Practices Migration et Savoirs : Reconstruction ethnographique des itinéraires et péri- Nicoue, Délia Germany ples de l'apprentissage sur le parcours migratoire de jeune Éthiopiennes entre Kurt Beck l'Éthiopie et l'Allemagne Local State Institution-Building and the Unfulfilled Promise of Participatory Sabbi, Matthew Ghana Dieter Neubert Development: The case of Ghana Manfred von Ron- Teca, Afonso Angola Estudo da voz verbal em Kizómbò (H.16k) cador Mobile Tests - Einfaches Wissen: Zur Laboratorisierung und Projektifizierung Umlauf, Rene Germany Dieter Neubert der Malariadiagnose im ländlichen Uganda

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Doctoral dissertations of BIGSAS Alumni published in 2016

Author Title of publication Publisher Managing Risk and Securing Livelihood: The Karrayu Pastoralists, their Environment Alemu, Girum G. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart and the Ethiopian State Aráujo, Paulo Jeferson Possessivos e seus Domínios Conceituais: Enfoque sobre as línguas do grupo banto Publit, Rio de Janeiro Pilar https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Baiyewu, Timothy The Transformation of Aladura Christianity in Nigeria de/2588/ Bakhit, Mohamed A. G. Identity and Lifestyle Construction in Multi-Ethnic Shantytowns LIT Verlag, Münster Surviving in a Conflict Environment: Market Women and Changing Socioeconomic https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Bonkat, Lohna Relations in Jos, Nigeria – 2001-2010 de/2919/ Dispute Settlement in Eastern Guinea-Bissau: Self-Presentations, Stories and Borszik, Anne-Kristin LIT Verlag, Münster Agency Spectacles of Displacement: Institutional and Vernacular Photography on Refugees https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Chepngetich, Pamela in Dadaab, North-Eastern Kenya de/2915/ Daniel, Antje Organisation–Vernetzung–Bewegung: Frauenbewegungen in Kenia und Brasilien LIT Verlag, Münster Wilderness or Home? Conflicts, Competing Perspectives and Claims of Entitlement Debelo, Asebe Regassa LIT Verlag, Münster over Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia Technology-Culture Dialogue: Cultural and Sociotechnical Appropriation of Mobile Fantaw, Setargew Kenaw LIT Verlag, Münster Phones in Ethiopia Generationen-Bande: Ordnung, Praxis und Geschichte der Generationenbeziehun- Häberlein, Tabea LIT Verlag, Münster gen bei den Lama (Kabiyé) im nördlichen Togo Towards a History of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Ethiopia since the https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Hailu, Aychegrew H. 1960s de/2977/ Undeveloped Adaptation: Climate Risks, Vulnerability and Household Well-Being in https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Kiragu, Serah Wambui Mwingi, Kenya de/2954/ L’Environnementalisme en Afriqe francophone : La Représentation de Koto, Yawo Mensah M. l’Environnement dans la littérature et le Cinéma Africains Francophones au Sud du Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen Sahara https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Kozi, Bonson Marie Laure Description Comparative des Langues du Sous-Groupe Bia Nord: Agni, Baule, Anufo de/2934/ Die Ordnung hinter der Ordnung: Ethnographie einer islamischen Geheimwissen- Kuhn, Tobias LIT Verlag, Münster schaft Vigilantism, State, and Society in Plateau State, Nigeria: A History of Plural Policing https://epub.uni-bayreuth. Lar, Jimam Timchang (1950 to the present) de/2798/ Ndogo, Samuel Narrating the Self and Nation in Kenyan Autobiographical Writings LIT Verlag, Münster À Goma on sait jamais : Jugend im ganz normalen Ausnahmezustand in Goma, DR Oldenburg, Silke LIT Verlag, Münster Kongo The Media and Terrorism: Editorial Cartoons, Framing and Legitimacy in the Kenyan Omanga, Duncan Mainye LIT Verlag, Münster Press, 1998-2008 (Re)Mapping Luanda: Utopische und nostalgische Zugänge zu einem kollektiven Siegert, Nadine LIT Verlag, Münster Bildarchiv The State of the Nation: “Businification” of Political Rhetoric in Post-Apartheid Turner, Irina LIT Verlag, Münster South Africa

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BIGSAS Colloquium with guests from Cameroon

TEXT BIGSAS & ERIC ANCHIMBE the University of Bayreuth and the by questions and remarks by the su- PHOTOS BIGSAS University of Yaounde I which both pervisors and colleagues. signed a MoU in 2013. The second day of the colloquium - On 17-18 November 2016, a very spe- ior Fellows Sabrina Maurus, Katha- theStephen University A. Mforteh, of Yaounde Professor I, and Valand- had presentations by BIGSAS Jun - Head of the Department of English at cial BIGSAS colloquium took place. rina Greven and Uchenna Oyali, guest BIGSAS invited five doctoral stu entine N. Ubanako, Rapporteur of the speaker Susanne Schulz from the

Charles N. Nah presents his project. dents and two senior fellows from the accompanied the doctoral students - Graduate School of Arts, Languages, Bielefeld Graduate School of History Graduate School of Arts, Languages - and Sociology (Germany) as well as- and Cultures of the University of Ya- brielOphelia Abongban Aniwa Tangang Abianji, and Lesley Immac Lem- brielfour Abongban presentations Tangang by Lesleyand Immac Lem- loquium.ounde I, CameroonThe collaboration to participate between in ulateAcho, Tarh. Charles Nyitsotemve Nah, Ga ulateAcho, Tarh, Charles all from Nyitsotemve the University Nah, Ga of an expanded BIGSAS Doctoral Col- Yaounde I. Their dissertation projects ate School had as aim the creation of a concern research questions in the BIGSAS and the Cameroonian Gradu- Toure,On theBrahima first day Diallo, of the Benedict colloquium, Arko, quium which is usually only attended BIGSAS Junior Fellows Fulera Issaka- linguistics. new perspective to the BIGSAS collo- Yvette Ngum and Morenikeji Adisa fields of (postcolonial) literature and ior Fellows) and their supervisors. Raymond Frempong, Rogers Hansine,- - by doctoral students of BIGSAS (Jun lia Abianji, one of the guest students The visit of the Cameroonian graduate level cooperation with the presented their PhD projects. Ophe- guests was initiated by Eric An- UniversityAlready in of 2015, Yaounde BIGSAS I. The started invita a- sertation project on widowhood in chimbe, BIGSAS Senior Fellow and from Cameroon, presented her dis lecturer in the Department of Eng- animated this cooperation and in- speakers had about 45 minutes for lish Linguistics. The colloquium was tion to the BIGSAS colloquium thus theAfrican presentation novels and which films. was Each followed of the team.again organised by the BIGSAS post docs and supported by the BIGSAS tensified the collaboration between NAB XVI - 2016 21 BIGSAS

BIGSAS and its Partner Universities awarded EU funding for Intra- Africa Academic Mobility

Project: “Academic Mobility for African Sustainable Development” (AMAS)

TEXT BIGSAS PHOTO JOHAN FRANCOIS

in Africa submitted the project, “Aca- demicBIGSAS Mobility and its for partner African UniversitiesSustainable

funding under its “Intra-Africa Aca- demicDevelopment” Mobility (AMAS),Scheme”. to The the project, EU for - tension, the University of Bayreuth) written in 2016, has BIGSAS (by ex

as technical partner and five BIGSAS Partner Universities as applicants, i.e.- Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and The AMAS team at the kick-off meeting in Brussels (L-R): Dymitr Ibriszimow (Dean of BIGSAS), worthy because it gained enough visi- Anne Nangulu (Moi University, Kenya), Gregório Firmino (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, bilityMozambique. at the decision-making AMAS is not only council note of Mozambique), Dodji Amouzouvi (Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin), Yamina El Kirat El Allame (University Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco), Brook Lemma Mamaru (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia), and Omar Egesah (Moi University, Kenya) it embodies the success of a collabora- tivethe Europeanand unfailing Union effort but alsobetween because six tant signal for higher education poli- universities but also for other univer- partners across the two continents, tics as well as an example of a working sities in Africa. They are sure that the cross-continental collaboration. project will promote cross-country After four months of brainstorm- But what does AMAS aim at? The cooperation in higher education with ing,Africa drafting and Europe. and eventually writing project will establish and consolidate a focus on education, exchange of - cooperation between African Univer- ideas and sustainability of measures. doret, Kenya (as main project appli- sities in terms of mobility of students the application, Moi University in El and researchers in African countries. - - It will also promote the exchange Central to the project are programmes cant), Université d’Abomey-Calavi in- and transfer of ideas and knowledge Sciences,at the Master Development and PhD level Sciences, in the folSo- Cotonou, Benin, Addis Ababa Univer among different regions of the conti- ciologylowing fields:and (Social) Governance Anthropology. and Social sity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Univer - sité Mohammed V in Rabat, Morocco,- tions will help to unlock a new level of - ingUniversidade institutions Eduardo and the MondlaneUniversity inof qualitynent. Collaboration assurance in betweenhigher education institu grammeThese research “Intra-Africa fields alsoAcademic reflect Mothe- BayreuthMaputo, Mozambique,as the “technical” as collaborat partner in African institutions. It will foster bilityobjectives Scheme”. described Furthermore, in the EUthe pro- - the internationalisation and harmoni- ject partners will each lay emphasis on - sation of the curricula in the partici- a special subject of study e.g. “Forced received the message: “The Educa- pating institutions. tion, Audiovisual and Cultural Execu The kick-off meeting to discuss and Security Studies” at Addis Ababa tive Agency (EACEA), the funding in further proceedings was held in Brus- University.Migration” atStudents Moi University, participating or “Peace in tostitution support of your the Europeanproposal until Union, 2021”. has sels on 12-14 December 2016. The rep- an AMAS programme will attend lec- Thegranted University the sum of Bayreuth of 1.4 million will act Euro as - tures and seminars both at their home an intermediary between the partners versities underlined the importance of university and at partner universities - AMASresentatives not only of for BIGSAS the future Partner of their Uni

22 NAB XVI - 2016 and the EU. This success is an impor which cooperate in their field of study. BIGSAS

BIGSAS Colloquium: Advanced works in progress

With a guest Junior Fellow from Yaounde, Cameroon

Julius A. Eyoh, guest from Yaonde

TEXT BENEDIKT PONTZEN of North-South migration in which translations are not simple render- PHOTOS BIGSAS he showed that, contrary to popular ings from one language into another prejudice, people move in great num- but are accompanied by various in-

(Angola) in search of a better life. Ka- regular doctoral colloquium at the malbers Donkofrom Europe spoke (Portugal) about the toimpacts Africa colloquiumnovations on with languages. a presentation Julius Eyoh,of his On 28 January 2016, BIGSAS held its of national politics and elections on our guest from Cameroon, closed the the allocation of land in Benin. Kupa- Geschwister Scholl Platz in Bayreuth.- kwashe Mtata presented his research writtenPhD on ana descriptive endangered grammar. Cameroonian Seven Junior Fellows from BIGSAS and on sacred sites in the Matobo Hills language,The presentations Engwo, on showcased which he hasthe a visiting scholar from Cameroon, Ju diversity of topics, approaches, dis- Seniorlius A. Eyoh,Fellows presented and Junior and discussed Fellows. - ciplines, methods and regions of re- Thetheir colloquium research projects was well with attended, BIGSAS eraturein Zimbabwe. and how Renzo such Baasnovels presented describe and the discussions were lively. Namibia’shis research colonial on German occupation colonial and litits roof. We had anthropologists in dis- emergence as a nation. Delia Nicoué cussionsearch that with BIGSAS political unites scientists, under onelin- colloquium with a paper on noctur- talked about the woes and hopes of guists, geographers and researchers nal Hannalife in Lenathe city Reich of Dar kicked es Salaam, off the female migrants from the Horn of Af- from religious and literary studies. - As the interesting and constructive - discussions showed we stand much canTanzania. city spend She described their nights some out. of Asaf the consecutiverica in contemporary translations Europe. of the Uchen Bible to learn from each other. Augustoplaces where followed people with of this a discussion East Afri na Oyali presented his findings on

from English into Igbo. As he argued,

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BIGSAS Denkatelier / BIGSAS Forum for

Boubacar Boris Diop Thought / Les ateliers BIGSAS de la pensée

New lecture series livestreamed online

TEXT & PHOTOS BIGSAS Senegalese novelist Boubacar Boris Diop.The His first talk guest “Écrire speaker aujourd’hui was theen - Afrique” summarised Diop’s experi- D.A. Masolo ries for members of the academia ences as a journalist and novelist in asBIGSAS well developedas other interested a new lecture persons se Africa. He is currently working in Ni- in summer 2016. The appellation geria at the American University of Denkatelier Nigeria as a guest professor. Besides Les ateliers BIGSAS de la being known as a productive writer pensée“BIGSAS / BIGSAS Forum (seven novels, six collection of short multidisciplinarityfor Thought / and diverse audi- novels, three plays, four screenplays ences of” reflectsthe lecture the series. multilingualism, The funda- and numerous articles) he is also fa- mental aim of the lecture series is to mous for translating from Wolof to facilitate the exchange of ideas beyond French and back. The evening was a events like academic conferences, wonderful kick-off for further events, workshops, art exhibitions and inter- not least thanks to the Deutsch-Fran- cultural discussions which have taken zösische Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V.

Subjects are not limited to any par- place in BIGSAS since NovemberDenkatelier 2007. The(German-French event took place Society on 28 of July Bayreuth) 2016 at Les thewhich Iwalewahaus. co-organised this BIGSAS event. ateliersticular discipline.BIGSAS de BIGSASla pensée - from/ BIGSAS the input Forum of forguests Thought academics, / comed its second speaker in this lec- researchers, artists, politicians benefits and tureOn series: 20 October D. A. Masolo, 2016, BIGSASa worldwide wel renowned specialist in African philos- their thoughts with a broader audi- ophy. His talk, “In the Absence of Ideal ence.public The figures lectures who are are invited not limited to share to Theory: Decrying the Vacuum”, gave the audience in Bayreuth but can also the audience an insight into current be accessed online via real-time video theories of philosophy. The Kenyan- stream. This rather new media chan- -

everyone who is interested in the for- USA.born He philosopher teaches a wide is Professor range of ofcours Phi- mat.nel has However, finally beenthe advantage adopted to for reach the eslosophy in traditional at the University Western of Louisville,and non- audience in Bayreuth is the possibility Western philosophical traditions in of asking questions after the lecture the Humanities doctoral programme. and interacting informally with the His work has been the focus of inter- speakers and other participants. national philosophical symposia.

For videos of both lectures see: www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en

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_ The BIGSAS team at the studio entrance Visit to the studios of Bayerischer Rundfunk in Nuremberg

BIGSAS JFs and Alumni go behind the scenes in television production

TEXT & PHOTOS BIGSAS “behind the curtain” into the control of the fees and therefore must pro- room. charge of (in Bavaria the BR gets 18% After the broadcast there was still In October 2016, a small group of time for the Junior Fellows to talk duce 18% of the ARD programmes). about their dissertation projects. travelled to Nuremberg on the invi- theIn this world. manner, ARD also splits up the BIGSAS Junior Fellows and Alumni responsibilitiesThe group had for the its chance offices toaround meet head of the editorial department of with other editors and the techni- thetation TV of programme Thomas Rex, “Frankenschau” the host and cal team of the weekly broadcast at the Bayerischer Rundfunk - “Frankenschau.” This broadcast is - watched by about 500.000 view- dio Franken (BR, Ba varianmembers Broadcasting introduced Company), themselves stu telling and longer features of about (Franconia). The BIGSAS- ers in Germany. It focuses on story- daily news programme “Franken- brieflya tour ofbefore the studio joining building. him and Duringthe ex schaufive minutes Aktuell.” – in Approximately comparison to the15 ecutive editor, Rüdiger Baumann, on people work simultaneously for one - live programme and the broadcasting the tour, ThomasArbeitsgemeinschaft Rex explained the process needs as much power for one dermain tasksöffentlich-rechtlichen of the BR in the frameRund- evening as a regular student spends Inside the live-broadcasting studio funkanstaltenwork of the ARD der( Bundesrepublik Deutschland - of “Frankenschau”: he has been host- ingin one this year. programme Thomas forRex 24 is yearsthe heart and with the topicality and depth of the , the Association of Pub already produced several features on The editors of BR were impressed rooflic Broadcasting organisation Corporations of nine broadcast in the- Africa related topics. Half an hour be- also discussed ways of further coop- ingFederal channels Republic which of Germany),represent the eration.research Before conducted leaving at the BIGSAS. studio They the disappeared to receive a layer of HD fore the live broadcast, Thomas Rex and his team to come to Bayreuth to feesdifferent and its federal sum is states split up of according Germany. group saw him again inside the studio meetBIGSAS other group members invited of Thomasthe graduate Rex toARD the is number financed of inhabitants through TV in licence every wheremake-up the and group to dress had the up. chance The BIGSAS to be school. As one of the results of this - present during the production of the spective broadcasting channels are in live show. They also threw a glance part of Germany for which the re visit, the BR plans a feature about NAB XVI - 2016 25 BIGSAS in January 2017. BIGSAS

The participants of the conference

Higher Education Partnerships

Continuation of a global discourse, in Bayreuth with BIGSAS

TEXT BIGSAS ropean higher education institutions. - PHOTOS THORSTEN OCHS Thus, the invited researchers, expert Knight, Professor at the Ontario In not only on the past three decades of presentedstitute for Studiesher concept in Education of Knowledge at the noteworthypractitioners growth and partners of institutional reflected DiplomacyUniversity which of Toronto, deals Canada.with power She host of an international conference partnerships and international col- balance and the role of education and onIn Novemberfuture-related 2016, issues BIGSAS in the was aca the- laboration but foremost on the fur- knowledge creation, sharing and use demia and politics both in Africa and ther development of new measures in building and fostering relations - and partnerships. The promotion of between countries. Following this, academic mobility, joint curriculum other speakers presented various in Europe. BIGSAS coordinator Chris- development, joint applications for egiorgistine Scherer organised and BIGSAS the two-day Alumnus event and research funding, research collabo- - now Postdoc Emnet Tadesse Wold ration and networking achieved so case studies and best-practice. Peter far showed that there is great poten- theMaassen, University Professor of Oslo, in Norway, the Depart and under the title “Higher Education- tial and success in working together, ment for Educational Research at Partnership Trends and Policy Issues especially in cross-continental net- between African and European High- works. The purpose of the conference Jens Jungblut, International Centre er Education Institutions” which was was to stimulate academic discussion presentedfor Higher Educationpartnership Research activities at thebe- 20the speakers first of its the kind conference in the internation covered a and initiate new ideas and impulses tweenUniversity the University of Kassel, Germany,of Oslo and both in- diverseal network spectrum of BIGSAS. of topics With more that havethan for the future. stitutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ton to do with the current and future col- - conference day was given by Jane - The keynote address on the first Dietz, Professor and Director of the laboration between African and Eu African Studies Centre, Leiden Uni

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Left: Damtew Teferra, keynote speaker

Below: Jane Knight, keynote speaker, introduced by BIGSAS coordinator Christine Scherer

versity, The Netherlands, described - ship building with Africa. Leiden’s strategy on equal partner Head of the International Network Damtew Teferra, Professor and

Africa,for Higher opened Education day two in Africawith aat key the- noteUniversity speech of on KwaZulu-Natal, partnership models South within the context of higher educa- was in need of adapted strategies of funding for their project proposal whichtion. Global also include change, higher Teferra education stated, panels discussed the partnership be- “Academic Mobility in Africa for Sus- both as a major player and a catalyst defined by the United Nations. Some- tainable Development” (AMAS) by the stakeholder. He also encouraged the audience to think beyond political tween BIGSAS and its Partner Univer - particularlysities in Benin, the Ethiopia, structures, South institu Africa,- Education, Audio-visual and Culture- tionsKenya, and Morocco activities and relevant Mozambique, to the lentExecutive example Agency of achievements of the European of thriv Un- boundaries. Christoph Hansert, Head conference topic. ingion (EACEA).cross-continental This success partnerships is an excel (DAAD)of Development presented Cooperation the DAAD’s atAfrica the The conference closed with a meet- that were discussed during the confer- StrategyGerman Academic2020 with Exchangeparticular Serviceregard ence. A publication of the conference representatives celebrating the award contributions is in preparation. ing of the BIGSAS Partner Universities to the Sustainable Development Goals

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Model African Union Conference, Bayreuth: 21-24 April 2016

TEXT ROSE NYAKO KIMANI & were simulated during the conference All three committees came up LILIANE NGAWA as follows: with resolutions that were presented PHOTO SABINE LINN - which was constituted during the conference.to the model Apart Pan from African the Parliament,committee Committee 1: The African Commis deliberations, conference attendees African Union Workgroup in collabo- Topicsion on A : Abolition Human and of the Peoples’ death penalty Rights participated in the opening ceremony, rationFrom 21 with to 24the April Model 2016, African the BIGSAS Union in(ACHPR) Africa a concert by Njamy Sitson, a panel dis- Association e.V. (MAU) organised the

wasfirst based Model on African the current Union African conference Un- in Germany. The conference theme-

ion Intheme, preparation which is for ‘Towards the conference, a Peace theful, ProsperousAU Workgroup and organisedIntegrated a Africa’. workshop on public speaking and presentation skills on 16 April 2016. The training was conducted by Nicola Speer, a

- trainer from the Institute for Public- Speaking and Methodology of the Eu dayropean workshop Academy strengthened of Otzenhausen, the public Ger speakingmany. Facilitated skills of byJunior BIGSAS, Fellows the full-and Conference organising team with guest speakers and BIGSAS dean MAU members involved in the conference. For the conference itself, the or- Topic B - cussion on African Integration with ganising team had the honour of invit- tion) – a violation of women’s rights scholars based in Bayreuth, and a ing and hosting two guest speakers : FGM (female genital mutila workshop on good governance. from Africa through funding provided Ambassador Hammad emphasised that the Model African Union Bay- TopicCommittee A: Disarmament, 2: Peace and demobilisa Security- reuth has the task of asserting its val- by BIGSAS. Ambassador Salah Siddiq- Council (PSC) ues and political interests in a context liticalHammad, Affairs the of Senior the HumanAfrican RightsUnion Topic B of diversity and difference. In an inter- Expert within the Department of Po crimetion and in reintegration Africa and through in conflict African areas view during the conference, Kah Walla - channels : Combating international pointed out that “While I have really calCommission leader whose (Addis leadership Ababa) and style Edith has beenKahbang recognised Walla, a atCameroonian the international politi thinking how many universities in Af- level, were present for all three days of ricaenjoyed are doing [the this”. conference], She acknowledged … I keep the conference. During this time, they TopicCommittee A 3: The Economic, Social- the innovation made by the University gave inspirational speeches and inter- ationand Cultural and distribution Council (ECOSOCC) infrastructures of Bayreuth scholars in organising acted with delegates and members of Topic B:: ElaborationImprovement of energyof inter-Afri gener- such a conference, and encouraged the public. Three African Union com- can trade and creation of an economic them to carry the idea to wherever mittees debating on diverse topics union else they may be stationed in future.

The conference was featured in a press release of the African Union Political Affairs Department: www.au.int/en/pressreleases/29572/african-union-commission-participates-model-african-union-bayreuth-germany

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BIGSAS Diversity Lectures 2016

A journey through gender, religious, disability, institutional, etc. diversity

TEXT ERIC A. ANCHIMBE PHOTO ABRAHAM BRAHIMA

severalLike the fabulous past years, presentations in 2016 and the discussions.BIGSAS Diversity Following Programme on the diverse saw list of talks from 2015, we were able issues like disability in mainstream theatre,to put together diversity five talksmanagement that covered in higher education, old age in African plays, gender mainstreaming in higher education and inclusion in museum discourse. Our ever growing audience was thrilled by the extent of the issues raised and by the closeness of some of those issues to them, especially the Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong interacts with the audience after her lecture. talks on higher education. Two diversity lectures dealt with drama and theatre. In April 2016, on “Involuntarily multilingual?: At- jects for research or academic disci- titudes towards linguistic diversity plines but now form part of the higher described “The importance of ‘fabu- and diversity management in tertiary education manager arena. This seems lousAnn Foxinvalids’: (Davidson Or, why College, representing NC, USA) education,” Monika Dannerer (Uni- to be a worldwide development as the disability in mainstream theatre versity of Innsbruck) offered a de- - tailed insight into the Austrian high- opia (Africa) illustrate. In the win- er education context where linguistic tertalks term, from KatharinaAustria (Europe) Fink (Bayreuth and Ethi (Humboldtmatters.” Contextualising University Berlin) old looked age in diversity has become part of tertiary Academy) took us to a new domain Africa, Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong- education management in a typical- of diversity discourse in her lecture tives, practices and expectations.” ly monolingual country. On 19 July “‘When making is inclusive, good Theat “Old two age lectures in African signalled plays: Perspecthe rel- things happen’: Inclusion as a catalyst evance of art and creativity in the for the re-politicisation of museum representation and comprehension 2016, Yemane Zeray Mesfin (Mekelle discourse” on 27 October 2016. In the of diversity. The indispensability of mainstreamingUniversity, Ethiopia) in higher used Ethiopiaeducation as gender and diversity in higher edu- a case study for the talk on “Gender the 2016 talks touched on personal cation was at the centre of two addi- that gender and diversity in higher experiencespirit of the and Diversity hands-on Lecture approaches Series, tional diversity lectures. In her talk educationin Ethiopia.” are These no longer two talks simply showed sub- to real life diversity issues.

We are open to proposals for speakers in the Diversity Lectures. All members of BIGSAS can make suggestions. There are up to four lectures every semester. The BIGSAS Diversity Lectures take place on Thursdays, 7pm at the Iwalewahaus.

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BIGSAS in Town 2016

A little bit of BIGSAS at Mainauenlauf Marathon and Afrika-Karibik-Festival

TEXT & PHOTOS BIGSAS running course, friends and fans lined of Bayreuth and beyond. Therefore, up to support and to cheer the runners Mbaho and Justice Arthur met with Where sport meets entertainment: atmosphere of that day. In the end it Junior Fellows Carline Liliane Ngawa- waswhich the contributed feeling to ahave lot to accomplished the amazing tration team to discuss ideas already showed that team spirit is one of the something as a group which was more theat the dean beginning of BIGSAS of and2016. the The adminis main In 2016, BIGSAS Junior Fellows again important than individual results. idea was to show authentic African framework of the Landesgartenschau fashion – not only visual but also to 2016greatest in Bayreuth strengths (state of BIGSAS. garden exhibi In the- Town 2016. The annual Afrika-Kar- provide facts about the clothes. Thus, tion) the Mainauenlauf marathon took ibik-FestivalCreativity on took 16-17 over July at wasBIGSAS again in place on the green site of the exhibi- a perfect opportunity to present and tion. The quarter marathon was the differentin the following parts of monthsAfrica, dressed BIGSAS JFsup and friendsand collected took pictures outfits of them from- a great opportunity for promote BIGSAS to the inhabitants selves in these clothes. The thefirst sportsmen on this area and and sports was- photographs were printed on topic or region-oriented their running talents. On posters alongside explana- thewomen morning of BIGSAS of 11 to showJune tory texts. At the festival läu- ft! fans welcomed the run- with an information stand 2016,ners including a group of seven BIGSAS Junior anditself, its BIGSAS signature participated items: the Fellows and three members orange balloons. Visitors of the administration team. appreciated the exhibited Dressed in T-Shirts show- posters very much and had the chance to discuss with läuft! team the run- Junior Fellows at the stand. ingners theirmet at affiliation the starting to line the The highlight of the day BIGSASfor the obligatory photo was the African Fashion shooting. They were divided into two groups: the members during which 5km runners and the 10km JuniorShow organised Fellows and by BIGSASAlumni runners. presented their original With a whopping time - of 23:05min for the 5km course Musa Ibrahim Shangoutfits liveNdi, on Juniorstage. ModFel- erated by Alumnus Gilbert Mbaye Seye the show was reached the finishing line onelows of Larissa the big Mbobda attractions and anas theoutstanding first runner 13th ofplace the of the festival day. The fan- inBIGSAS the overall team ranking. and gained The tastic atmosphere and the entertaining performances made us look forward to wasfirst womanJohanna of Sarrethe BIGSAS after BIGSAS Junior Fellows are having fun backstage 31:04min.team to finishAlongside the 5kmsthe in Town 2017. the next edition of BIGSAS 30 NAB XVI - 2016 BIGSAS

BIGSAS Junior Fellows are having fun on stage

The BIGSAS family gathers at the festival

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Stolen Moments

Namibian Music History Untold

Namibian pop music from the 1950s-1980s, that is the musical culture in townships oppressed by the Apartheid-govern- ment, is central to the cooperation between the Iwalewa- haus and the Stolen Moments Group, Windhoek, which consists of Aino Moongo (Namibia), Eljakim “Baby” Doeseb (Namibia) and Thorsten Schütte (Germany). The exhibition shows an interpretation of Namibia’s music history, which until now was neither researched nor portrayed, and presents an artistic view on the topic. 26 years after Namibia’s independence, the archiving and exhibition project, supported by TURN – Fund for Artis- tic Cooperation between Germany and African Countries, puts this important aspect of collective cultural identity into focus - an aspect which has been pushed aside by censorship and erased from memory. The stolen moments and hidden stories were made accessible through the medium of radio, photography, art, film and an exhibition archive. The exhibition took form through a long research phase, a strong collaboration between international part- that time, they contacted artists, musicians, filmmakers ners, among them various archives and institutions, to- and photographers from Namibia, its diaspora and Europe gether with musicians like Baby Doeseb, Jackson Wahengo to connect the collected knowledge to contemporary and Kakuja Kembale, who to some extent could reanimate time, life and generations. They interviewed over 80 time repertoires thought to be lost. Opening in November 2016 witnesses, musicians and artists and visited the hotspots at the Iwalewahaus and curated by Aino Moongo and of those days. Iwalewahaus director Ulf Vierke, the exhibition will also be It was of great interest for the research group and ex- shown in Basel and Berlin. hibition team to document and show the dance halls time The cornerstone of the exhibition was a song by Namib- witnesses so often referred to. The original idea of “sim- ian singer-songwriter Ben Molatzi. The original vinyl of Ben ple” documentation however soon was abandoned and Molatzi displayed as an entering object of this exhibition is replaced by the exceptional artworks Stephan Zaubitzer a witness of censorship during the apartheid time. Tracks (France) delivered. Zaubitzer, known for his frontal large- transporting lyrics about freedom, peace and liberty were size photographs of cinema interiors, travelled through scratched out of the record. Namibia for six weeks to visit the dance hotspots. From After collecting the data, including photographs, this tour over 300 photographs emerged out of which a newspaper articles, music and films, through which the few were selected and produced for the exhibition. Listen- research group got a vast overview over the conditions at ing to time witnesses’ interviews he managed to capture singers. Many hours of audio data in English, Damara, Os- hiwambo, Afrikaans and German were transcribed and translated into English and German to be accessible to the exhibition’s visitors. Bringing different generations together, the research group started a call for artists interested in creating a fictive cover artwork for bands and albums that never had one before. Papa Shikongeni, Phillipus Shehama, David Amukoto and Sandile Pazvakavamwa transformed music into unique material, artefacts into today’s life. One of the major tasks of the Stolen Moments Research Group was to make the music of those days accessible for the next generations, for time witnesses and the visitors of the exhibition. Eljakim “Baby” Doeseb digitised the tapes and LPs stored at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) music archives in Windhoek, in total 1800 tracks. The key parts of the digitised music were brought to the Iwalewa- haus and presented together with biographical data of the the ghosts of the past and the leftover haunted spaces. musicians, bands and portrait photography or original cover Following this strong desire to capture ghosts of past artworks. Most of the tapes and LPs have never been pub- times and their remains, the film project “Dance Me This” lished before. Only some tracks were played once on the was realised by Thorsten Schütte. The film – shot in 4K and radio. The melodies played by musicians who travelled the shown in an uncut version lasting two hours in the exhibi- country were stored in people’s minds for years. Some of tion – captured volunteer senior dancers, also from apart- the bands were specialised in cover songs, bringing in influ- heid days, at an event the research group organised in 2016 ences from music genres from the US and Europe. at the National Theatre in Windhoek, Namibia. Living music history instead was captured on film by Wolfgang Spahn, a Berlin-based visual artist, then de- Timm Kröger (Germany) who accompanied the musicians signed and produced transmitters and radios, which were Jackson Wahengo (Namibia, Denmark) and Kakuja Kembale placed in the exhibition space, configuring a radio walk (Namibia) during their residency at the Iwalewahaus. Explor- through time and space. By following the transmitted ing each other’s music and discussing musical styles and mo- hidden stories, the visitor would be guided through the ments of history besides playing traditional popular music exhibition and pass by fictive record covers, photographs was documented. A music style of Damara background and of dance halls, bands and newspaper articles. The “Radio captured by photographer John Liebenberg, illustrates the From Outta Space” was based on recorded interviews visual heart of the Iwalewahaus exhibition poster. with time witnesses in Namibia, especially musicians and (Lucie Ameloot & Alexandra Kuhnke) Photos: Sabine Linn

Things Fall Apart

The legacy of cultural relationships between Africa, the Soviet Union and related countries during the Cold War

The exhibition Things Fall Apart was shown at the Iwalewahaus from May to September 2016 and featured artists, filmmakers and groups from across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. It was realised in cooperation with Gallery Calvert22 London, AfricCont. Lisbon and the Open Society Archives Budapest. Curated by Mark Nash (London) and Nadine Siegert (Bayreuth), it drew attention to film, photography, propaganda, and public art. The show presented interdisciplinary reflections on African connections to the Soviet Union and related countries. The title of the exhibition is borrowed from Chinua Achebe’s 1958 classic of post-colonial fiction, seen by many as the archetypal modern African novel in English which reflects the devas- tating impact of colonialism in Africa. The exhibition used this association to focus on a similar loss of utopian perspective following the end of the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc. “Things Fall Apart” focused on historical and contemporary responses to the geopolitical and cultural connections of African nations to the Soviet Union and related countries. Links were forged particularly during the second half of the twentieth century, as post-colonial power struggles drew support from the East and the West. The Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Cuba and East Germany all offered aid to national governments such as Mozambique and Angola, as well as provided educational scholarships to students from these countries as a means of wielding soft power. The his- toric ties between these nations find expression across the 20th and 21st centuries: from early-Soviet utopian visions of interracial collaboration through the height of the Cold War when soft power was used to influence independence struggles to the ongoing stories of African independence and liberation. The exhibition reached back to the beginning of the Soviet era through the work of Russian-American artist Yevgeniy Fiks. Fiks explores representations of black people in Soviet press and propaganda as early as 1920, which he presents through The Wayland Rudd Archive. The exhibition also re-examined relationships built during the apex of the Cold War, including Tito’s 1961 visit to Africa. Contemporary traces of communist street art and propaganda are captured by Jo Ractliffe and Kiluanji Kia Henda, reveal- ing the lasting legacy of liberation struggles on the continent. In addition, the work of Onejoon Che critically examines the legacy of North Korea’s Mansudae Art Studio which produced socialist realist artworks such as The African Renaissance. Accompanying the exhibition was the event series “Red Africa” which took place at the Iwalewahaus. (Mark Nash & Nadine Siegert) Milica Tomić, On Labudović: Cinema, School and War of Independence. (Sabine Linn) Photos: Sabine Linn

Cedric Nunn - Unsettled

In spring 2016, the Iwalewahaus presented four small exhibitions: Cedric Nunn: Unsettled, Existential Phantasies – The Monkey on your Shoulder, Porcellanographie: Future Traces and Time Travel.

As the largest of the four spring exhibitions at the Iwalewahaus, Ce- dric Nunn: Unsettled, was a loan from Galerie Seippel in Cologne. The show with 40 photographs, was curated by junior researchers Lena Naumann and Siegrun Salmanian, who aimed to offer new perspectives by displaying it in different combinations according to the rooms – giving glimpses of themes and subjects, landscapes, memorials, urban places and spaces as well as the awful pasts with destruction and graves, but also the present and future with places that had changed. The video Blood Relatives, based on Cedric Nunn’s photo essay with the same title, was selected to complete the exhibition in a personal way: It approaches South African identity by doc- umenting the artist’s family history over five generations. In his photo essay Unsettled [unsettled: unstable / un- easy / undetermined / uninhabited], Cedric Nunn engages with the hundred year’s resistance of the Xhosa against the Boer settlers and the British colonial rule. With focus on the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Nunn reveals individual and collective memories of the troubled history – even those which are masked by the conqueror’s historiography: “South Africa’s landscape is drenched in blood”, says Nunn. The emotional scars caused by deprivation of rights, dispossession, oppression and violence become visible in his black and white photographs. As a chronicler, Nunn defeats the temporal distance to the historical events of the frontier wars and exposes the repercussions on the present. The lens of his camera is di- rected towards the melancholic atmosphere of the heroic past of the resistance of the Xhosa, which finds its origin in the battle for territory and power. In the intense compositions of his photographs, not only the beauty of the landscape, but also the traces of the untiring defenders of the land of the vic- tors and the vanquished are reflected. By becoming protagonists, Cedric Nunn, Great Fish River (Inxuba) auf seinem Weg durch das Great Fish River Naturreservat, 2014, courtesy Galerie Seippel Köln, copyright Cedric Nunn

places and spaces open an access to memories. The apparent silent photographs, shot between 2012 and 2014 tell the stories about the loss of land and the courage to revolt. They invite us to a reflective reinterpretation of identity, space and politics. What remains remembered? “I don’t really see my photography as storytelling but rather as indicators or symbols that refer to a certain ‘state of being’, by which I mean, they reference a larger body of which the image is part.” Cedric Nunn (*1957 in Nongoma, KwaZulu) became a professional photographer in the early 1980s in Durban, motivated to document the realities of apartheid which he saw ignored by the popular media. Shortly after he joined the Afrapix Collective in Johannesburg, an independent photo agency and political-artistic movement that used documentary photography to protest against apartheid. The collective’s main focus was on the visu- alization of the impacts of apartheid on South African society and to contribute to its end by outlining the realities of resistance, the oppression of the black population and its struggle against injustice as well as the violent suppression of any rebellion against the system. This approach to photography in South Africa is referred to as “struggle photography”. Since the early 1990s, Nunn works as an independent photographer and focuses on political and social topics within his works. In particular, he documented rural life under apartheid and afterwards. The works evince a deep com- passion for people who struggle for their livelihood. At the same time, Nunn reveals moments of home and community, family ties and loyalty and the extraordinary resilience of individual characters. (Lena Naumann & Siegrun Salmanian) Yassine Balbzioui Porcelanographie 2015 (09659) © Iwalewahaus Yassine Balbzioui Porcelanographie 2015 (09763) © Iwalewahaus

Porcellanographie: Future Traces

What does it mean to say a thing is ‘beautiful’? ters and confrontation, hint at biographies and The exhibition Porcellanographie with works by invite to speculate about possible futures. The Moroccan multi-media artist Yassine Balbzioui artworks on display pulled into question the no- posed this question. tion of beauty as a solid, stable and even form. As first artist-in-residence of the Freun- Rather than that, the objects Balbzioui pre- deskreis Iwalewahaus, Yassine Balbzioui un- sented had a history to tell: Their shapes talked locked the potential of a material which is new of experience and a life filled with excitement to his artistic practice, and which is part of the rather than a comfortable existence. cultural heritage of the region: porcelain. In For a number of weeks, Balbzioui had been cooperation with the local porcelain factory experimenting in the factory, talking to and Walküre, he designed a series which simultane- working with the masters of the trade. The exhi- ously is the result of and the point of departure bition on show at the Iwalewahaus was curated for performances. In both atelier and factory, by Gloria Igabe and Katharina Fink and realised Balbzioui created objects which contradict an thanks to the support of the factory, Bayreuther understanding of beauty as an immaculate and Porzellanfabrik Walküre, especially to Wolfgang standardised affair. Rather, they tell of encoun- Meyer and his team. (Katharina Fink) Existential Phantasies

The Monkey on your Shoulder Archives in general function as contested and has changed throughout time, due to encoun- challenged spaces of knowledge production. ters and experiences of all the people involved. They also manifest a specific selection by the Therefore, the images in the exhibition did collector. The rhizomatic structure of archives, only show fragments produced in memories, in the juxtaposition of images, allows to (re)read which past, present, the self and the other con- archives individually within our own social cod- verged. Images were selected to give a glimpse ing and networks, our own emotions and asof the flashes of the (un)consciousness, person- pirations, acknowledging that every narration al narrations and information. Connected with feeds the understanding of the archive even other images from the archive, they revealed beyond its present form. underlying networks, which feed any archive This exhibition gave an insight into the frag- and shape it as much as the collector herself mented archive of Ulli and Georgina Beier. Their or himself. The personal and emotional (re) excessive gathering and production of images reading of the archive also allows for accepting was not only a testimony of their artistic and po- the fact that senses are crucial for any form of litical agenda, but also a testimony of their per- knowledge production and that the objective sonal search for a ‘new home’: a place of belong- truth does not exist. ing and existence, where they could live their The visitors were confronted with parts of phantasies and fulfill their desires. Osogbo, Ni- the archive and its extensive amount of images geria played a crucial role in the search of a new and were invited to search for the desires and home, as it determined concepts and modes of needs of Ulli and Georgina Beier, their urges and living, which they re-enacted later in Papua New addictions to create, shape and materialise a Guinea, Australia and even in Germany. (temporary) identity, but also to reflect on their The archive of the Beiers is vast, not only own way of reading the archive. The exhibition in its material manifestations but also as an was curated by Katharina Greven. organic construct, which was generated and (Katharina Greven) Photos: Sabine Linn Time Travel

The 4th exhibition Time Travel had its focus on works of sculptors around Tom Blomefield in Tengenenge, the oth- the Iwalewahaus collection, which – completed with er centre, were represented. pieces of the private collection Kleine-Gunk, a permanent Berry Bickle’s works, as well as those by B.A.T. work- loan of Oberfrankenstiftung – made moments of Zimba- shop artists Keston Beaton and Luis Meque contributed bwe’s art scene visible. Time Travel is not only the title for to the section on contemporary painting and Mixed Media a photograph by Rodney Murungweni, but it also refers Art. Within the network of the famous Gallery Delta, these to a time travel through Zimbabwean art history through artists were supported by Derek Higgins and Helen Lieros. German collecting activities. With the artists’ emphasis on political and social facets of Beginning in the 1960s, different insights into art mak- modern Zimbabwe the rather conceptual works are few ing in Zimbabwe, which gained independence in 1980, but important pieces of the Iwalewahaus collection. were given. The works of the 1960s decade of landscape Besides that, works by Zephania Tshuma were exhibit- painting included Thomas Mukarobgwa’s untitled ab- ed and continue the tradition of figurative, painted wood stract oil painting as well as the minimalist graphic works sculpture, traceable to sculptural works of the Great Zim- with rural subject matters by Arthur Azevedo. These babwe, now a ruin city. The newest works in the show, works were already on display in the first Iwalewahaus dated to the late 1990s and early 2000s, are the partly exhibition of Zimbabwean art, which was curated by Ulli documentary photographs by Luis Basto, Calvin Dondo, Beier in 1987 entitled Von Nashornmenschen und Antilo- Rodney Murungweni and David Brazier who offer indi- penfrauen. vidual perspectives on their environment and refer to a The biggest part in the exhibition, and thus reflect- former Iwalewahaus exhibition Kunst in / aus Simbabwe as ing the taste of many European private collectors, was they are displayed in a kind of transit space – the corridor. composed by works of the heydays of stone sculpture, For the time being, it marks the end of collecting art from the 1970s and later. The artistic movement can be iden- Zimbabwean artists at the Iwalewahaus. Nevertheless a tified if one reads Joram Mariga’s guidelines for stone wonderful incident happened: when performance and sculpture which contain technical advice and reveal some photography artist Nancy Mteki gave an artist talk about characteristics such as a non-realistic figuration of heads, her own practice, she said she was able to discover her something which becomes clear in Beier’s title. One rea- father’s stone sculpture in the exhibition. The exhibition son for the hype for stone as the material for artistic en- was curated by the Iwalewahaus custodian of the collec- gagement was the workshops under the direction of art tion Sigrid Horsch-Albert and her assistant in the collec- patron Frank McEwen in the National Gallery in Salisbury. tion, Siegrun Salmanian. In addition to the works of his students, works by famous (Sigrid Horsch-Albert & Siegrun Salmanian) Future Ports of Entry

49° Grenzüberschreitungen Festival 2016

49° Grenzüberschreitungen Festival takes the idea of approach was about two things: honouring Africa’s cultural border crossings seriously. Since its incep- and its diaspora’s creative legacy that makes Black his- tion in the early 1990s, its curatorial concept centres tories relevant in the 21st century, and informing about around the idea of the contact zone as a space where the direction of our collective futures. The festival ideas, images, theories and cultures meet, connect looked at the relations between music and fashion cul- and sometimes productively clash. Formerly called ture that crisscross not only the Black Atlantic but the “Crossing Borders,” the festival was curated first by whole globe. Ulli Beier, the founder of the Iwalewahaus. The con- On 8 December 2016, the festival opened with a certs took place at the Margravial Opera house and pop-up gallery at the former C&A Building in Richard- the Iwalewahaus. Since 2013 the festival is lodged Wagner-Straße. Alams invited the artists Kent An- again at the Iwalewahaus with an updated concept dreasen from Cape Town and Jelsen Lee Innocent from and renamed “49° Grenzüberschreitungen Festival.” Brooklyn, who both stayed for a two-week artist resi- The 49° Festival series takes place annually at the 49th dency at the Iwalewahaus, to develop new works for degree of latitude, at the Iwalewahaus located in Bay- the festival and exhibited them alongside two video reuth, Germany. With the theme of crossing borders at and textile installations from Zohra Opoku (Accra). An- the forefront, 49° focusses on the diverse and versatile dreasens’ series “Welcome” of about 50 photographs music scenes of Africa and its diaspora. narrated his views on Bayreuth during his stay, while For the 2016 edition, the Iwalewahaus invited the Innocent created three large-sized installations, where Seattle-based artist and fashion designer Emeka Alams he posed thoughts on self-confidence and awareness with his project “Future Ports of Entry”. His curatorial within the Black American community. The exhibition Photos: Sabine Linn

was framed by a pop-up shop of Gold Coast Trading, ists and the Festival team danced and celebrated un- Alams’ fashion label. til the early hours of the morning, surrounded by the The musical part of the festival opened Friday 9 notion that this festival was something really special: December 2016 with DJ Sets by Insaka (Bayreuth), happening in Bayreuth, dedicated to the world. Steloolive from Accra and Blinky Bill from Nairobi at The festival continued in 2017 at the Iwalewahaus the Iwalewahaus. Insaka started with warming up the and additional locations in Bayreuth. This time the audience with a mix of African urban beats before visual arts with a regional focus on Egypt and the Steloolive celebrated a creative show on stage, includ- Middle East formed the heart of the festival. The pro- ing instruments out of the archive of the Iwalewahaus. gramme was connected to the exhibition Spaces – Per- Blinky Bill, known as the head of the electro dance For- ception. Reflection: Intervention, and and engaged with mation Just A band, rounded this festival night with an with spaces and places in all dimensions. Artists-in- eclectic performance. residence presented new works, the results of their The last day of the festival culminated in a party research with physical, virtual and imagined spaces at Lamperium, having The Jillionaire (Port of Spain) in Cairo and Bayreuth, while referring to a global per- and Spoek Mathambo from Johannesburg on stage, spective. Highlights of the festival were concerts, accompanied by Soundselectors soundsystem from performances, workshops, artist talks and lectures as Bayreuth. All acts delivered exciting DJ Sets, musically well as film screenings – all connected to individuals ranging from electronic beats, to Hip Hop, Reggae and from the independent Cairene art scene and eager to Dancehall and Socca, influenced by traditional African initiate a dialogue and interaction with the public. sounds as well as popular chart music. Audience, art- (Lena Naumann & Siegrun Salmanian) GUESTS

Sosteness Francis Materu

, Lecturer and Head of Department of Public Law- at the University of Dar es Salaam School of Law, Tanzania, visited the Faculty of Law, Business and Economics and the Institute of African Studies of the Uni- versity of Bayreuth in August-September 2016. He was hosted by TGCL Project Leader Ulrike Wanitzek. During his six-week research stay, he completed his ar fromticle “Fightingthe University Money of Laundering Dar es Salaam through (2008). Criminal From 2011 Prosecutions to 2014 he in receivedTanzania: a Examining the Law and Practice”. S. E. Materu holds a Bachelor of Law Degree - scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to pursue his areLLM international as well as Doctorate criminal degrees law, transitional at the South justice African-German and anti-money Centre laundering. for Trans national Criminal Justice in Berlin and Cape Town. His main research interests Benedict Thomas Mapunda

Benedict Thomas Mapunda -

, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Tanzani an-German Centre for Eastern African Legal Studies (TGCL) at the University of- ceduralDar es Salaam law, criminal School law of Law, and environmentalTanzania, came law. to Bayreuth During his for research a research stay stay in Au at- gust-Septemberthe Faculty of Law, 2016, Business he worked and onEconomics. two articles His onareas the ofrole specialisation of regional economic are pro communities in Africa in safeguarding refugee rights. In addition to his research

- activities, B. T. Mapunda also took part in TGCL management meetings with his host TGCL Project Leader Ulrike Wanitzek and TGCL Deputy Project Leader Jo- gium.hannes Before Döveling. joining Benedict the University T. Mapunda of Dar received es Salaam his LLB in 1994,and LLM he worked degrees in from the the University of Dar es Salaam and his PhD from the University of Ghent, Bel

Tanzanian Attorney-General’s Chambers as a Senior State Attorney. Cati Coe

Cati Coe -

leading experts is Professor in the of anthropology Anthropology of at kinship, the Department migration of studies Sociology, and Anthro educa- tionalpology, anthropology. and Criminal InJustice June 2016,at Rutgers she was University, guest fellow NJ (USA). of the She Bayreuth is one ofAcad the- emy of Advanced African Studies in Bayreuth. During her stay in Bayreuth, she

aalso University collaborated of Bayreuth with Erdmute International Alber, SeniorProfessor Fellowship. of Social The Anthropology, aim is to expand with whom she has published extensively. In November 2016, Cati Coe was awarded example, through an exchange of postdocs and through jointly organised re- searchthe cooperation trainings between in West Africa. Rutgers University and the University of Bayreuth, for

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Dame Ndao

In autumn 2016, Dame Ndao -

, lecturer in the Department of Language and Com munication Sciences, Cheikh Anta Diop University Dakar, Senegal, spent two- guagemonths contact in Bayreuth between as aWolof visiting and scholar French at in the Senegal. Chair ofHe Romance also took and part General in the internationalLinguistics. During workshop this onperiod, the “Dynamics Dame Ndao of finalisedFrench in his Sub-Saharan book project Africa on lanand - françaisin the African au Sénéga”. diaspora He inparticipated Europe”, organised as a discussant by the inChair the ofseminar Romance Contacts and Gen lin- eralguistique: Linguistics Le cas in du November français en 2016, Afrique where he gave a talk entitled “Contact wolof/- ique contrastive francais-wolof” and also gave a public lecture on “Phonet within the WIPTEC research colloquium. Dame Ndao’s visit was financially support by the Institute of African Studies (IAS). Oumarou Boukari

In autumn 2016, Oumarou Boukari, currently lecturer in the Department of

- Language and Communication Sciences, Alassane Ouattara University Bouaké, Ivory Coast was a visiting scholar at the Chair of Romance and General Lin guistics. Oumarou Boukari holds a PhD in African Linguistics obtained from Frenchthe Bayreuth linguistics International and media Graduate studies. While School in of Bayreuth, African Studieshe gave (BIGSAS)a public lec in- ture2008. on After “‘Vas taking ici pour the venir position tu es in allé Bouaké, rester helà-bas’: became De lainterested confusion in indexicale the field of à international workshop on the dynamics of French with a talk on “Fonctions la clarté procédurale” in the Linguistics Colloquium. He also participated in the

Instituteet référenciations of African du Studies pronom (IAS). ‘on’ dans les interactions en Côte d´Ivoire: Entre cohésion-cohérence et figuration”. Oumarou Boukari’s visit was funded by the Alda Flora Amabiamina W’amayina Alda Flora Amabiamina W’amayina of the Department of French and Francophone Studies, University of Douala, , Professor of French Literature and Head - torateCameroon in general was a guestand comparative at the Chair Frenchof Afrikanistik literature II inand May drama 2016. studies Her stay from in theBayreuth University was fundedMarc Bloch, by the Strasbourg Institute ofII, AficanFrance. Studies. Between She 2009 obtained and 2014, her doc she -

Africanserved asliteratures, the Head argumentationof University Cooperation theories and at cultural the then and newly-created feminist studies. Uni versity of Maroua, Cameroon. Her areas of specialisation include comparative dans la chanson féminine camerounaise”. She is a member of several editorial boardsDuring andher isstay editor in Bayreuth of the volume she gave Peintures a lecture de Femmes on: “L’ethos dans la de Littérature femme libérée Post- coloniale Camerounaise (2016).

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Alena Rettová

is a Senior Lecturer in Swahili Literature and Culture at the- asmusSchool agreement.of Oriental andDuring African her stay Studies in Bayreuth, (SOAS), Universityshe gave seven of London. lectures She on wasAfro a- phoneguest at philosophy the University and literaturesof Bayreuth in in African July 2016 languages. within the In them,framework she addressed of an Er the symbiotic relationship between philosophy and literature from several

genres in a number of African languages, mostly Shona, Ndebele and Swahili. Sheangles. is particularly Alena Rettová well-known has researched for her and philosophical published widelyapproach on tovarious literatures literary in

philosophies. She is the author of the book Afrophone philosophies: Reality and challengeAfrican languages and can thus be considered a pioneer of the field of Afrophone

(2007, Zdenek Susa) as well as several articles and book chapters. Aderemi Adegbite

The Nigerian photographer and artist Aderemi Adegbite

was a BIGSAS guest Family”.and Artist-in-Residence His career as a photographer from December started 2015 seven to January years ago 2016 when and he May-June felt the urge2016. to During express his things stay he not created just verbally the interactive but visually. art Heproject subsequently “WHO - The worked BIGSAS on art projects in several countries, did documentaries on political events and cov-

aered doctoral humanitarian student. Onissues. his photos, While preparingAderemi Adegbite his project used for the BIGSAS blackboard he talked as it tois many BIGSAS Junior Fellows in order to get a glimpse of the multi-faceted life of

used in schools as a symbol for doing a PhD: creating new ideas and sometimes having to wipe them away. His open exhibition on the corridor of BIGSAS offices was shaped through the anonymous comments of other BIGSAS members.

Jane Knight

Jane Knight - ternationalisation is Professor of higher at the education, Ontario Institute national for and Studies international in Education education (OISE), policyCanada, analysis, where shequality has taughtassurance, for 15crossboarder years. Her researcheducation, interests trade agreements, include in regional comparative studies and globalisation. With her background in working with universities, governments and UN agencies in over 70 countries, she

focussing her research on Africa. In 2008, she founded the African Network for now concentrates on the field of higher education. For some years, she has been 2016, Jane Knight participated as a keynote speaker in the conference “Higher the Internationalisation of Education. As a BIGSAS guest in October-November - Education Partnership Trends and Policy Issues between African and European Higher Education Institutions” and gave a public lecture on “Internationalisa 50 NAB XVI - 2016 tion of higher education: Benefits, risks, and unintended consequences”. GUESTS Nilufer Bharucha &

Left to right: Sridhar Rajeswaran, Florian Kläger, Nilufer Bharucha Sridhar Rajeswaran

Nilufer Bharucha Sridhar Rajeswaran both visited the University, Professor of Bayreuth of English, in June University 2016. Founding of Mumbai members and of the , Professor at the Indian Institute for Advanced Study, Simla, India- tory, literature and culture of the Indian diaspora, they came to Bayreuth on the Centre for Advanced Studies in India (CASII, Mumbai) and experts in the his and sub-project leader in the Bayreuth Academy, to explore potential areas of co-operationinvitation of newconcerning IAS member the cultural Florian and Kläger, political Professor connections of English between Literature India and Africa. In two guest lectures focussing on the Indian diaspora in South Af- rica, Nilufer Bharucha discussed “The indentured Indian Diaspora in South Af-

a Mahatma.” rica” while Sridhar Rajeswaran explored “Gandhi in South Africa: The birth of Kasombo Tshibanda Sa Mayang Michaël

Kasombo Tshibanda Sa Mayang Michaël

, Professor and former Head of 2016.the Department His doctorate of Letters, in African African languages and Congolese and literatures Civilisations, was obtained University at the of Lubumbashi, DR Congo was a guest at the Chair of Afrikanistik II in May-June applied linguistics, lexicography and especially Bantu languages. He was a vis- University of Lubumbashi. His areas of interest include language description, a postdoctoral research fellow at the phonetic laboratory of the University of Mons,iting research Belgium. fellow During at his the stay Royal in Bayreuth Museum hefor gave Central a talk Africa on at Tervuren and- - L’Atlas“Lubumbashi Linguistique Swa dehili la between RDC / Language Accent/Stress Mapping and of Tone. the DRCOn the (2012) Prosodic and LeStatus Katanga of a LexiconLinguistique De veloping Language”. He is co-author of the revised edition of

(2013) published by the Presses Universitaires de Lubumbashi. Chapane Mutiua

From October to December 2016, Chapane Mutiua

, historian from the Eduardo- Mondlanevited him toUniversity, continue Maputo,their joint Mozambique work on 19 thwas century on a research Swahili manuscripts stay at University from of Bayreuth. Clarissa Vierke, Professor of Literatures in African Languages, in

giveNorthern a local Mozambique. perspective Together,on heavy socialthey had changes travelled in the to regionAngoche at thatand thetime. Ilha They de areMozambique currently inworking 2015 to on gather a critical information edition of onthe unique texts within Swahili the sources, framework which of

the research project “Adding the South to the Swahili World” financed by the Fritz-Thyssen foundation.

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Susann Baller

Susann Baller -

works in the field of African History in the Department of His- tory, University of Basel on her project “Travelling politicians - Politiker auf Reisen in Afrika von den 1920er bis 1960er Jahren”, where she was a postdoc toral research assistant in 2008-2015. She was a Guest Fellow of the Bayreuth Bayreuth,Academy in she May-July gave a 2016lecture invited on “Youth, by the Workingpast, and Group future: G “Future(s)Youth movements as societal in theProject(s): 1950s-2000s Actors in and Senegal” their visions at the Bayreuth in Africa Academy’sand beyond.” concluding During conferenceher stay in - terest include the history of cities, history of sports and youth, decolonisation and“Future independence, Africa and andBeyond: history Review of political and Outlook” and social in June culture. 2016. Her topics of in

Helmuth Berking

He is specialised in is current Professor theories of Sociology of globalisation, at TU Darmstadt cultural since globalisation, 2002. He hasur- banheld anthropology positions in Freiburg, and the sociology Chicago, of Berlin cities. and He stayedNorthwestern in Bayreuth University, in April-June USA.

- 2016 as Guest Fellow of the Bayreuth Academy’s Working Group G “Future(s) as inventionsocietal Project(s): of futures” Actors at the and concluding their visions conference, in Africa “Future and beyond” Africa and and gave Beyond sev eral talks, among them, “Rhythm, repetition, change: Urban temporality Berking and the is co-publisher and editor of the journal Ästhetik und Kommunikation and has -published Review and numerous Outlook”, books, of the e.g. Bayreuth Sociology Academy of Giving in (Sage, June 2016. 1999). Helmuth

Jason Musyoka

Jason Musyoka South Africa, visited the Bayreuth Academy in May 2016 as a fellow of Work- , Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria,-

Africa)ing Group obtained G “Future(s) in 2016 as and societal a Masters Project(s): in Development Actors and Studies their (University visions in Af of rica and beyond.” He holds a PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South

KwaZulu-Natal) in 2010. He is a member of the advisory board of the Centre for- Advancement of Scholarship (University of Pretoria) and founder and Director researchof Frontline interests Development include Research emerging and perspectives Training, and on formerintergenerational Director at wealth Cwan inga Development Consulting, both policy-oriented research companies. His

shiftingdistribution from among poverty South alleviation Africa’s to newmiddle Black class Middle formation Classes as a and more discourses effective approacharound entanglement to addressing of Africa’smiddle classeseconomic with development the poor/poverty, challenges. and a conceptual

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Dominique Connan

Dominique Connan is a postdoctoral fellow at the -

Centre de Recherches Poli researchtiques, Université interests Parislie at the 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. intersection of colonial He legacy, holds two class PhDs formation in Politics and (Paris 1, 2014) and History (European University Institute Florence, 2015). His his doctoral work was a historical and sociological study of private members’ clubselite socialisation in Kenya, he inis nowKenya, working where on he a spent new project three years which doing focuses fieldwork. on the forma While- tion of the private sector in Africa. His main strength in research is to be able to combine the concepts and methods of a broad range of social sciences – history, sociology, anthropology – to address issues which usually pertain to political - reuth Academy in June 2016 where he also worked with members of the Sub- science. Dominique Connan was a Working Group G Guest Fellow of the Bay project “Emerging Middle Classes.” Pascal Bianchini

Pascal Bianchini -

is postdoctoral Research Associate at Centre d’Etudes en Sci ences Sociales sur les Mondes Africains, Américains et Asiatiques (CESSMA), Université Paris Diderot, Paris and Sessional lecturer at the Centre d’Études des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information (CESTI), Senegal, Dakar. He received his doctorate in Sociology in Paris. His research focuses on the sociology of crisis withand educational members of reforms the Sub-project in Senegal “History and Burkina of Future” Faso. about He was futures a Working of the Group past. FutureG Guest cooperationFellow at the isBayreuth planned Academy between in him July and2016 Bayreuth where he Academyalso collaborated scholar socialist legacies, intelligentsia and politics. Constantin Katsakioris, who will be part of a future working group dealing with

Bahru Zewde

Bahru Zewde - pia, was guest of the Bayreuth Academy in May-June 2016 upon an invitation by , Professor Emeritus of History at Addis Ababa University, Ethio

Working Group G “Future(s) as societal Project(s): Actors and their visions in- torAfrica of the and Africa beyond.” Review He ofis Booksa founding Fellow and Principal Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Edi , and Vice President of the Association of African Historians. He is also a former Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University and Executive Director of the Forum for Social Studies, a think-tank based in Addis Ababa. He has also acted as ResidentEastern Vice Africa President Social Scienceof the sub-regional Research Review research. He isnetwork, a former Organisation member of forthe SocialInternational Science ResearchAdvisory Boardin Eastern of the and Journal Southern of African Africa History (OSSREA),. Editor of the

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Christopher J. Lee

is a Lecturer at the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa and in atthe Stanford, Department Harvard, of International and Dalhousie Relations Universities at the University and at the of Universitythe Witwatersrand, of North South Africa. He previously taught in the United States and Canada, for example,- versity. Trained as a socio-cultural historian, his teaching and research interests concernCarolina, the Chapel social, Hill. political, He received and intellectual his PhD in historiesAfrican History of southern from Africa.Stanford His Uni recent work has addressed decolonisation and the politics of the Indian Ocean dur-

- ing the Cold War. He was a Working Group G “Future(s) as societal Project(s): Actors and their visions in Africa and beyond” Guest Fellow at the Bayreuth Acad emy in June 2016 and gave a paper on “Exile, political ephemera, and forgotten futures: Alex La Guma’s Non-Fiction Essays” during his stay in Bayreuth.

Andrea Noll

Andrea Noll - obtained her PhD from the Universities of Mainz and Hildesheim.- She was recently awarded a Postdoctoral Scholarship at the University of Ham- versityburg. She of holdsHildesheim an MA (2012-2015). in Social Anthropology Her research from interests the University include ofbiographical Mainz. An research,drea Noll wasmiddle a member class, social of the mobility, Graduate kinship School and on Gendereducation. and SheEducation, was invited Uni

by the Sub-project “Middle classes.” During her stay, she discussed her research as Working Group G Guest Fellow at the Bayreuth Academy in July-August 2016- tributed an anthropological perspective to the debate on future visions and so- cialproject movements “#OccupyGhana in Africa. – resistanceFuture collaboration from below and or aresearch sit-in of onthe elites 1%?” andand midcon- dle classes is planned.

Fred Ikanda

is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology and the Head of Department- tation,of Sociology entitled and Kinship, Anthropology, Hospitality Maseno and Humanitarianism: University, Kenya. ‘Locals’ He holds and ‘Refugees’ a PhD in inSocial Northeastern Anthropology Kenya from, is an the ethnographic University of study Cambridge, of the role UK. played His doctoral by kinship disser in sustaining a refugee camp’s existence for more than two decades. His current research focuses on a number of issues, including the interplay between bureau- cratic demands and kinship obligations, dispute resolution and contested ideas of Islam, gender relations, and refugees’ aspirations. Fred Ikanda visited Bay-

Actors and their visions in Africa and beyond” fellow. While in Bayreuth, he gave reuth in June-July 2016 as a Working Group G “Future(s) as societal Project(s): Somali refugees in Kenya.” a talk on “Sustaining hope in exile: Resettlement and future imaginings among 54 NAB XVI - 2016 GUESTS

Henning Melber

the Free State, Bloemfontein. is Adjunct Professor He is also at a Seniorthe Department Advisor at of The Political Nordic Sciences Africa In at- the University of Pretoria, and the Centre for Africa Studies at the University of

stitute, Uppsala and Senior Research Fellow at The Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School for Advanced Study, University of London and van Zyl Slabbert Visiting Professor for Sociology and Political Sciences at the University of Cape DuringTown in his 2017. fellowship Henning at Melber the Bayreuth was invited Academy to Bayreuth in April-June by the Working 2016, he Group gave Ga talk“Future(s) entitled, as “Oldsocietal solidarity Project(s): – New Actors ties: andNamibia their andvisions socialist in Africa internationalism and beyond.”

now and then.” He also gave a talk at the Working Group G workshop “Middle Classes in Africa: Anthropological and sociological perspectives”.

Sophie Cohen

Sophie Cohen teaches contemporary African art history. She is interested in modern and contemporary art worksin West at Africa, the University Soviet aspects of Paris of I, art Panthéon in revolutionary Sorbonne regimeswhere she in Burkina Faso and Benin, art, memory and archives in contemporary African art, popular art and cultures in Africa, postsocialism and postcolonialism in Africa, art, power and religion in postcolonial African countries, identity and migration, afrofuturism and art global market and exhibitions. She was invited as a -

Working Group G “Future(s) as societal Project(s): Actors and their visions in Af asrica societal and beyond” projects”. Guest In Fellowaddition at shethe gaveBayreuth a guest Academy lecture in in May-June the framework 2016 where of the she participated in various events, e.g. Working Group G Session on “Future(s)

“Red Africa” exhibition at the Iwalewahaus.

Geoffrey Kitula King’ei

Geoffrey Kitula King’ei -

literary criticism, language is Professoreducation inand the sociolinguistics. Department of HeKiswahili has held and many Af seniorrican Languages, administrative Kenyatta positions University, including Kenya. Head He of Department,has published Director extensively of vari on-

Schools at Kenyatta University. He has made a number of academic visits to the Universityous programmes of Bayreuth and Deanwhere of he Humanities has also taught and Socialseveral Sciences BA and MA and courses Graduate in

the Department of Literatures in African Languages. He was a Working Group G- “Future(s) as societal Project(s): Actors and their visions in Africa and beyond”- Guest Fellow at the Bayreuth Academy in June-July 2016. He acted as a discus Formats,sant during and the Structures” Bayreuth Academy’sin June 2016. conference “Future Africa and Beyond - Re view and Outlook” on the topic “Future & Bayreuth Academy: Prospective Roles, NAB XVI - 2016 55 GUESTS

Manape Shogole

poet and scholar at the Department of Anthropology, Witwatersrand University, ManapeIn the series Shogole “City Writing”,visited Bayreuth organised in sinceNovember 2014 by2016. the Bayreuth,In a cooperative South Africanproject

she worked on the writings of poet Hilde Marx (1911-1986). Marx left her home countrywith the duelocal to Jewish the rise community of national (IKG socialism Bayreuth) in the and 1930s. Katharina She migrated Fink (Bayreuth), to New York, where she made a name for herself as poet, journalist and public speaker. Manape Shogole, herself an acclaimed performer, took up fragments from the literary works and updated the writers visions of future from a contemporary African perspective. During her residency in Bayreuth, she worked with youth, discussed commemoration politics and the role of the arts with researchers and the larger public. Her work contributed to the successful outreach activities of the Bayreuth-based African Studies institutes.

Drew Thompson

In January 2016, Drew Thompson -

, Assistant Professor of Africana and Histori cal Studies, Bard College, was a guest researcher of the Bayreuth Academy’s- project “Revolution 5.0”. Under the auspices of the Institute of African Studies, he presented a lecture entitled “Filtering History and Photographic Bureaucra- dependencecy in Mozambique”, in 1975 which only to engaged enter a withphase photography’s of civil war. Thompson practice in described the history how of Mozambique, which after a long anti-colonial war against Portugal achieved in-

trainingphotography and deploymentinfluenced the of soldiers construction as photographers and operation in ofconversation bureaucracy with in Mo the zambique from 1960-1980, analysing also the liberation movement, Frelimo’s,-

collectionsPortuguese and enemy’s wrote use an objectof Frelimo of the photographs month card forto facilitateThe Night its of Sailorsinternal on clas Rua sificationAraújo and distribution of war information. He also visited the Iwalewahaus

by Ricardo Rangel. Julius A. Eyoh Julius A. Eyoh - , lecturer at the Ecole Normale Supérieur of the University of- Yaounde 1, Cameroon was a BIGSAS visiting scholar in December 2015-Janu withary 2016. whom While he has in collaboratedthe final stages on severalof his PhD projects which before. was submitted His visit marked in Novem the ber 2015, Julius A. Eyoh was invited by Eric A. Anchimbe (English Linguistics) Bayreuth has a Memorandum of Understanding, at graduate student level. beginning of a new collaboration between BIGSAS and Yaounde 1, with whom

While in Bayreuth, he participated in the BIGSAS Doctoral Colloquium that took place on 28-29 January 2016 and presented his PhD research on the topic “From- description to revitalisation: The case of Engwo””. He has worked on several SIL-funded projects in Cameroon, including the standardisation of the Mfum- te language. He is currently an expert with the Cameroon Association of Bible Translation and Literacy (CABTAL) where he is member of the language com 56 NAB XVI - 2016 mittee of the Engwo language. GUESTS

David O’Kane

David O’Kane is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and Queen’s

Kingdom.University His Belfast areas where of research he obtained include his land PhD reform, in 2005. nationalism He has taught and policy.in Eritrea, His Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, New Zealand, and the United current research deals with education policy and the construction of the first private university in Sierra Leone, the University of Makeni. David O’Kane is currently working at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle ofon the a project Bayreuth on “The Academy. Anthropology During his of stay, Education David PolicyO’Kane in worked Contemporary on a book Sierra pro- Leone.” He visited Bayreuth in October 2015 and March 2016 at the invitation- titled Middle Classes in Africa: Changing Lives and Conceptual Challenges to be publishedject with one in 2018. of the Bayreuth Academy’s postdoc-researchers Lena Kroeker en

Rachel Spronk

Rachel Spronk - versity of Amsterdam. She is trained as an anthropologist and does interdisciplinary research on is culture, Associate gender Professor and sexuality. in the Department Her research of Anthropology, focuses primarily Uni studies and African studies. Her various research projects give evidence that historicalon the intersection trajectories of three have scholarlyshaped the fields: present, anthropology, the production gender ofand knowledge sexuality about gender and sexuality and, ultimately, how the lived experiences of people inform our theoretical models. Overall, she investigates the interface between - sumptions behind both terms. She visited Bayreuth in March 2016 and June sexuality and the middle class in Ghana and Kenya, examining problematic as gave a talk on “The middle classes in the making through time and in regards to time2016 in by the invitation 20th century” of Sub-project in the context 3 of theof the Bayreuth colloquium Academy. of the RachelDepartment Spronk of Social Anthropology.

Claudio Manoel In November-December 2016, Claudio Manoel guest of the Institute of African Studies. His visit, Professor fostered at the the increasing Universidade Ag- Federal de Reconcavo de Bahia, Brasil, visited the University of Bayreuth as a ora network of the University of Bayreuth with universities in Latin America (Brasil and Colombia). Since a first exchange in 2012, the Universidade Federal ade website Reconcavo with de a focusBahia on in theCachoeira cultural is programme one of the mainof the partners. universities In Bayreuth, that con- Claudio Manoel worked with Ute Fendler and Nadine Siegert on the creation of He also created a number of small documentatary videos for the Iwalewahaus nects also the partner Universidade Eduarde Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique. and the Cinema Africa Festival.

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Diane Victor

During her residency at the Iwalewahaus in 2016, the South African artist Diane Victor focused on producing works that transcended the boundary between the internal and the external of the Iwalewahaus. Victor placed a smoke drawing on a glass panel within the entrance door, which can only be seen when the viewer either looks out of the building into the city, or into the building from the world outside. For the artist, the vulnerability of the medium echoes the fragility of the lives of people in the communities she draws, once touched they are easily damaged. On glass, the image is trapped between the two layers, in a liminal space between two worlds. Diane Victor will come back for a residency at the

Iwalewahaus in the first half of 2017 – to complete her work on glass. Emeka Alams

Emeka Alams is a Seattle-based art director, designer and the mind behind the

thefashion last label12 years, Gold Alams Coast workedTrading. for He and founded with artiststhe label like in M.I.A,2008 toNas, highlight Questlove, the diverse and multifaceted influences of Africa on fashion, design and music. In Vogue, Elle, Dazed and Confused and many more. Besides his work as a fashion- andColdplay graphic and designer, Kanye West. Alams His is works also an were adviser shown on designand valued questions in magazines for galleries like and art institutions around the world. Since 2013, Alams is working closely with the Iwalewahaus on exhibitions and the corporate design of the house. In De-

betweencember 2016, music he and curated fashion the culture 49° Grenzüberschreitungen all over the world. Festival: “Future Ports of Entry”, with his curatorial focus on Africa’s creative legacy and the relation

Kent Andreasen

Kent Andreasen South Africa. He is well known for his minimalistic style and his exceptional sense for colours. is Andreasen a photographer takes andfull cinematographeradvantage of the basedbeauty in ofCape his Town,home country, and his works are bright images with South African reality. His photographs have been featured in various print and online publications. Three years of studying cinematography allowed him the necessary tools to understand both the technicalities of constructing an image and the social aspect of being

- able to relate to the subject in a personal way. Cinematic process has played a big forrole a in two-week his approach artist-in-residency, to making images. where Within he thediscovered context ofthe the city 49° of Grenzüber Bayreuth throughschreitungen his camera Festival: lens. “Future The series Ports “Welcome” of Entry”, was the Iwalewahausexhibited for four invited days him at

the old C&A Building in Richard-Wagner-Straße.

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Jelsen Lee Innocent

Jelsen Lee Innocent is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist whose studio practice investigates the perception of intimacy and familiarity. His work seeks to activate both comfort and self-question through a range of mediums such as ce- - pography. In December 2016, he developed three works for the exhibition part ramic tile, photography, neon light, film, printed matter, original textiles and ty

of the 49° Grenzüberschreitungen Festival: “Future Ports of Entry”, which was- fortcurated and bydignity Emeka within Alams the and Black was American shown at thecommunity former C&A confronted Building with in Richard- racism andWagner-Straße. injustice. His His installation works exposed “Faces questions at the Bottom and notes of theof self-awareness, Well”, consisting com of

water was inspired by Derrick Bell’s book on the pervasiveness of racism in Americagigantic poolsand its built consistent out of affectsstyrofoam, on everyday wood and life. filled partly with black-dyed

Kelebogile Ntladi

Kelebogile Ntladi is a South African photography artist. A graduate in Fine Arts

and works in Johannesburg. She is currently interested in overcoming violence causedfrom Capetown, by racism and and Photo gender Market identity Workshop discrimination from Johannesburg, through her shework. now In lives July 2015, she was an artist-in-residence at the Iwalewahaus where she worked on the project Teleport, a new photographic and mixed media project. In July 2016, she returned to Bayreuth to give a photography and performance workshop entitled Superheroes! The project was initiated by her and the artist Ute Baumann, both supported by the Iwalewahaus Freundeskreis director Katharina Fink. To- gether with young refugees – the superheroes – the photography and collage served as artistic mediums for (problematic) engagements with their lives. Top- ics like “Heimat” (home), frontiers and exclusion through language were at the centre of the project.

Peterson Kamwathi

Born 1980 in Nairobi, Kenya, Peterson Kamwathi belongs to the generation of Kenyan artists that no longer work within the traditional canons of art. His often symbolically charged works engage with contemporary global, social, political and personal issues. During his artist-in-residence stay at the Iwalewahaus

around the word: migration and mass-movements. In his work, he looked at the spectaclein fall 2016, of hegrouping focused and on subjectsthe symbolism that actually involved move in thispeople process. in Germany and all

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Ndidi Dike

Ndidi Dike is one of the most famous contemporary artists in Nigeria today. In 2016, she was an artist-in-residence at the Iwalewahaus, where she worked

- sueson a reflectionsuch as migration of the Iwalewahaus policies, consumer archive culture, and collection. transnationalism In her multimedia and globalisation.installation The project pavilion for the was Landesgartenschau a temporary insight 2016, into Ndidi the space, Dike focused time and on cir is- cumstances that have forced people to travel by land and sea to enable them provide a better life for their families. Ndidi Dike returns to the Iwalewahaus for another residency in May 2017 to reinvent her former project as part of the Iwalewahaus spring exhibitions.

Salah Hassan

is Goldwin Smith Professor of African and African Diaspora Art publishedHistory and and Visual taught Culture on African in the andAfricana American Studies art and history Research and theory. Centre, Invited and in the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University. He has in the lecture series toAfrican Bayreuth Modernism in 2016 by BIGSAS, he gave a talk entitled “When identity becomes- form:reuth, CalligraphicSalah Hassan Abstraction also conducted and Sudanesea two-day Modernism”research in the Iwalewahaus collection and especially, organised on the Ulli by Beier Ugochukwu-Smooth estate at the Iwalewahaus. C. Nzewi. While Besides, in heBay is also senior advisor for the research project African Art History and the Forma- tion of a Modern Aesthetic, a cooperation between the Iwalewahaus, Makerere

Art Gallery Uganda and Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt.

Sarah Van Beurden Sarah van Beurden teaches African history and art history at Ohio State Uni- - African Modernism versity and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin. She was invited to Bayreuth by BIGSAS. As part of the lecture series workedorganised with by Ugochukwu-Smooththe research project C.African Nzewi, Art she History gave the and talk, the “MobutistFormation Mod of a Modernernism: Aesthetic Art and theat the Construction Iwalewahaus. of ZairianVan Beurden Cultural explored Authenticity”. the relation She alsobetween the Iwalewahaus collection, preservation, display, and study of traditional arts, and the creation of a national modern visual art, authentic in inspiration,

a small research in the Iwalewahaus graphic collection and wrote an object of by the Zairian Avant-Gardistes. Besides, following the subject of her talk, she did

the month article on a piece by modern Congolese painter A[n]toinet[te] Lubaki.

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Martha Kazungu

Martha Kazungu holds a BA in Fine Arts from Makerere University Kampala, Uganda. After her participation in some curatorial workshops (ASIKO 2016), she

2016.was a Incuratorial April-June assistant 2016, she for wasElise at Atangana the Iwalewahaus (curator Dak’artworking 2014) in the and research Daudi projectKarungi African (Afriarts Art Gallery History Kampala)and the Formation in the organisation of a Modern of Aesthetic Kampala. During Bienniale her stay, she did some research and archival work in the Iwalewahaus collection with focus on expertise in storing, preserving and working with the graphic collection. She also worked on an object biography on a painting by Nigerian artist Demas Nwoko. She will proceed with her MA studies with a focus on art and curatorial studies at the University in Bayreuth in autumn 2017.

Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi

As a returning researcher, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, curator of African - ciate researcher within the research project African Art History and the Forma- tionArt at of Cleveland a Modern MuseumAesthetic of at Art the (USA), Iwalewahaus. was back To in pursueBayreuth his in exhibition 2016. He isproject asso Feedback: Africa, Art and the 1980s, which is strongly connected to the project, he did a six-week research in Bayreuth and at Weltkulturen Museum in Frank- furt. He conducted a series of interviews with Norbert Aas, former assistant at the Iwalewahaus and joined a MA seminar on curatorial practice. During his stay, he held the talk “Nigerian Modernism in the 1980s” within the lecture series African Modernism - economic and political fortunes. He reflected in many on AfricanAfrican artcountries. during the 1980s charater ised by transition in the fields of culture and the arts as a result of changes in the

Talya Lubinsky Talya Lubinsky is an artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She completed her Masters on the politics of mess and order as strategies of display at the Uni- versity of Witwatersrand in March 2015 and presented a solo exhibition, Be- tween Mess and Order, in August of the same year. She produced the inaugural exhibition entitled If we burn, there is ash, at the Wits Anthropology Museum in Johannesburg in September 2016. The exhibition used ash and cement as ma- collections of material culture. Her practice is invested in the poetic potentials toterials be found to investigate in archives the of potential violent histories. aftermaths Both of thefire contentand burning and materiality in relation toof these archives are used as generative grounds for artistic production. During her artist residency in September 2016 at the Iwalewahaus, she engaged with the collection of the house.

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Part of the research group in front of Makerere Art Gallery during Kampala Bienniale 2016

(Hi)Stories of Exhibition Making 1960 – 1990

Second symposium of the Iwalewahaus Research Project “African Art History and the Formation of a Modern Aesthetic” held in Kampala

TEXT SIEGRUN SALMANIAN & workshop and symposium were at- hibitions and festivals in the current NADINE SIEGERT tended by the following participants PHOTO RONEX AHIMBISBWE from the cooperating institutions, the University) concentrated on the 1960s - whendecade, she while was working Sidney Kasfiras a curator (Emory of lery and also beyond: Nadine Siegert, The Iwalewahaus-based research pro- Iwalewahaus and Makerere Art Gal- (University of Nigeria) had his focus ject African Art History and the For- onNommo what was Gallery. happening Ozioma in Nsukka Onozulike and mation of a Modern Aesthetic held its George Kyeyune, Smooth Ugochuk second international and interdiscipli- wu Nzewi, Katharina Greven, Katrin The afternoon presentations start- nary workshop in Kampala. The Ugan- Peters-Klaphake, Lena Naumann, Enugu between the 1960s and 1980s. dan capital was selected as a location Siegrun Salmanian, Martha Kazungu, who talked about Mbari Mbayo and because one part of the research team Lara Buchmann, Hasifah Mukyala, Oshogboed with Katharinain the 1960s. Greven Then (BIGSAS)the pres- Angelo Kakande, Ozioma Onuzulike, entations switched to exhibitions on Here, research is done on the unique RoseOn Jepkorir, 4 September Moses 2016,Serubiri, the Sidneypublic - collectionworks at theof Modern Makerere Art, Artfounded Gallery. at symposium,Kasfir and Ulf entitledVierke. (Hi)Stories of ert (Iwalewahaus) and Ugochukwu- Makerere University in the 1960s. The Exhibition Making, 1960 – 1990, wel- the European continent. Nadine Sieg symposium was part of the Kampala comed an audience of artists, cura- Art) highlighted modes of exhibition- Art Bienniale 2016 and was organised tors, researchers and a general public makingSmooth Nzewiat the (Cleveland Iwalewahaus Museum in the of interested in art at the Uganda Nation- 1980s. The last talk focused on one of an international audience. al Museum. The topic of the sympo- to presentThe symposium the project’s was first followed results byto in what concerns contemporary Afri- an internal workshop in which Jun- Kyeyune’s (Makerere University) canthe firstart which big exhibitions was held by of theMoses 1990s Se- presentationsium was introduced “Exhibitions through at Makerere George rubiri (Kampala) entitled Africa ’95 researchers and members of the ad- Gallery”. It was followed by comple- and its Legacy visoryior and board Senior presented Researchers, their work-in- guest mentary presentations on Kampala’s with lecturers and with the public, process on the sub-theme African Art problematics .and In themethods final discussion were ex- History Rewritten: Contributing to the (Makerere University) gave an over- changed and contextualised within History of Postcolonial Modernism. The viewart scene.on the very Katrin recent Peters-Klaphake history of ex- the research project.

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Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis. Long Live the World October! 1933

Red Africa

A series of events and screenings for the exhibition Things Fall Apart

TEXT NADINE SIEGERT PHOTO WAYLAND RUDD COLLECTION

Accompanying the exhibition “Things Fall Apart”, a series of events and screenings took place at the Iwalewa- haus in May 2016. The event was in cooperation with the Sub-projects 1 and 5 of the Bayreuth Academy of Advanc- es African Studies and connected to their research on the iconography of revolution and socialist utopia. The programme was curated by Ute Fend- ler, Nadine Siegert (both University of TheJulien academic (artist, London),sessions focusedand Alexander on the lowing talk with the filmmaker Sana Bayreuth) and the exhibition curator relationshipsMarkov (filmmaker, between St. the Petersburg). African na N’hada focused on the influence of countries and the Soviet Union as well Amilcar Cabral on early filmmaking in- deepened the exhibition’s engage- jectGuinea Space Bissau. “Utopia The Falling programme Apart” also by mentMark Nashwith (London).the cultural The relationsdiscussions of included the presentation of the Pro socialist Africa with other socialist byas otherKonstantin Eastern Katsakioris European (Universi socialist- has worked on the press coverage of tycountries. of Bayreuth), Presentations Svetlana Boltovskaja were given the Masters student Lukas Heger who- this weekend, a number of interna- (Herder-Institute Marburg), Sophie ca. In-between the sessions, a number countries during the Cold War. For- Erich Honecker’s travel through Afri ers were invited to Bayreuth. During - very rare material such as Regresso thetional sessions, scholars, the artists role of and art filmmakand cin- witCohen Bekele (Paris), (University Gesine of Drews-Sylla Bayreuth). deof filmsAmilcar were Cabral screened (1974) , among A Black them Sun ema in cultural politics was discussed (University of Tübingen) and Sera- (1971) and O Tempos dos Leopardos - (1985). An essay reading session by the Por NAB XVI - 2016 63 by Polly Savage (SOAS London), Isaac tuguese artist Filipa Cesar and a fol REPORTS

(Re)Thinking Feminism and Black Womanhood

International workshop at the Goethe-Centre Kampala, Uganda

TEXT NADINE SIEGERT works of the globalised art world, the (Uganda). The show was curated by PHOTO IMMY MALI workshop focused on synergies be- - tween feminist theories and alterna- nah Nansubuga. tive artistic and curatorial practices theThe emerging workshop Ugandan ended curator with a public Robi In September 2016, the Iwalewahaus and collaborations. In the morning symposium in cooperation with the sessions, the group read and discussed Kampala, Uganda organised the in- texts from both African and Western the National Museum in Kampala. and the Goethe-Centre (UGCS) in feminism and developed strategies for Friedrich-Ebert-StiftungThe symposium offered Uganda a plat at- Feminism and Black Womanhood” in a future feminist network of female form for women and men from the theternational context of workshop the Kampala “(Re)Thinking Art Bien- African and diasporian artists. academia, the visual arts, politics, the nial. The workshop brought together - judiciary, media and activists to in- international female artists and writ- - teract across disciplines. The mean- reenIn Baingana the public and reading Juliet Kushaba at the Goe and ing of feminism was explored and Nigeria for a whole week of discus- thethe-Centre, Nigerian the poet Ugandan Jumoke writers Verissimo Do grounded in the African and espe- sions,ers from project Uganda, presentations, Kenya, Germany a public and discussed their recent works and the cially Ugandan context in theory and role of feminism in their writing. practice. Among the presenters were at the Uganda Arts Trust 32 degrees - - reading and a final pop-up exhibition- gether the art projects of Sonia Bar- ists – in particular women of African The final exhibition brought to- Twinomughisha,Natasha A. Kelly, MiriaAngeline Matembe, Osegge, Go orEast. African Acknowledging diasporian that background female art – babwe), Syowia Kyambi (Kenya), Kennethdiva Akullo, Kakuru, Zahara Sheila Nampewo, Nduhukire, Ben still remain largely invisible and their rett (Germany), Nancy Mteki (Zim- James Onen, Amanda Tumusiime and works less distributed among the net- lian (Uganda) and Sheila Nakitende Immy Mali (Uganda), Abe Stacey Gil 64 NAB XVI - 2016 Donald Rukare. REPORTS

Christoph Schlingensief’s Art of “Wagnis” and Reality’s Pragmatism

toph Schlingensief. His ideas were TEXT FABIAN LEHMANN presented in two videos, recorded shortly before his death. In comparing Schlingensief’s contradictory and The Iwalewahaus foyer was crowded feisty statements with the everyday - reality of the Opera Village as a hu- African Opera manitarian project – including a pri- whenVillage onand 25 head January of the 2017 associated Aino La mary school and a health centre – the berenz,foundation, director was ofinterviewed the by the initial contradictions of the project became obvious. Nevertheless, Aino public conversation entitled “Oper - journalist Florian Zinnecker. In a met to speak about the developments listeners.Laberenz in her charming and con aroundals Gefäß” the (opera Opera asVillage container), in Burkina both fidentThe manner evening won was the the hearts culmination of her of the two-year project “Wagner – Schlingensief (1960-2010). The ques- Schlingensief – Africa” that included Faso, initiated in 2010 by Christoph a conference and various evenings of the core of the controversially dis- cussedtions raised project: by Florian What is Zinnecker the project’s met output, the Iwalewahaus will release motivation to build an “opera village” thetalks volume and film Art screenings. of Wagnis: AsChristoph a final experienced Schlingensief’s staging in the savannah of Burkina Faso? In Schlingensief’s Crossing of Wagner in of Wagner’s opera Parsifal between what way is opera connected to this Africa hopefully during the Bayreuth 2004 and 2007. The publication will “village”? What role does art play in festival season in 2017. The publi- also help to raise awareness about the project? All these questions were cation will include articles, artistic Schlingensief’s Africa-related works, discussed against the background of contributions and interviews with as this part of his oeuvre has only - cultural activists from Bayreuth who been marginally discussed so far. the vision, once formulated by Chris From Bayreuth to Fort Hare

DAAD and IAS fund visit to Fort Hare University

TEXT REMI TCHOKOTHE the Institute of African Studies of the University of Bayreuth. During the still in dire need of translation and visit, he gave a well-received pres- thein their Miriam original Makeba German centre version for music are entation on the Institute of African Tchokothe was a guest at the Univer- to promote recording for less privi- Insity the of periodFort Hare, 2-13 South October Africa. 2016, He Rémi was had several business meetings with on East London Campus that strives colleaguesStudies and from the ISAPthe Departmentsprogramme, heof Tchokothe was introduced to Mamadi - leged artists. Furthermore, Rémi hosted by Dianne Shober (Professor- - Studies. The fruitful exchange with in the Department of English) and Afrikaans, African Languages, Eng- herMatlhako, resulted the in Deanher visit of Postgraduate at Bayreuth visitRudolph took Botha place within(Professor the framework in the De ploredlish and possibilities Philosophy. Underfor internships the guid in November 2016 following an invi- partment of African Languages). The forance students of Rudolph from Botha,Bayreuth he in also places ex tation by the Bayreuth International Ausbildungspartnerschaften) and wasof ISAP co-sponsored (Internationale by the Studien- DAAD undand such as the ANC National Archives Graduate School of African Studies NAB XVI - 2016 65 on Alice Campus where several files (BIGSAS). REPORTS

Crossing boundaries

An interdisciplinary conference on the challenges and chances of research on the Indian Ocean-Africa-connection, 9-11 August 2015 – Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS), South Africa

TEXT & PHOTOS FRANZ KOGELMANN disciplinary discourses and methods. reconsidering North-South relations Hence, the conference aimed to in academic discourse. promote a new “south-south” per- - spective on the connections between ence was attended by a wide range the Indian Ocean and Africa. To of scholars.Pursuant Fromto the the topic, “global the conferSouth” In the frame of the German Research achieve this objective the conference many were from Indian Ocean rim Foundation (DFG) funded “Point Sud- provided a forum to rethink concep- - Programme” Franz Kogelmann and- tual and disciplinary boundary-mak- son; Andrianasolo, Mamie Nuccia; Eva Spies (Bayreuth), organised to ing and boundary-crossing while countries: Baholy Malala Ravoni Madagascar,gether with Louisan international Paul Randriamaro and in- discussing empirical case studies terdisciplinarylaza, University conference of Antananarivo, on the chal- with foci on religious and economic Albertine Ratsaramiafara, and Zoly lenges and chances of research on the interactions between Africa and the Rakotoniera (Madagascar); Vinesh “Indian Ocean”-“Africa”-connection. Indian Ocean. To this end the confer- Y. Hookoomsing; (Mauritius); Renu- The recent increase in Area Stud- ence invited a wide range of scholars Modi and Johann Salazar (India);- ies resulted in new debates on the to foster interdisciplinary exchange Scarlett Cornelissen, Shahid Vaw suitability of a research approach of empirical knowledge on the con- da, Pratap Kumar and Goolam Va - nections between Africa and the In- hed (South Africa); Fernando Rosa gions. Some critics voice the concern dian Ocean and to discuss the con- Ribeiro (Stellenbosch / Malaysia); thatdriven research by geographically concentrating defined on areas re ceptual approaches used in research. (Botswana).Martinho Pedro From (Mozambique); the “global North”: Issa tends to reify imagined regions and Bringing together scholars from the Fofana (Mali) and Fidelis Nkomazana their borders. Others see bounda- “global North” and the “global South” ries of academic disciplines severely the conference strived for re-locating Jeremy Prestholdt (USA); Anne Bang challenged whenever regions are at and re-evaluating knowledge and (Norway); Jan Beek, Markus Coester,- the center of research designs rather knowledge-production on the Indian Marko Scholze, Mamadou Diawara- than theoretical questions or critical Ocean - Africa - connection and for gentand Patrik(Scotland). Desplat (Germany); Pre ben Kaarsholm (Denmark); Paul Nu 66 NAB XVI - 2016 REPORTS

The usages of the initial prototype were tested in Ghana and Nigeria aCar awarded the Bavarian State Prize for Electromobility 2016

TU Munich and IAS cooperate on aCare project

TEXT MAX MÜNCH designed for dense infrastructural rural depopulation and strengthens PHOTO TUM & ANDREAS GOEBEL hubs in post-industrial environments. What was lacking, however, facilitates the accessibility of health were solutions for rural African sce- care,the integrity education of theand countryside. information. aCar It is narios where mobility, despite being aimed at contributing to the UN mil- economically disadvantaged regions - lennium goals and to adjust the pre- whichThe project lack aCarproper provides infrastructure rural and ous obstacles and challenges. conditions to their implementation. the opportunities of electromobil- highlyAt the beneficial, heart of the is faced concept with is varia ro- These various tasks are met by ity. In conjunction with the Institute bust vehicle of multiple applications. four chairs at the TUM together with of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth and other partners both charged with solar power and is built Institute of African Studies at the aroundaCar can a modular be driven concept. cross-country, Depend- Universitytwo scientific of Bayreuth.partners includingThey are theac- the Technical University of Munich ing on the use, it can be extended or companied by six industry partners (TUM)German are and working African, on fourthe project. chairs In at re-built to carry people or goods. Ad- - October 2016, the project was award- ditional modules which can be bought - or rented make it possible to use it as and supported by the Bavarian Re tromobility from a total of 70 com- a machine for agriculture or as an search Foundation. Global partners petitors.ed the Bavarian Bavarian State State Prize minister for Elec Isle energy dispenser. The modular com- include scientists in Nigeria, Ghana, Aigner presented the award, which position which is designed with sim- projectKenya and will Tanzania. be shown First publicly prototypes in Sep- is given annually to institutions that plicity in mind makes the base vehicle temberwere tested 2017 inat the early International 2017. The finalMo- perform seminal work in the area of affordable and open to local adapta- tor Show Frankfurt (IAA). Once the electromobility. tions. These practical concerns on one hand, the project is designed to done so on location. It was central to mobility problems in remote regions have an impact on large-scale social theaCar researchers is put into production,not only to itadapt will beto whereaCar infrastructure was developed is tonot solve optimal, the issues as well. The interdisciplinary local uses, but also to support a self- especially in Sub-Saharan African team in Munich wants to provide a so- sustaining economy and skilled on- cial mobility concept that counteracts location maintenance.

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BICCL participants in front of Iwalewahaus

8th Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages

A multifaceted approach to languages spoken in the Lake Chad region

TEXT REMI TCHOKOTHE space be created for young scholars PHOTO DYMITR IBRISZIMOW During the two days of the collo- on the programme and that measures Chadic linguistics. - have to be taken to secure funding for guages and linguistics from Austria, participants from Africa who plan to From 4-5 February 2016, the 8th Bi- quium, 20 specialists of Chadic lan attend the next colloquia, beginning - already with the 9th Biennial Interna- cussedCameroon, in a collegial Germany, atmosphere Italy, Poland, the - ennial International Colloquium on syntax,Russia andsemantics, the United morphology, Kingdom eth dis- guages that will take place in Villejuif- placeChadic at Languages the Iwalewahaus. (BICCL) organisedThis col- nonymy, onomastics, calquing, tense, tional Colloquium on the Chadic Lan loquiumby the Chair unites of two Afrikanistik discontinued II took lin- aspect, mood and grammaticalisa- guistic colloquium traditions focus- Paris (7-8 September 2017). in these presentations were papers The Permanent Committee of - ontion Hausa. in Chadic languages. Prominent the International Colloquium on the ing on languages spoken in the Lake In the welcome address as well as Chadic Languages is currently made- HamburgChad region: 1981, the Boulder series of 1987 Chadic on lanthe - up of Dymitr Ibriszimow (University guage colloquiums in Leiden 1976, mow emphasised the need to see more of Bayreuth), Henri Tourneux (LLA youngin the closingscholars remarks, and colleagues Dymitr Ibriszi from CAN – CNRS, Paris), and Ekkehard Groupeone hand, d’Etudes and thetchadiques Franco-German on the Africa participate in the colloquium. Wolff (Emeritus Professor, University other.meetings It is in devoted Paris (1980-1997) to all aspects of the of In this regard, it was agreed that more of Leipzig).

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Beauty and the Norm Syowia Kyambi during her performance

Debating Standardisation in bodily appearances: An international conference

TEXT SARAH BÖLLINGER & CLAUDIA LIEBELT and standards. The panellists en- PHOTO ANISHA SOFF assumedgaged with ‘opposites’ various forms defining of normsrepre- sentations and instruments of body measurements, which create differ- The international conference “Beauty ent normative categories of “beauty” and the norm: Debating standardisa- and a normative appearance. The section in bodily appearances” took place at the Iwalewahaus on 6-8 April 2016. It was co-organised by the Iwalewa- powerond panel of images on “Media/Imaginations/ by exploring the vis- haus (Sarah Böllinger, Ulf Vierke) and ualRepresentations” dimension of representing, documented alter theing and excluding marginalised bodies. From the contrast of otherness the Chair for Social Anthropology (Claudia Liebelt) with funding from format of reality-TV, the main theme threethe German days, scholars Research and artists Foundation, from ofto transculturalthis panel was image the flowsaesthetics and the of Bayreuth Academy and BIGSAS. In the body politics within various media. - of the effects of existing inequalities thegal, CzechScotland, Republic, South Germany, Africa, France,Turkey, Differences” focused on the complex along ethnic and racialised lines. Israel,the United Kenya, Kingdom Netherlands, and the United Portu relationshipThe third Panel between titled beauty, “Negotiating gen- To sum up, all participants con- States presented their current works der norms and the crafting of moral tributed to an emerging and timely on body aesthetics, body perceptions - debate among international scholars rope. Striving for the “right style”, on the norms and ethics of represen- in the discussions was the question: thefeminine young selves Muslim in women multicultural discussed Eu Whatand body is the performances. relation between Prominent beauty by the panellists were shown to transnational beauty cultures and practices and the norm? The confer- navigate between gendered norms, thetation global and themarket. modification They illustrated of bodies, ence assembled ethnographic, artis- beauty practices, global trends and that representative regimes of beau- tic and conceptual approaches from changing understandings of Islamic ty are far from monolithic, but have a variety of disciplines, including so- come to include, often as the result cial anthropology, sociology, cultural and Aspirational Beauty” centred on of political struggles, an increasing studies, gender and disability studies thepiety. immense Panel 4 bodyon “Consumption, work that may Class be number of images of so-called “alter- and from across different geographi- needed to achieve desirable and up- native beauty.” While the multiplicity cal locations to debate standardisa- of ways to be publicly recognised as tion in bodily appearance. There were beauty carries in it a kind of power, beautiful may produce a more inclu- - thiswardly panel mobile emphasised, social bodies. a promise Physical of sive, affective belonging in the so- cussant and up to four speakers. The social mobility that, if made acces- cial and political spheres, we remain twofive keynote panels, eachlectures made were up offered of a dis by sible for everyone ready to subject sceptical as to the extent these rep- - themselves to the demands of the market, may be seen as challenging of dominant norms. The conference Maxine Leeds Craig (University of Cal established power hierarchies. The resentations effect a reconfiguration ifornia, USA) entitled “Lessons from- boom, which so far has received sur- lege,four decadesUSA) on of the Critiquing topic, “Unexpected Beauty as a prisinglyexemplified little that attention the global in the beauty aca- Norm” and Ann M. Fox (Davidson Col whetherfinal panel the on neo-liberal “Skin Colour adoption Politics: of demic literature, calls for scholarly moreRace, heterogeneous Class, Modernity” beauty debatedimages, consideration. An edited volume as Anatomies: Extraordinary Bodies in namely of models with darker com- an outcome of the conference is cur- Norms”Contemporary focused Art”. on the discourses of plexion, indeed results in a lessening rently in the making. Panel 1 labelled “Doing/Undoing NAB XVI - 2016 69 REPORTS

Migration and Postcolonial Transnationalism

Bayreuth International Summer School 2016: Tunisian Students investigate Migration and (Post)Colonialism

TEXT MAX MÜNCH PHOTOS SLIM ALILECHE

Held annually by the University of

InternationalBayreuth’s Campus-AkademieSummer School (BISS) and the International Office, the Bayreuth ideas and the chance to delve deeply intooffers particular participants topics a steadyfrom interdisci influx of- plinary perspectives and stages of sci-

in African Studies was dedicated to migrationentific development. in the context The 2016of postcolo course- nial transnationalism. Sponsored by the DAAD, ten students from Tunisia made their way to the courses deliv- -

fromered byHarvard Bruno RiccioUniversity. from Theythe Univer spent sity of Bologna and Françoise Lionnet two weeks in Bayreuth teaching in the Students visited the Berlin Wall as part of their excursion Summer School: 3-17 July 2016.

The second course followed up on and commotions, which stem from Bruno Riccio’s five-day course dealt- this aspect but adopted a sociohistor- and form a proposed postcolonial or- cialwith anthropologist“Africas in the World:focused Migrating/ on West ical and literary perspective. Fran- der. The question was raised whether AfricanTravelling migration, Ideas and inPersons.” particular The soon this can be limited to an intangible Senegal, to illuminate a society featur- era or whether it has always been a ing distinct diaspora branches. The sit- çoise Lionnet, Professor of Romance rather slow process of victories and uation on-site deploys a certain toolset AmericanLanguages Studies, and Literatures held the (French) course setbacks, dating back much further for mobility that gives people cultural onand “Transnationalism, Professor of African Diaspora and African and than the 20th century. In that way, frameworks for migration. Departing the students got the chance of break- from that, Senegalese make their way ing to the core of a phenomenon that studyCreolisation: were works The from Entanglements exiled au- shaped many lives across the globe - thorsof (Post)Colonialism.” and visual artists Materialsthat address of and continues to do so. tinations,to European they countries form social such associations as Italy, This 5th BISS also offered many op- butFrance are alsoand Switzerland.met with distrust At these and evedes- from migration and globalisation. portunities to get in touch with Afri- ryday racism. The course drew a map these current Creole identities born- can Studies in Bayreuth and an excur- of Senegalese paths into transnationales themselves were put in relation sion to Berlin. Both visiting lecturers ism that led to parenthood in the West. toDuring elite thecosmopolitanism course, Creole where emergenc they and their international attendees en- Their children’s situation is unique, stand in a submerged position. This riched Bayreuth with forefront per- characterised by manifold shades from has disputed present theories of bi- spectives into deeply foundational western cultural fundamentalism to polar representations and dug a way topics that change and shape Africa postmigration diversity. to the multi-layered transformations and the world.

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Le français en Afrique sub-saharienne et dans la diaspora africaine en Europe

A new look at French in Africa and the European diaspora

TEXT JEANNETT MARTIN together predominately junior schol- - The series of presentations was pean countries who gave insights into followedCalamaro, by Gießen, a general Germany). discussion that theirars from research different on AfricanFrench inand contact Euro fathomed possibilities of further col- - with other, mostly African, languag- Thereuth Chair organised of Romance an international and General - research. Linguisticssymposium aton the the University dynamics of Bay of gards sur la dynamique du français laborationAll in all, in the this workshop promising offered field ofa French in Sub-Saharan Africa and in enes. AfterAfrique an subsaharienne” opening lecture by on Mar “Re- platform for scholars from different tina Drescher (Bayreuth), the subse- discuss their work and to network. françaisthe African en diasporaAfrique subsaharienne in Europe under et regional and theoretical horizons to the French title “La dynamique du quent talks focused on specificities of- the opportunity to reconnect with on 21 November 2016. It was a follow French in Cameroon (Liliane Ngawa It also offered BIGSAS Junior Fellows updans of latwo diaspora other conferences africaine en that Europe” took AdamaMbaho, Drabo, Bayreuth), Bayreuth) Ivory and Coast Senegal (Ou and Oumarou Boukari who are now place in 2014 and 2015 also on vari- (Damemarou Boukari,Ndao, Dakar, Bouake, Senegal) Ivory as Coast, well workingthe BIGSAS in universities Alumni Liliane in their Ngawa home ous aspects of French in Sub-Saharan as on the linguistic repertoire of Af- Africa. The 2016 workshop brought respectively. countries Cameroon and Ivory Coast rican migrants in Europe (Francesca BIGSAS FC!

Football and research in Bayreuth and beyond - A little bit of play after work!

TEXT ERIC ANCHIMBE Wilde Liga along nine

leagueLeague 6ofth thewith a record +13 goals. - other teams. BIGSAS FC finished the ued in 2016 with remarkable per- in the Unchained Tournament of the Theformances exploits in ofBayreuth BIGSAS and FC beyond. contin On 11-12 June 2016 BIGSAS playedth af- Taking the experience to a whole new ter losing the match for position 3 on penalties.Wilde Liga Bayreuth, finishing 4 In perhaps the most outstanding level, BIGSAS FC participated in the FestivalAkwaaba on Football 16 July 2016 Cup inand Nürnberg brought - organised by the Nürnberg African- mentouting for of thethe Maiselyear, BIGSAS Football FC Masters played - in the indoor Qualification Tourna ouslyhome won the bronzetwice in medal. 2010 Thisand 2013, tour of the University of Bayreuth on 17 wasnament, special which because BIGSAS of FCthe has theme previ of Cup organised by the Sports Institute integration of refugees. With several MastersDecember Tournament 2016. Winning to be four played of five on 18matches, January the 2017. team See qualified next NAB for for there- doorsyoung andrefugees family on structure the team, in BIGSASits out- port. We welcome anyone who would reachFC further activities. portrayed BIGSAS’s open like to join us for a little bit of football The team was drawn in the Fourth after work.

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“Thinking through Concepts - Thinking through Data”

A hands-on methodology conference organised by BIGSAS Postdocs

negateepistemologies. other epistemologies. Reginal Oduor Oluwole criti cised how Eurocentric sciences tend to-

Coker described the worldview con- tentained takes in Ifáthe oracles form inof Nigeria.appropriation Kwasi ofKonadu local describedknowledge how that fieldwork turns local of scholars into mere informants. The third panel focussed on translation. Uchenna Oyali showed, by discussing (re-)translations of the Bible into Igbo, that translations can never be complete. Oludamini Ogunnaike presented

when it comes to religious experiences,the while limits Albert of a secular Kassanda scientific asked takehow African realities can be translated into Afropolitanism. Joseph Agbakoba TEXT BENEDIKT PONTZEN and to the inadequacies of Western discussed current interpretations of PHOTO BIGSAS terminologies when it comes to de- scribing and analysing African life- public debates showing how allegedly Ifá oracles in Nigerian literature and- people can be religious without hav- petuated but transformed. - worlds. Louis Brenner remarked that petrified traditions are not only per ceptsOn 21-23 - Thinking October through 2016, Data” the BIGSAS organ- salient questions about transcribing fresh light on the conference theme conference “Thinking through Con oraling aliteratures, religion. Clarissa e.g. what Vierke gets lost raised in withLuis their Sala artistic and Tao intervention. Ravao threw By a the process, and what this loss means involving the public into their perfor- placeised byin BIGSASBayreuth. Potstdocs The international Benedetta - mance, they blurred the line between participantsLanfranchi and from Benedikt various Pontzen disciplines took objectifying observation and active engaged in thorough discussions howfor the the data.production Rüdiger of Seesemanndata is (inter-) re participation. The last panel was on about the interrelations and the mu- subjective.flected on interactions in the field and issues of knowledge and power. Stefan Skupien showed how allegedly indig- research on African lifeworlds and on presented their projects in the panel enous knowledge is co-produced by whattual influences it really means of theories to “know and (about)data in on actors’Three takes BIGSAS and doctoralendeavours. students Musa - Africa.” ed a postcolonial take on African dias- The conference started with a in Nigeria dodge censorship and pro- poraglobal movies actors. and Larissa the identities Mbobda thatprovid are - Ibrahim described how filmmakers negotiated in them. Adisa Morenikeji discussed the importance of neglected roundtable discussion by Clarissa Vi dovoke not public render debates. the accused Leo Igwe into showed pas- - theirerke, Louisexperiences Brenner, on Dismasworking Masolo with sivethat victims, witchcraft and accusations Fulera Issaka-Toure in Ghana cluded the event with a critique of the theoriesund Rüdiger and Seesemanndata, paying who special shared at- local archives, and Taylor Riley con The second panel was on endogenous discussed Islamic feminism in Ghana. barely reflected positionality of our 72 NAB XVI - 2016 tention to their fieldwork experiences scientific standpoints. REPORTS

Journées d’Etude – International Workshop

Engaging the works of Boubacar Boris Diop

and several translations from Wolof frustrations and creative potentials TEXT REMI TCHOKOTHE into French and vice versa such as that go with this exercise. It is worth PHOTOS KOLA IGBASAN Une Saison au Congo noting here that the workshop brought under the title Naawetu Deret (2016). together publishers (France, Burkina AiméBoubacar Césaire’s Boris Diop received among Faso and Senegal) as well as young On 14-15 July 2016, the University of and experienced scholars. The confer- Bayreuth had the privilege to wel- l’Afrique Noire” in 2000 for his con- come the world acclaimed Senegalese othersstantly “lecritical Grand and Prix multi-relational Littéraire de writer Boubacar Boris Diop as guest œuvre. ence was opened by Papa Samba Diop of the Institute of African Studies. In consideration of the above fac- who(Professor worked of atLiterature, the University University of Bay of- Boubacar Boris Diop lives between tors, the “Journées d’étude avec et reuthParis-Est from Créteil). 1982 to Papa 1995 Samba is a world Diop Nigeria where he is currently Visit- autour de l’œuvre de Boubacar Boris specialist on francophone African and Diop” organised by Ute Fendler and - Writing at the American University of and sponsored by ies and Wolof literature. In 2016, he Yolaing Professor and different of Feature corners and of the Creative globe receivedCarribean the literary very andprestigious cultural Humstud- where he is regularly invited as con- SchoolRémi Tchokotheof African Studies took place ference keynote speaker, visiting pro- onthe 14-15 Bayreuth July 2016. International During this Graduate work- of the two Diops in Bayreuth paired fessor, artist in residence, member of shop in the presence of the writer who withboldt-Research their friendly Award. availability The presence cre- literary awards committees, etc. His took an admirably critical distance ated room for several exchanges with literary œuvre includes seven novels: from analyses of his works, the twelve students and researchers so that the Murambi The Book of Bones based on invited speakers from Burkina Faso, - nally took shape. Boubacar Boris Diop from the French original by Fiona United Kingdom offered a great pano- idea of a BIGSAS Forum for Thought fi the Rwandan genocide (translated- ramaFrance, of Germany,his immense Senegal body of and works the stance, La Gloire des imposteurs: Let- and insightful readings of some of his was the speaker of the first session of tresMc Laughlin);sur le Mali severalet l’Afrique essays, (with for Ami in- works like Ousmane Ngom’s remark- Societythis platform of Bayreuth. organised He gaveby BIGSAS a memo in- nata Traoré), six collections of short able paper that addressed the transla- rablecooperation lecture with on “Écrirethe German-French aujourd’hui tion of own works and the challenges, en Afrique” on 28 July 2016.

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Participants of the conference at the Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth

‘Asixoxe – Let’s Talk!’

SOAS and BIGSAS Conferences on African Philosophy

TEXT BENEDETTA LANFRANCHI of exploring the potential of com- tions of a West African Diviner,” while PHOTO BIGSAS parative approaches in the study of philosophy. They took place on 28-29 - conferencerenown African with a philosopher,keynote address Paulin on - AfricanHountondji, philosophy inaugurated today. the BIGSAS sity of Bayreuth have for many years onApril 9 2016May 2016at the atRussell the Iwalewahaus, Square Cam The rich and diverse contributions beenResearchers engaged at in SOAS academic and the conversa Univer- Universitypus, SOAS, ofUniversity Bayreuth. of London and to the conferences were organised tions on the relationship of African The conference presenters in- across a variety of themes, which in-

how this translates into fundamen- of African Studies, senior and jun- - tallyPhilosophy different to methods Area Studies of approach and on- iorcluded researchers eminent scholarsand undergraduate in the field cluded: Philosophy and Area Studies, ing traditions of thought: namely and Masters students from SOAS, Philosophy’s Common Grounds, Afri identitarian approaches as opposed can Futures, Philosophy and Culture, to comparative ones. Such conversa- Bayreuth, the University of Vienna, Philosophy and Literature, Realism tions culminated in this year’s “Asix- WITSLSE, King’s University, College, and the the University University of and Magical Realism, Ubuntu and- - - guageTranscultural and Translation. Philosophy, Afrophone PhilosophyThe conference and Literatures: papers are Lancur- oxe–Let’s Talk” Conferences on Af of Prague. Zimbabwean fiction writ- - rican Philosophy, organised jointly er Masimba Musodza delivered the- by Alena Rettovà and Miriam Pahl soropening at SOAS, lecture delivered at the Londonthe second confer day rently being revised by Alena Ret Abrahamfrom SOAS Brahima (London) from and the Benedetta Bayreuth ence. Louis Brenner, Emeritus Profes tovà, Benedetta Lanfranchi and Lanfranchi, Roberto Gaudioso and- knew the reality of things, we would Miriam Pahl for the publication of an keynote address in London on “‘If we- edited volume in African Philosophy. International Graduate School of Af rican Studies (BIGSAS), with the aim be masters of our own lives: Reflec

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The participants of the workshop at GW II

Religious Engineering

Alternative Practices in the Context of Global Development?

TEXT JUSTICE ARTHUR & EVA SPIES tory of the concepts of religion and The third day started with the pan- PHOTO BIGSAS development as well as their (histori- -

el on Evangelical/Pentecostal practic cal) linkage by Jörg Haustein and Paul es, where Rijk van Dijk (Leiden) and- Gifford (both London). Thereafter, Dena Freeman (London) presented organisedFrom 28-30 and September convened 2016,an interna Paula- BIGSAS Junior Fellows Justice Arthur- ofpapers holistic on Pentecostaldevelopment notions respectively. of in Schrode and Eva Spies (Bayreuth)- and Suleiman Chembea presented Afterwards,dividual and Michael on Evangelical Feener (Oxford) notions philanthropycase studies onin PentecostalKenya respectively prosper and Mahaman Tidjani Alou (Niamey) tional workshop titled “Religious En andity preaching their implications in Ghana and for on develop Islamic- presented papers on the interaction ingineering: Bayreuth. Alternative 13 international Practices guests, in the ment. The day ended with a keynote of the state and religious institutions Context of Global Development?” here address on tracing the trajectory of with emphasis on ideas and practices doctoral students (Junior Fellows) of - 10 Germany-based guests as well as religion and development by Barbara - - the evolving literature in the field of chester)for development. elaborated Looking on the remarkableat develop thetered Bayreuth into a fruitful International discussion Graduate on how The second day continued with similaritiesment as a religion, between Maia ritual Green and devel(Man- Schoolto theoretically of Africa andStudies methodologically (BIGSAS) en Bompani (Edinburgh). opment practices in her closing pres- approach the relation between reli- Damla Isik (Denver) delivered papers entation. gious ideas, actors and international onmore changing case studies. Turkish Paula charities Schrode andfol- The workshop ended with a discus- development. The workshop was lowed by presentations on (religious) sion led by the convenors on the dif- aimed at sharing empirical studies on education and development by David ferent uses of, and perspectives on the the nexus of religion and international concept of religious engineering that development and to discuss the con- came up during the three-day meet- cept of religious engineering that has charities,Tittensor and (Melbourne) by Abdoulaye on the Sounaye Gülen ing. Insightful comments and feed- been developed by the convenors. (Berlin)schools, onMayke Islamic Kaag trends (Leiden) at a Univeron Gulf- back were forwarded by participants sity in Niger. To wrap up the sessions to critique and to further develop the the workshop with an introduction to - concept. Moreover, all participants the Onconcept the first of day,religious Eva Spiesengineering. opened livered the second keynote address on agreed to continue the discussion that This was followed by two thought- theof the practical day, Emma role Tomalinof religion (Leeds) in devel de- has been initiated by the convenors in provoking presentations on the his- opment cooperation. different forms.

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Conference participants with the German ambassador to Benin

Between order and instability

BIGSAS International Colloquium on Challenges of (in)security (ies) on Africa’s transition, Cotonou, Benin

TEXT & PHOTO ERDMUTE ALBER security and control of religious fun- ing days, 43 mainly empirical papers damentalism. Several perspectives were presented by international par-

Security issues have become a major of the concept of security have been well as from neighbouring countries concern all over the world and espe- reflecting the multi-dimensionality- ticipants from Benin and Germany as cially in political transitions in Africa. curity, food security, global security, stateidentified. security These and include internal human security. se such as Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Burkina- (Bayreuth) co-organised an interna- The security threats in Africa are also leaguesFaso and from Cote Bayreuth d´Ivoire. participated Four Junior On 10-12 March 2016, Erdmute Alber- multifaceted with various dimensions inFellows the event. of BIGSAS Two colleagues and two senior from colour (national, regional, continental or tional BIGSAS partnership confer global threats) which help to rethink also participated. Two days of intense ence in Cotonou, Benin together with- and better conceptualise the security discussionspartner university yielded ina fruitfulEldoret and(Kenya) pro- quiumDodji Amouzouvi dealt with from aspects the Universityof insecu- issues. ductive exchange on questions of se- rityof Abomey-Calavi from a broad (Benin).perspective. The colloFrom The colloquium brought together curity and stability in Africa. During a political, economic, religious, social, scholarly contributions that offered - cultural, environmental and techno- a broader understanding of these dif- sador in Benin, Walter von den Dri- logical perspective, Africa has been ferent phenomena, their manifesta- esch,the final expressed session, his the gratitude German ambasfor the described as a continent plagued by tions as well as the responses from collaboration between the universi- turbulence that often affects security. different societal levels on the African Over the past twenty years, several continent. A joint keynote address summits were organised with the aim - event,ties of a Abomey-Calavi nice touristic tour and to Bayreuth. the city of discussing topics such as peace- ofAfter Ouidah, the end organised of the byofficial the Université scientific keeping, securing spheres of tension, theoreticalby the two frame organisers, for doing Erdmute research Al disarmament and demobilisation of onber insecurity and Dodji that Amouzouvi, also raised offered meth a- opportunities for informal talks and odological questions. In the follow- gettingAbomey-Calavi, together. offered participants

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Media Cities: Mapping Urban Geography and Audiovisual Configurations

A BIGSAS-University of KwaZulu-Natal International Conference in Durban

TEXT & PHOTOS IVO RITZER The prime research question of the in worlds, i.e., the audiovisual trans- conference addressed the urban con- mitting and staging of space through drawing up imaginary geographies. line with this, the overall aim was to - - mapfiguration urbanity of cities in an as African media hubs.context In Organised by Ivo Ritzer (Bayreuth) by analysing media environments Given papers concentrated on the cit andMedia Keyan Cities: Tomaselli Mapping Urban(Durban/Johan Geography - Nairobiies of Johannesburg,and Harare. Durban, Cape andnesburg), Audiovisual the BIGSAS Configurations conference took on ies from both textual and contextual TownWith and participants Pretoria, but from also onnine Lagos, dif- - and audiovisual configurations of cit- ferent institutions and eight different diovisual media occupy a central place - 10-12place atOctober the BIGSAS 2016. partnerDespite Univerfacing inperspectives. everyday constructions Regarded that of way, knowl au- sity of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, from- edge, the latter increasingly being countries (Australia, Cameroon, Eng rican universities and the University shaped through the medium of images workingland, Germany, group was Kenya, facilitated, Nigeria, includ South- a very difficult situation at South Af and sounds. In this sense, audiovisual Africa, Zimbabwe) a very promising media interact with social, cultural, as several members and associates of andof KwaZulu-Natal even anti-‘white’ in particular, racism, the often in- political and also academic worlds, theing partnertwo BIGSAS university. Junior TheFellows conference as well ternationalbordering on and open pan-African anti-Europeanism confer- substantially determining how people - ence held in October 2016 was a great engage with their surrounding envi- maselli, strongly hope to continue this success. The Bayreuth model of draw- interinstitutionalorganisers, Ivo Ritzer initiative and Keyan into the To ing together a small group of topic enhance human perception and there- future. They now move into the next specialists resulted in three days of foreronment. form Audiovisualan important configurations part of both phase, reviewing papers for publica- wonderfully passionate presentations discursive patterns and material prac- tion in the Journal of African Cinemas and very active and sustained discus- tices at work in a given context. Thus, which had been directly associated sions, from a variety of different per- the focus of the conference rested on with the conference since its concep- spectives. interactions between media and lived- tion.

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Imaginaries and Linguistic Diversity

The 29th Swahili Colloquium

Bantu languages and the historical expansion of Swahili speakers and the coming into being of Swahili va- rieties. A number of events featured on the

6 May, Serena Talento (University of Bayreuth)colloquium and schedule. Irene OnBrunotti the first (Uni day,-

dedicated to Swahili teaching, where teachersversity of could Leipzig) discuss ran methods a workshop and challenges in teaching Swahili as a

Marie Beck and Kai Kresse launched theirforeign edited language. volume Abdilatif Moreover, Abdalla: Rose Poet in Politics, a book that celebrates the work of one of Kenya’s most well- known poets and committed political activist. The second day of the

- conference opened with a BIGSAS alumnapanel on discussed “Translating with other African confer Lan- TEXT SERENA TALENTO enceguages”, participants where BIGSAS issues students relating and to PHOTOS CLARISSA VIERKE - the translation of popular writing, tended the 2016 Swahili Colloquium, poetry, media translation, and the coming from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwan- Bible with examples from Swahili, From 6-8 May 2016, the University da, Mozambique, Ghana, Italy, France, Bayreuth hosted the 29th edition of UK,The Belgium, 2016 Thecolloquium Netherlands, had two Po closed with readings by the Ameri- land, USA and Germany. Im- canGikuyu, scholar Shona and and translator Igbo. The Nathalie evening a well-established annual forum on aginaries and Visions: The Power of Koenings who read from her trans- Swahilithe international studies in Swahili Bayreuth. Colloquium, Organ- Imagesthematic across foci. the The Swahili first oneWorlds was - lation of Vipuli vya Figo. Also win- ticipants’ contributions questioned ners of the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili - . Par- Prize for African Literature es),ised the by colloquium Clarissa Vierke took place (Professor at the ing society, preferring to explore - of Literatures in African Languag howthe idea language, of the artsliterature as merely and reflect visual can language were announced., the Anna first Studies of the University of Bayreuth. arts provide meaning in everyday literary prize dedicated to an Afri Iwalewahaus,The appeal theof the Centre colloquium of African lies life through metaphors and symbols, in the multidisciplinary approach and which are constantly re-functional- novelSamwel, Penzi who la wonDamu the and first Mohammed prize in the wide range of contributions from ised and re-interpreted. The second the category ‘fiction’, read from her linguistics, literary studies to anthro- focus Linguistic Diversity in the Swa- in the category ‘poetry’, read from pology and history. The forum also hili-Speaking Area was organised in hisK. Ghassani, anthology who N’na won Kwetu the. first prize cooperation with Maud Devos of the In addition to this, the prestig- background of the participants, in- - ious French publisher Karthala and cludinglargely senior benefits and from junior the researchers, variegated - - Royal Museum for Central Africa, Ter ger Köppe were represented with work on various aspects of the lan- discussionsvuren, and funded in this by topic the focusedFritz-Thys on stalls.the German The Swahili publishing Department house of Rüdi the guageas well and as PhD the andrespective MA students, culture(s). who sen Foundation. Presentations and - - their relationship to neighbouring rectly from the conference. the classification of Swahili dialects, Deutsche Welle Radio reported di 78 NAB XVI - 2016 Participants from 13 countries at REPORTS “AGORA – Africa – South America”

A cross-continental research network on Africa

TEXT UTE FENDLER & The research interests of the net- - EBERHARD ROTHFUSS work cover both comparative and pants presented their research from interdisciplinary approaches. The Studies, UEM). In all, over 20 partici linguistics, sociology and anthropology.the fieldsSeveral of new literature, directions geography, in future - Sciencesfirst workshop at the forUniversidad doctoral studentsdel Valle research and collaborations were ar- In 2015, Ute Fendler and Eberhard of BIGSAS and the Faculty of Social rived at during the two-day confer- Rothfußthe University founded of Bayreuth the network with “AG the ence. The keynote lecture with the ti- objectiveORA – Africa of linking – South the America”research in at Disciplinaries”in Cali with the took title place “Encounters: from 14- and with Africa at the Institute of 16Crossing November Perspectives 2016 at the – Iwalewa Crossing- African Studies Bayreuth with re- haus in Bayreuth. The chancellor of tle “The Challenge of the South-South search cooperations in South Amer- the University of Bayreuth, Markus UFBA,Comparison” Salvador by de Livio Bahia, Sansone completed from the Centrodiscussions. de Estudos Afro-Asiaticos, in four countries across three conti- in Spanish, followed by the Dean of ica. In a first step, five universities Zanner, gave the welcome address representatives of the partner insti- The next AGORA-Workshop will nents will work together in AGORA:- BIGSAS, Dymitr Ibriszimow, and the colleaguestake place atfrom the the University universities of Cali of Bayreuth (Germany), Universidade in November 2017. PhD students and BahiaEduardo and MondlaneUniversidade Maputo Federal (Mo do Sansonetutions, Rosaand Danillo Bermudez Barata and (UFBA Dario - zambique), Universidade Federal da Henao (Universidad del Valle), Livio versitiesBayreuth, in SalvadorMaputo and and Durban Cachoeira will participate.as well as from BIGSAS Partner Uni Recôncavo (Brazil) and Universidad and UFRB) and Carlos Arnaldo and del Valle, Cali (Colombia). Teresa Manjate (Center of African Cinema Africa! 2016

Season 7: A mix of thrillers and catastrophes

TEXT AMINATA CECILE MBAYE of King Hassan II, known as the “Years coming a rainmaker and his time as a Cold soldier in the midst of a political con- Harbour (2014) also deals with vio- The cursed of Lead”. Carey Mckenzie’s film ones - business on the South African coast. erflict. Nana And Obirilast but is notalso least, based on true Like in the previous years, the 2016 Thelence crime – shedding thriller light is based on a mafia on the gang in- (2015) by the Ghanaian filmmak inedition Africa. of Thethe festivalfestival “Cinemaopened with Africa!” the corruption and morality in a West Af- showed recent93 films Days on (2016) various by issues Steve ricanevents. village The filmwhere questions a young girl violence, is ac- - vestigation led by police officerMoi, Zaphira Sizwe cused of witchcraft. The superstition Nigeriancounts how film doctors, the nursing staff Miya(2013) after tells the the death story of ofa Chinese a young man. un- and the fear of the gods’ curse are so Gukas. Based on a true story that re Appoline Traoré’s film with her daughter in a tradition bound demands her exorcism and death. Africanand political feature actors about handled the thedisease. Ebola village.employed One widow day she Zaphira comes who across lives a firmlyA number established of outreach that the programmes local priest Withoutbreak its inexcellent 2014, the cast, movie among is the them first - beautiful models and has a revelation: tivating dialogue and scenery, it left fashion magazine featuring young and organisedand activities several accompanied other projections the film theHollywood audience legend marvelled Danny by Clover, this capnew Run (2014) mirrors the re- atweek. the TheIwalewahaus. chair of Romance Furthermore Studies a her daughter will be a model. Philippe round table discussion on “Imaginary Lacôte’s and Aesthetic” with some of the re- duringgeneration the of festival films on include: and from Hicham Africa. youngcent political lonely man, conflict who in has Ivory just Coast. mur- Other filmsStarve that your were Dog projected (2016), The film recounts the story of Run, a- also based on a true story of Driss nowned filmmakers invited, such as Basri,Lasri’s who film was responsible for Hu- dered the Prime Minister of his coun- onJean “South Pierre African Bekolo, Thriller” and a discussion comple- man rights violations during the rule riestry. Asof hisRun childhood, runs away his from dream his crimeof be- mentedwith Ivo the Ritzer rich cinema and Carey programme. Mckenzie the movie flashes back to the memo NAB XVI - 2016 79 REPORTS

TGCL Welcomes New LLM and PhD Students

TEXT CAROLIN HERZOG Benedict Mapunda, Johannes Döveling PHOTO TGCL professionalty Law as well leadership as on Labour training Migration in- and Carolin Herzog as members of the- cludingLaw. In additionindividual to theseadvice legal on courses, career TGCL management team. After words of welcome by Evar Methodology will form part of the pro- inauguratedThe Tanzanian-German its new academic Centre year for isto Longopa on behalf of the Dean of- gramme.planning and a seminar on Research Eastern African Legal Studies (TGCL)- dentthe School adviser of StevenLaw, Johannes Bwana Dövelingfollowed Out of the 17 newly admitted stu- emony on 3 October 2016. At this withgave words an overview of advice, on pointing the TGCL. out Stuthe 2016/17 with a formal opening cer crucial role of integer and well-trained dents, one is from Burundi, five are event, 15 new Masters students (LLM In the new academic year from Kenya, two from Rwanda, five – Master of Laws) and two new PhD lawyers for East African societies. - studentsfrom Tanzania to its and study four fromprogrammes, Uganda. students were welcomed by Evaristo - withUp until half today, of them TGCL originatinghas admitted from 128 AdviserLongopa Hon.from theSteven University Bwana of and Dar byes 2016/2017 the TGCL students will at- Salaam School of Law, TGCL Student tend classes inter alia on Regional In tegration Law, East African Communi outside Tanzania.

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TGCL Study Excursion to Europe 2016

TEXT CAROLIN HERZOG PHOTO TGCL the University of Bayreuth, held by rounded off the programme. Johannesthrough lecturesDöveling. on The German programme law at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Bayreuth also took the students to - In September 2016, a group of 16 stu- ticipatedIn Brussels, in the the visitors’ final destination programmes of the Bayreuth Town Hall. Deputy May- the delegation, the TGCL students par - the High Court (Landgericht) and to dents from the Tanzanian-German gave a warm welcome to the students at the European Parliament and at the Centre for Eastern African Legal Stud andor of discussed Bayreuth, the Thomas role of Ebersberger, municipali- European Commission, where they ies (TGCL) at the University of Dar es learned about the European Single Salaam School of Law visited Europe governance. Market and European Competition to gain first-hand experience on the- ties within the German structures of DeputyLaw. A perspectiveAmbassador, onMechtilde the Kenyan- Mu- European integration process and insightful talks with high-ranking of- sula,European when relations the group was paid presented a visit to the by on the German legal system. The stu In Berlin, the TGCL delegation had- withdents aare special pursuing thematic their LLMfocus (Master on the tries who each presented on the role of lawof Law) of regional or PhD integration. degrees at The the TGCL,study theirficers respective of three German ministries. federal Ministries minis Embassy of the Republic of Kenya to visited include the Federal Foreign the European Union. “ThisSummarising has been a the very trip, insightful LLM student trip. excursion to Europe was hosted by the- - Forrepresentative me as an African Petro Protaslawyer stated:it was University of Bayreuth as the German Office, the Federal Ministry of Justice- partner university of the TGCL. Depu- tionand Consumerand Development. Protection A andvisit the to Fed the come up with their decisions impar- ty TGCL Leader Johannes Döveling and eral Ministry of Economic Coopera tiallyquite stunningin the pursuit that German of justice, judges free can of theTGCL students Manager to Carolinexpand Herzogtheir theoreti organ- included a lively discussion with Mem- calised knowledge and led the and excursion. to compare Enabling the le- Federal Parliament (Bundestag) also found it very useful to learn more about inter alia on the role of women in so- any political influence. Additionally, I the excursion forms an integral part of ciety.ber of An the exchange Bundestag with Silke students Launert of governance structures of multi-level gal systems of East Africa and Europe, the German federal system and the- A theoretical basis was laid the TGCL study programme. the South African-German Centre systems, also including Germany’s re NAB XVI - 2016 81 for Transnational Criminal Justice at lationship to the European Union.” REPORTS

Sousse-Bayreuth Partnership

Visiting Lectureship: Professional Master in African Studies

TEXT RÉMI TCHOKOTHE PHOTO SLIM ALILECHE kind in Tunisia and the need to com- Academic Exchange Service. - mendMasters the programme, tremendous the efforts first of put its rica’”Rémi with Tchokothe a focus offeredon the aecology course - In the framework of the inception andon “Languagessociology of and African Societies languages, in ‘Af endangered languages and minor- so far in this initiative by Franz Ko Studies at the University of Sousse, ity languages in Africa, African lan- Amara.gelmann, Their Clemens conjugated Romankiewicz, efforts cre- Tunisiaof a Professional with the Mastertechnical in support African guages and rituals, power, respect, atedMoncef the Ben venue Abdeljelil for this and class Ramzi that Ben on of the Institute of African Studies secrecy and the language situation in the side of students has resulted in a Tunisia. The course that was initially critical awareness of their languages, Tchokothe held a visiting lectureship organised for 25 BA and MA students cultures, identities and their place of the University of Bayreuth, Rémi- in the world, aspects which we dis- ences Humaines of the University of students and a visiting student from cussed in a symbolical place — the Sousseat the Faculté from 1-6 des March Lettres 2016. et desHe wasSci Tunis.ended As up a being lecturer, also it opened was fascinat to PhD- building that we had the privilege to hosted by the Dean of the Faculty ing to see how many participants in - the class still viewed “Africa” as the tre d’Anthropologie and deliberately ‘other’ continent and had fun calling inaugurate. The building called Cen theMoncef Sousse Ben Abdeljelilcoordinator and of Ramzi the proBen- Studies is by itself a culturally asser- Amara, a BIGSAS Alumnus who was the urgency to put in place such as tivetranslated statement. into English as African me “Rémi l’Africain”, which explains 82 NAB XVI - 2016 gramme sponsored by the German REPORTS

Towards a new Master’s programme in African Studies for Tunisia

Inter-continental collaboration between Bayreuth and Sousse

TEXT MAX MÜNCH students from Sousse who contributed historique” and a clearer approach to -

In spring 2016, plans were put into to the discussions. The first day start “African Studies in Tunisian Context”- practice to draft a new Master’s pro- ed with a lecture given by Pierre-Noël- turalrespectively. Anthropology FLSH alreadythat will providesserve as gramme in African Studies for the Uni- Denieuil, Director of Research at the a basis BA programme for the more in multi-disciplined Social and Cul versity of Sousse, Tunisia. Building on Centre National de la Recherche Sci - the recently tied mutual relations be- laentifique Dévelopment and Delegation Tunis, who for Researchgave an gramme will include multiple facets tween Sousse and Bayreuth to foster introductionat the Institute on anthropological de Recherche pour ap- offield the of humanities, African Studies. opening The it MA up proto a academic exchange (see NAB XV 2015 broad array of students and closing p. 52), both universities conducted foothold led to the case-related lec- gaps between disciplines that deal three events in 2016 on the “Inception tureproaches by literary to African scientist Studies. Hassan This Mou first- - of an MA in African Studies”. The con- stir from the Mohammed V University ferences were part of the collaboration Amarawith the (DAAD) same subjects. closed theClemens day andRo between the University of Bayreuth, Maroc, une vision continentale et plu- Summermankiewicz Academy (IAS) with and Ramziconcluding Ben the Institute of African Studies (IAS), ridisciplinaire”,of Rabat on “Les showing Études Africaineshow African au remarks, provided a compendium for University of Sousse and its Faculté Studies can be done in Africa itself. - The following two days were dedi- tributions. - futureTied plans in with and the room Spring for finalAcademy, con des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines- two workshops were held in Sousse gramme.(FLSH) and The delegates the DAAD-backed came together Ger cated to regionally defined academic and Bayreuth afterwards as part of toman-Arab design a Change comprehensive by Exchange academic pro experiences in Germany and Tunisia, the collaboration between the two degree programme to be launched in werefocusing shared on specificby three issues speakers to fill from the universities. They took place to align outlines. First, German approaches a curriculum which included key asof its kind in Tunisia, providing the gave an overview about Art in Africa pects from the discussions, thereby studentsSeptember with 2017. advanced It will be expertise. the first andBayreuth. how Christineit is perceived Scherer in (BIGSAS) African assembling concrete implementa- Through exchange, it will also provide Studies. Afterwards, Serawit Bekele tions from the Spring Academy. The a vital academic link between the con- meetings were presided by Moncef tinents. another thought-provoking insight, - At the Spring Academy in March thisDebele time (BIGSAS on regionally Alumna) situated discussed Afri- panied by Ahmed Bousarra, Khaoula 2016, participants from various disci- can Studies. She talked about rethink- MatriBen Abdeljelil (Dean of FLSH) accom- plines and backgrounds met in Sousse ing African Studies through the notion to discuss guidelines and intellectual and Pierre-Noël Denieuil (Uni pathways to African Studies in Tunisia. - themversity together of Sousse). with DAAD’s Hassan Project Mou- First, they sought general approaches pology’sof Ethiopian close exceptionalism.links to the multidisci Marta- Coordinator Ramzi Ben Amara joined and later concentrated on Tunisian Scaglioni (BIGSAS) clarified Anthro solutions. Based on the Spring Acad- are important for Sousse, where an- stir, Franz Kogelmann and Clemens- thropologicalplinary field of education African Studies, is offered. which Romankiewicz (both IAS). Samia again in Sousse and Bayreuth in June Day three was devoted to Tunisia’s AssistantsLaajimi, Ines for Mabroukthe DAAD and programme. Slim Ali andemy’s July findings, 2016 to further the participants develop a cur met- connection to African Studies. This Theleche participants added their designed notions a as Master’s Project riculum. curriculum that marks an important The Spring Academy took place the previous lectures and led to the step forward for Tunisian research. between the 21st and 23st March 2016 endeavour’sreflected back main to the point key offindings interest. of - course of African Studies. With grad- uatesIn the in end, African it will Studies benefit coming the overall from aand particular offered prolificperspective lectures to develop and dis a Mohamed Said (FLSH) and Moncef Tunisia, coalescence of expertise can cussions. Each day was dedicated to Ben Abdeljelil (Principal Investigator- foster and stimulate academic work main events were open to 20 selected harienne:and Dean ofUne FLSH) Approche examined anthropo- “Entre through new routes. refined picture of African Studies. All l´Afrique du Nord et l´Afrique subsa NAB XVI - 2016 83 PROJECTS

“African Art History and the Formation of a Modern Aesthetic”

A report on the project’s activities in the first two years

TEXT NADINE SIEGERT Naumann went for a three-week research in Nigeria where shesisting interviewed in work on Oshogbo the collections. artists and At thevisited same relevant time, Lena art The research project African Art History and the Formation spaces. In the meantime, associate researcher Smooth Ugo- of a Modern Aesthetic the Iwalewahaus and is funded by the Volkswagen Founda- exhibition project Feedback: Africa, Art and the 1980s with tion over a period of fourstarted years. officially Since its in creation, 2016. It is a basednumber at achukwu-Nzewi six-week research (Cleveland stay at Art the Museum,Iwalewahaus USA) and pursued Weltkul his- of scholars have come to Bayreuth to give presentations turen Museum. In August 2016, Siegrun Salmanian did a 20-day research in Khartoum’s art scene, visiting old, mid and young generation artists and relevant art spaces with on specific aspects of the history of modern art in Africa, - among them Elsbeth Court (SOAS), Atta Kwami (Kumasi, gust 2016, all project members arrived in Kampala for the London), Salah Hassan (Ithaca, USA), Sarah van Beurden secondthe intention project of workshop developing on a AfricanPhD project. Art History At the Rewritten:end of Au (Brussels),In summer Smooth-Ugochukwu 2015, Nadine Siegert Nzewi (Iwalewahaus)(Hanover, USA) and Contributing to the History of Postcolonial Modernism as José Luis (Porto). African well as a public symposium entitled (Hi)Stories of Exhibition Art and Artists After the Millennial Turn conference at the Making, 1960 – 1990 at the Uganda National Museum in the Katharina Greven (BIGSAS) presented the project at context of the Kampala Art Biennial. The advisors Sidney project workshop entitled Writing Art History and the Defi- nitionUniversity of the of Canon Nigeria took in placeNsukka. at theIn JanuaryIwalewahaus 2016, withthe first the project core team and local advisory members Ulf Vierke andKasfir Moses (Atlanta, Serubiri USA) (Kampala) and Ulf Vierke joined (Iwalewahaus) the team. After as well the as Guest Researchers Ozioma Onuzulike (Nsukka, Nigeria) followed up with her research in the Makerere artist’s pa- theand BayreuthSigrid Horsch-Albert. Academy of TheAdvanced methodology African of Studies), the Icon wasLab perworks.symposium, In coreJanuary team 2017, member Hasifah Katrin Mukyala Peters-Klaphake (Makerere (which emerged from a research project on Revolutions of University, Kampala) came to the Iwalewahaus for a three- Siegrun Salmanian with the example of the mixed media month training in the archive and collections. She later con- paintingintroduced Devil’s by the Dog Junior by the Researchers Nigerian artistLena NaumannTwins Seven- and Seven. The project has so far been very fruitful in its prag- matictinued endeavour the inventory to improveat the Makerere the situation Art Gallery. of the modern (Makerere University Kampala) undertook a one-month re- searchIn February trip to the 2016, Weltkulturen core team Museum member in George Frankfurt Kyeyune sup- which is one of the very few institutional art collections on ported by Siegrun Salmanian (Iwalewahaus). They went theart African collection continent. at the MakerereOn the other Art hand, Gallery the inproject Kampala, also through about 1200 works, mainly graphics but also paint- provides a stimulating environment for the development ings and the sculptural works and additional archive ma- - coded collection actors and networks when she did further of a number of doctoral thesis (Katharina Greven, Katrin researchterial. Meanwhile on the works at the of TwinsIwalewahaus, Seven-Seven Lena and Naumann developed de Peters-Klaphake) and master thesis (Siegrun Salmanian,- - reuthLara Buchmann) and a number as well of publicationsas post-doctoral will research give the (George frame- erere University Kampala) started a two-month internship workKyeyune, to present Nadine the Siegert). research In 2018, results a final to a broaderworkshop academic in Bay ata timeline. the Iwalewahaus, At the end where of the she month, gained Martha practical Kazungu skills (Makby as- public.

For further information visit the project website coamoweb.com

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Political Orders in the Making

Comparing emerging forms of political organisation in Libya and Northern Mali

TEXT GEORG KLUTE responds to the rapid development of political orders in Africalocal actors/locality. and elsewhere within Heterarchy the last is twenty a recent years. concept. Heter It- - archy describes central traits of current political (state tive study of emerging forms of political organisation and non-state) orders, namely the mutable and unstable The project “Political Orders in the Making: A compara intertwining of state and non-state orders and the plural- ity of competing power groups. from Libya to Northern Mali” by Georg Klute, Thomas associatedHüsken and with Dida the Badi project in collaborationas a Humboldt with scholar, Amal aims El- obvious impacts in all of northwest Africa, creating po- toObeidi explore (University “politics inof theBenghazi, making” Libya), through who a comparativeis currently The fall of Gaddafi’s regime in Libya in 2011 has had countries. Mali in particular seemed to be affected by and northern Mali. thelitical return instability of soldiers and and conflicts militiamen in Libya’s of (Malian) neighbouring Tuareg study of emerging forms of political organisation in Libya- origin to Mali in autumn 2011. This brought a number of ern Mali represent a renegotiation of the post-colonial po- The current political developments in Libya and north- events and their repercussions in northwest Africa and ya and the subsequent disintegration of the country into thusauthors perceiving to highlight the theregion links as existing interconnected, between theinstead Libyan of post-revolutionarylitical order. The toppling camps of andauthoritarian regions, theregimes continuing in Lib being separated by deserts and state borders. The concept rebellion of the Tuareg in northern Mali, accompanied by of connectivity (across states and borders) is a newly re- the rise of transnational Islamist and Jihadist forces have discovered topic which perceives state borders (and the led to the fragmentation of state structures, to more het- Sahara Desert) not as barriers, but as transitional spaces. erogeneity in politics, and to the emergence of non-state It allows for a better understanding of recent political de- power groups which have gained relevance on the com- velopments and their historical roots. plex political stage. While often propagating social and political alternatives to the Western state model, some political anthropology and political sociology. It under- of these groups seem to be, at least at times, intertwined linesThe the concept importance of local of the actors/locality local in negotiation is well-rooted processes in with respective state structures. and struggles over what political order to establish. Our We propose to study processes of political orders in project follows the hypothesis that in the crisis of the the making from local and trans-local perspectives. We state in northwest Africa, it is indeed the local that be- assume thereby that the current situation in Northwest comes a prior place where political order is generated. It Africa offers a unique opportunity for the observation is the space where local and regional politicians, opinion and study of the renegotiation of post-colonial political leaders and groups act as gatekeepers between the (weak) order, including strong contestations of the Western state state, the vitality of the “local arena,” and the transnation- model. We further assume that ongoing processes of real sphere. Today’s politicians and leaders are neither entirely local nor exclusively national but are located at the are strongly linked, without suggesting any kind of cau- interface of the local, the national and transnational po- sality,making between political them. orders, The particularly local continues in Libya to constitute and Mali, the decisive arena for the making of political orders. local, regional, national and international actors of vari- The project brings together three theoretical concepts ouslitical kinds. fields. These Heterarchical actors are “producers figurations of are order” populated who play by a major role in the renegotiation of the post-colonial order connectivities in northwest Africa, and the importance of in northwest Africa. and fields of research: heterarchy, (historical and present)

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BRIAS: First clues on possible region-wide projects

BRIAS holds first status seminar about coordinating Bavarian research on Africa

TEXT MAX MÜNCH PHOTOS MACRO BOSCH

“Partners have become friends and partnerships have developed into friendships. BRIAS offers a perfect framework for the inner‐Bavarian exchange and for research cooperations focused on Africa. Bavaria is a region where research on and with Africa is exceptionally well” (Ibriszimow) positioned. So far, there has been a blank space in coordinating that potential. That was until

- BRIASing together was founded, four universities the Bavarian on the Research forefront Instituteof research of Africanon Africa Studies. enabling BRIAS them is to an coordinate umbrella organisation their projects. bring The pillar organisations are the universities of Bayreuth,

the Technical University Ingolstadt with their numerous The participants of the first BRIAS symposium. institutesWürzburg, dedicated Neu-Ulm Universityto, and involved of Applied in, Africa-related Sciences and - isting competences, reinforce cooperation with partners with Africa in contrasting and complementary ways, and inprogrammes. Africa, create Through new teaching BRIAS, modulesthey can andinterlink draft theircollabo ex- rative projects. Tying these knots is a large scale project. First, it should bethe clear BRIAS what framework exactly is meshes at hand these and proficiencies.what potentials arise - The participating institutions contribute to the BRIAS andplatform medical as follows: works Würzburgthroughout operates its ten thefaculties. Forum AfricaYoung from the status quo. In July 2016, therefore, Gerhard Bring Centre (FAZ) with influential research in the field of arts- mann from the Chair of Organic Chemistry I, University of - Würzburg, (at the same time member of the FAZ Board Africa Centre (JAZ) and the Excellence Scholarship Pro and Chairman of BEBUC) together with Julien Bobineau gramme BEBUC, which supports Congolese upcoming sci (Young Africa Centre), Horst Beinlich (Egyptology), and entists, complement Würzburg’s involvement in African Heiko Paeth (FAZ Speaker) invited all BRIAS members to healthStudies. management, Expertise with while regards other toareas Africa are at being the Neu-Ulm expand- therebya first seminar exploring on thecommon state ofintersections affairs. Its aim and was the to variety get to edUniversity to include of AppliedAfrican SciencesStudies. liesThe mainlyTechnical in theUniversity field of ofknow perspectives each other’s which fields can of resultinterest, in coordinatedapproaches andoutcomes goals, Ingolstadt is known for its development of renewable en- of future projects. The status seminar was an intense ex- ergy systems, by which it maintains close ties to South Af- change of ideas on current research. It was important that rican researchers. The engagement of these universities every participant could present his or her interests to the complements the research and teaching at the University audience while still maintaining enough room for others of Bayreuth well. The four participating institutions deal to connect. Once that connection was established, smaller

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projects in Africa conducted by the Technical University

- Ingolstadt. Adding to ecological topics was Patience N. Ache from the Department of Geography and Geology Wür inculturationzburg, who works processes on her and PhD the thesis analytical about waste inclusion recycling of in- in Africa. Social scientist Chibueze C. Udeani talked about - ers,dividual and backgrounds,artists. These whereasexemplary Heike talks, Raphael-Hernandez which represent aspoke small about sample the of role the of symposium, African women illustrate writers, the filmmultidis mak- groups, which congregated through the central plenary ciplinarity displayed in the symposium, ranging from the debates, discussed further and more in-depth. Over the natural sciences to linguistics, which bears challenging as course of the day, networks between researchers emerged well as intellectually enriching opportunities. A considera- - ble amount of work lies ahead, but the newfound networks tance of this transition process in his opening speech, sum- made a promising start. “From this event, which provides a gradually.marised the Gerhard day: Bringmann, who stressed the impor promising basis for the successful collaboration of the Ba- “As a result of the exchange of knowledge and experi- varian Africa initiatives, I expect new synergistic effects,” now serving as a starting point for future joint activities ence, there will be first clues on collaboration projects, concluded Alfred Forchl, President of the University of The delegates covered research interests as well as Würzburg. The Speaker of BRIAS, Dymitr Ibriszimow, who- – BRIAS grows together!” phy)joined and the Achim symposium von Oppen together (History with of FranzAfrica) Kogelmann from Bay- (IAS), Eberhard Rothfuss (Population and Social Geogra itsorganisational activities and topics. cooperations Heiko Paeth, with whothe African chairs thecontinent. Forum have become friends and partnerships have developed into Afrikazentrum of the University of Würzburg, introduced reuth, thanked the organisers and summed up: “Partners- management at the Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sci- ner‐Bavarian exchange and for research cooperations fo- Elmar Steurer presented the work in the field of health friendships.cused on Africa.” BRIAS offers a perfect framework for the in ences. Christoph Trinkl introduced the renewable-energy Research Group: Kinship and Politics

Bayreuth researchers on board at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research Bielefeld

TEXT ERDMUTE ALBER - - California), Simon Teuscher (Department of History, Uni - versityThe aimof Zurich) of the researchand Tatjana group Thelen is to (Departmentrethink the concep of So- tualcial andsplit Cultural between Anthropology, kinship and Universitypolitics and of Vienna).its epistemic Two(Social scholars Anthropology) from the areUniversity currently Bayreuth, participating Erdmute in theAl implications in the social sciences. Over a period of ten ber (Chair of Social Anthropology) and Jeannett Martin- months, 21 research fellows and numerous guests will - examine the historical and contemporary developments feld.research group “Kinship and Politics” at the Centre for In which have led to this separation of the public-political terdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at the University of Biele from the private-kin-structured sphere. The group started with David Sabean (Department of History, University of its activities in October 2016 with an opening conference. Erdmute Alber is heading the research group together

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Serawit Bekele Debele wins the Prize of the International Club

Photo: Peter Kolb

of the University of Bayreuth in - BIGSASments and Alumna her outstanding Serawit Bekele work Debele as a junior was awarded academic. the Serawit Prize of Bekele the International Debele holds Club a Bachelor degree in History from November 2016. She received the award, worth €2.500, during the President’s Dinner for her excellent academic achieve

Alemaya University, Ethiopia, and a Master degree in Indigenous Cultural Studies from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She was a doctoral candidate at BIGSAS from 2012 until 2015 and finished her doctoral studies with the excellent grade of summa cum laude. After her defence, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at BIGSAS and the University of Bayreuth. Her research focuses on religion and politics with a particular emphasis on contemporary Ethiopia. For her current research she was awarded a postdoctoral grant by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.

Anna Madeleine Ayeh

Anna Madeleine Ayeh took up the position of Research Assistant (wissen schaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Chair of Social Anthropology in September 2016. She is currently pursuing her PhD on the topic “Female Ways of Knowing- Islam in a West African Context: Gender and Embodied Knowledge in Muslim Benin”.Her Master’s Anna thesis Madeleine entitled Ayeh Growing completed up with a Master’sthe Word degreeof God – in Adolescent Kultur und Teach Ge- sellschafting and Learning Afrikas in (Culture Northern and Beninese Society Quranic in Africa) Schools at the was University awarded of theBayreuth. Young

Madeleine Ayeh is interested in interdisciplinary research on Knowledge, the Scientists Award of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD). Anna and racism in Anthropology and the Academia in general. Anthropology of Islam, Postcolonial and Feminist Theory, and questions of race 88 NAB XVI - 2016 PERSONALIA

Katharina Fink awarded the BW Vilakazi Prize

Katharina Fink, post-doc at the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Stud- African Studies in 2016. ies, was awarded the BW Vilakazi Prize by the journal theThe Witwatersrand,prize is dedicated Johannesburg, to the memory South and intellectualAfrica, in the achievements Department of of Benedict African Wallet Bambatha Vilakazi. BW Vilakazi (1906-1947) taught at the University of- are:Languages Amel’ezulu and collaborated(1945), Inkondlo with kaZulu CM Doke (1935), on the Nje first Nempela modern (1943), Zulu-English Noma Ninidic tionary(1935), Dingiswayopublished in kaJobe 1953 (1939,after his Dingiswayo death. Amongst son of Jobe: Vilakazi’s A Biography published). works -

The prize in BW Vilakazi’s name is intended to promote new and young schol andars infuture African of anStudies. iconic Katharina suburb”, which Fink was appeared chosen in for the the special prize editionon the basisof Afri of- canher Studiesarticle “Close-up74, Issue 1, Sophiatown: entitled Sophiatown Transnational perspectives on past, present Morgan (University of Johannesburg) in 2015. , edited by Natasha Erlank and Karie

Amal El-Obeidi

Obeidi’sAssociated research researcher focuses in theinclude DFG-funded political research elites, transitional project “Political law and Orders govern in- the Making” and scholar of the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Foundation Amal EI-

Ordersance, traditional in the Making” political at the structures University and of Bayreuth, political culture she will in continue Libya as her well work as onthe political role of political elites, questions Islam. Within of governance the framework and traditional of the DFG political project structures “Political and politics beyond the state. She is currently associated with the research pro- sinceject “Political October Orders2016. The in theresearch Making: project A Comparative aims to explore Study “politics of Emerging in the Forms making”of Political through Organisation a comparative from study Libya of toemerging Northern forms Mali” of as political a Humboldt organisation scholar - in Libya and northern Mali. The project brings together three theoretical con cepts and fields of research: heterarchy, (historical and present) connectivities in northwest Africa, and the importance of local actors/locality.

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Publications ¢ potamus and eight blind analysts: A 2016. Making sacred places: The case multivocal analysis of the 2012 po- of theAhmed, holy meeting Azza Mustafaat the junction Babikir. of the two Seas. In: Serawit Bekele De- Mali. Review of African Political Econ- bele & Justice Arthur (eds.). Religion liticalomy crisis in the divided Republic of and Space: Perspectives from African Experiences 40 (137): www.tandfonline.com/ doi/full/10.1080/03056244.2013.799 University of. Bayreuth, BIGSASworks!. Institute BIGSAS of Af- ¢ 063#.UjwULD_YcZt. ricanWorking Studies, Papers 34-48. Vol. 15. Bayreuth: Badi, Dida. 2014. Les mutations ¢ Al Hadi, Abu Baker Ahmed Ab- Artsdans et la pratiqueMusiques musicaleTunisiens, chezDimen les- - sionsTouaregs. Africaines In: Gouja, et Méditerranéennes, Mohamed (ed.). ing techniques for female infertility l’Empreinte Maghrébine del Rahman. 2015. TraditionalCurare: heal de l’Institut Supérieur des Arts et Mé- Zeitschrift für Medizinethnologie 38 . Publications (3):in Tamboul 194-203. in Central Sudan. ¢ tiersBadi, de Gabès, Dida. 89-95.2015. Introduction au ¢ - colloque: Massinissa au cœur de la

Alber, Erdmute. 2016. Hetero- Alger, 31-36. chichtshaushaltegenität als gelebte in Benin. Praxis, In: NormAntje ¢ consécration du premier Etat numide. und Zukunftsgestaltung: Mittels ¢ Mittelk- Anchimbe, Eric A. 2016. Pidgin lassen,Daniel, SebastianMittelschichten Müller, oderFlorian Milieus Stoll goes Public: Urban InstitutionalRe-Inventing Space the Badi, Dida. 2015. Le combat des in& RainerAfrika? ÖhlschlägerGesellschaften (eds.): im Wandel. Postcolonialin Cameroon. (in In:the) AnnikaMetropolis Bauer and Titouanfemmes de(ed.) l’Azawad Retour età leTombouctou renouveau. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft: Baden Brill,Cecile 379-399. Sandten (eds.): de la société touarègue. In: Lamazou, Baden, 177-194 . Leiden: ¢ ¢ Paris: Gallimard, 364-365. - ¢ - kinship in offers and refusals: A post- ment social dans le Sud semble - colonialAnchimbe, pragmatics Eric A. perspective. 2016. Invoking In: revendiquerBadi, Dida. la 2015.centralité Le du mouve sa- ral Alber,girls betweenErdmute. urban2016. Vitalmiddle conjunc class - hara. Elwatan householdstures and the and negotiation early marriage. of future: In: RuNa- mann (eds.): Pragmatic Perspectives - dine Sieveking (ed.): Vital Conjunctures: onChristoph Postcolonial Schubert Discourse: and Laurenz Linguistics Volk ment-social-dans-le-sud-semble-, 10/02/2015. www. Gender in Times of Uncertainty and Literature revendiquer-la-centralite-du-sahaelwatan.com/actualite/le-mouve-

. DFG SPP . Newcastle: Cambridge 1448 Working Paper Series, No. 18. ¢ Scholars Publishing, 24-40. ¢ ra-10-02-2015-287180_109.php ¢ Leipzig und Halle 2016. Possessivos e seus Domínios Conceit- Managing Risk and Securing Livelihood. uais.Araújo, Enfoque Paulo sobre Jeferson as línguas Pilar. do grupo 2016. structureBadi, Dida. sociopolitique 2015. Les Touaregstouaregue: du TheAlemu, Karrayu Girum Pastoralists, Getachew. their 2016.Envi- banto Tassili n Ajjer: Pour une lecture de la- ronment and the Ethiopian State. Stutt- ¢ . Rio de Janeiro: Publit. Communauté, communautaire, com (eds.)munautarisme. Revue Naqd: In:Revue Hamdi-Cherif, d’études et de ¢ gart: Franz Steiner. Arthur, Justice. 2016. From ‘Egypt’ critiqueHafid &sociale Abderrahman 32. The University Moussaoui of Narratives of Belonging as Anglophone Serawitto ‘Ahenfie’: Bekele The Debele sacralisation & Justice of Arthur space Anchimbe, Eric A. 2016. Digital (eds.).in a Ghanaian Religion charismaticand Space: Perspectives church. In: naqd.htm. from African Experiences - Algiers. http://www.cairn.info/revue- or Francophone in a Cameroon Online ¢ Badi, Dida. 2016. Sur les chemins 2016-0027News Forum. Open Linguistics 2 (1): 15. Bayreuth: University of. Bayreuth, BIGSAS sinueux de la paix au Nord Mali. Iden- 511-527. https://doi.org/10.1515/opli- Instituteworks!. BIGSAS of African Working Studies, Papers 116-130. Vol. tités sahéliennes en temps de crise: - ¢ Badi, Dida et al. 2013. One hippo- cocq et Isaé Dougnon (eds.). Bamako. Passé et présent. Amy Niang, Baz Le 90 NAB XVI - 2016 PUBLICATIONS

¢ Dynamiques Interna- tionalesBadi, Dida. 2017. Les Touareg el le- conflit en Libye. . 12. http://dynamiques-inter nationales.com/publications/numero- ¢ 12-janvier-2017/. un espace d’émergence d’idées et d’émancipation.Badi. Dida. 2015.Elwatan Le Sahara est - , 26/03/2015. emergence-d-idees-et-d-emancipawww.elwatan.com/hebdo/magazine/le-sahara-est-un-espace-d-

¢ tion-26-03-2015-290834_265.phpBaiyewu, Timothy. 2016. The Transformation of Aladura Christianity in Nigeria

. https://epub.uni-bayreuth. ¢ de/2588/. Iden- tity and Lifestyle Construction in Multi- ethnicBakhit, Shantytowns. Mohamed A A.G. Case 2016. Study of ¢ Specta- ¢ Debele, Serawit Bekele & Justice Al-Baraka Community in Khartoum, Su- cles of Displacement: Institutional and Arthur (eds.). 2016. Religion and Space: dan VernacularChepngetich, Photography Pamela. on 2016. Refugees in Perspectives from African Experiences. Dadaab, North-Eastern Kenya - ¢ . Münster: LIT Verlag. Surviving in pers Vol. 15. Bayreuth: University of a Conflict Environment: Market Women . https:// Bayreuth,BIGSASworks!. Institute BIGSAS of African Working Studies. Pa andBonkat, Changing Lohna. Socioeconomic 2016. Relations ¢ epub.uni-bayreuth.de/2915/. in Jos Nigeria: 2001-2010 community, old tradition: The Intore WarriorDahlmanns, as a symbol Erika. of the 2015. new man: New ¢ https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/2743/.Debele, Serawit Bekele & Justice . https://epub. ¢ uni-bayreuth.de/2919/. Modern Africa: Politics, space as a religious space: A compara- Rwanda’sHistory and Itorero-PolicySociety 3(1): 113-148. of Societal experiences.Arthur. 2016. In: Introduction: Serawit Bekele Religion Debele tiveBonkat, study of Lohna. urban vegetable 2016. The markets market Recreation. &and Justice space: Arthur Perspectives (eds.). fromReligion African and in Jos, Nigeria. In: Serawit Bekele De- ¢ Daniel, Antje. 2016. Organisation Space: Perspectives from African Expe- bele & Justice Arthur (eds). Religion - Vernetzung - Bewegung. Frauenbe- riences - and Space: Perspectives from African wegungen in Kenia und Brasilien - - Experiences sity of . Bayreuth, BIGSASworks!. Institute BIGSAS of African Work . Mün Studies,ing Papers 1-4. Vol. 15. Bayreuth: Univer University of. Bayreuth, BIGSASworks!. Institute BIGSAS of Af- ster: LIT Verlag. ricanWorking Studies, Papers 90-103. Vol. 15. Bayreuth: ¢ - - ¢ Dis- Debelo, Asebe Regassa. 2016. Wil- pute Settlement in Eastern Guinea- derness or Home? Conflicts, Compet Bissau.Borszik, Self-Presentations, Anne-Kristin. Stories 2016. and ing Perspectives and Claims of Enti Agency tlement over Nech Sar National Park, Ethiopia. Münster: LIT Verlag. . Münster: LIT Verlag.

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96 NAB XVI - 2016 IN MEMORIAN

1956–2016 Jan-Georg Deutsch

TEXT BIGSAS & ACHIM VON OPPEN PHOTO CHAIR OF AFRICAN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH

unexpectedlyJan-Georg Deutsch, passed Associate away on 22 Professor December in 2016. Commonwealth Bayreuth African History Stud and- Fellow of St. Cross College at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom,- ciated Senior Fellow, he was a mentor and teacher for several doctoral studentsies mourns in aAfrican highly History.regarded He colleague made valuable and partner. contributions As a BIGSAS to interna Asso- tional conferences convened by the Bayreuth Academy and its members.

- cusingHis research on issues concentrated of violence, on slavery, the social memory, history and of translocality. German East Through Africa/ academicTanzania, positionsZanzibar heand held the in Indian Berlin Ocean (1996-2003) around and the Oxford colonial (since period, 2003), fo he played a major role in developing new research agendas and curricula for African history. Besides numerous articles, edited volumes, and papers, he is best known for his book Emancipation without Abolition in Ger- man East Africa, c.1884-1914 (Oxford, 2006).

1955–2016 Monika Willert-Porada

TEXT BIGSAS PHOTO DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS PROCESSING, UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH

BIGSAS mourns the loss of its affiliated member, our esteemed colleague and friend Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Monika Willert-Porada. She was one of the thenpioneers she whosupported established the collaboration the academic between domain the“Culture engineering and Technology sciences andin Africa” humanities, at BIGSAS cultural in 2013 and and social thus sciences at the Universityat the University of Bayreuth. of Bayreuth. Since

Monika Willert-Porada obtained a diploma in Chemistry at the Ruhr-- University Bochum in 1980 and her doctorate in Chemistry in 1983. After- post-graduate studies at the University of Iowa, USA, she returned to Ger many in 1990 where she founded a working group at the Chair of Materi atals the Processing University at ofthe Bayreuth Technical in University1998. Dortmund. She completed her Habilitation in 1995 and was appointed the Chair of Materials Processing- ordinated many national and international research projects, published overDuring 200 articles her academic and won career several Monika awards. Willert-Porada She will be fondly initiated remembered and co

and greatly missed by all colleagues at BIGSAS. NAB XVI - 2016 97 IN BRIEF

4th BIGSAS Journalist Award 2017 For the fourth time, BIGSAS has announced its highly In Brief acclaimed “BIGSAS Journalist Award” for excellent print and online journalism on Africa in the German language. The award was granted for the first time in 2011. It is intended to honour journalistic reports The Swahili Colloquium Jubilee! on Africa in the German media space that are not influenced by prejudices and stereotypes of Africa. As Founded in 1987, the Swahili Colloquium will cele- BIGSAS is not only a structure for training and men- brate its 30th Anniversary on 26-28 May 2017. Since its toring doctoral students but also a community that timid first steps back in the 1980s, the Colloquium has transfers its wide-ranging knowledge on Africa to progressively gained importance and is not a respect- the broader German society, the BIGSAS Journalist ed international platform for Swahili scholarship; a Award is part of the outreach programme of BIGSAS. platform on which senior and junior researchers from Through it, BIGSAS hopes to redress the often dis- various disciplines meet. torted image of the multifaceted and rich cultural, In May 2017, Clarissa Vierke (Professor of Literatures social and linguistic structure of African societies. in African languages) and her team will welcome The jury of the award is led by the emeritus Professor scholars from East Africa, Europe, the US and China of African Studies and former president of the Uni- for the Jubilee event. The colloquium funded by the versity of Bayreuth, Helmut Ruppert, and is made up DFG has the special thematic focus on: “Mahusiano! of BIGSAS Alumni who now live and work in different Languages and literatures in interface”, and will fea- places around the world, especially in Africa. Also this ture presentations on linguistic contact zones, media year, the main award of 2,000€ is donated by the Uni- representations, literary translation, historiography, versitätsverein Bayreuth e.V. entangled literatures and political aspirations. The Swahili writers and philosophers Euphrase Kezilahabi and William Mkufya will be the special guests of this colloquium together with the poet Idd Mohamed Mwimbe and the poet and rapper Nash MC from Dar Development Aid for es Salaam who perform during the jubilee. For more information, see http://www.afrikanistik. Cameroonian: KfW and BIGSAS uni-bayreuth.de/de/colloq/swahili_colloq/index.html Christian Ruck, KfW Development Bank’s Regional or contact [email protected] Director for Cameroon, visited Bayreuth in June 2016 to discuss the economic, social and political situation in Cameroon with associates of the University of Bay- reuth and BIGSAS. Amongst the participants were Dymitr Ibriszimov, Franz Kogelmann, Rémi Tchokothe BIGSAS Alumni Meeting 2017 and BIGSAS Junior Fellows from Cameroon, Liliane From 26–31 May 2017, BIGSAS Alumni will reunite at Ngawa and Jean-Pierre Boutché. Hartmut Koschyk, Bayreuth. The meeting will comprise a workshop who is a member of the German parliament repre- on 30 May 2017 on the title “Back to the Future. Re- senting the constituency Bayreuth-Forchheim, host- flecting on Doctoral Training and Academic Career” ed the event. The group discussed the region’s great which will be a platform for sharing the experiences potential frequently hindered by a malfunctioning acquired from the doctoral studies at BIGSAS and ap- tax system and corruption, which the KfW aims to plied in the new environment. It will also stimulate overcome. It also supports social, economic and en- reflection on issues related to the professional career vironmental projects to help improve and stabilise after the PhD, quality of PhD training and supervi- the infrastructure, one focal point being national sion, and the internationalisation of academic train- parks. The participants discussed the existing forms ing in the countries in which the alumni are currently of financial aid and how they are met with sufficient working. A round table discussion will conclude the human resources. The participants concluded that event which will be held at the conference room of a functioning state that encourages its citizens’ en- Studentenwerk Oberfranken. gagement is crucial for Cameroon’s wellbeing.

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The Online Publication Series Bayreuth African Studies 14 WORKING PAPERS The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Bayreuth promotes and coordinates African studies in 12 subject groups distributed over the six faculties of the University of Bayreuth. It coordinates research and teaching, training academy reflects 1 emerging scholars and promotes the exchange of information between persons and institutions engaged in research and teaching in or on Africa and beyond. Socio-Cultural Diversity of the African Middle Class Moreover, it provides an opportunity to publish the work conducted in the realm The Case of Urban Kenya of Bayreuth African studies. Publications from Bayreuth, guests of Bayreuth and Dieter Neubert and Florian Stoll afﬁ liated institutions outside Bayreuth are equally welcome.

IAS Online Publications are chronicled on the EPub document server at the university library. They are open access and connected to all common search engines in the internet.

Bayreuth African Studies Online Bayreuth African Studies Working Papers BIGSASworks! “Bayreuth African Studies Online” pre- “Bayreuth African Studies Working Pa- This subseries gives Junior Fellows of sents results of research relating to Af- pers” present preliminary results of ongo- Bayreuth International Graduate School rica at the University of Bayreuth. It in- ing research projects and matters related of African Studies (BIGSAS) a platform to cludes articles, edited collections, and to the focus on African Studies. Submitted publish their research and gain experi- monographs. Submitted documents documents are subject to peer review. ence in the editing process. Each volume are subject to peer review. consists of contributions from various the- Contributions to this series can be sub- matic areas. The members of the editorial The series is registered with an mitted directly or through a member of team change frequently, and consist of a ISSN-number (1861-2350) in the online the academic staff or through members number of Junior Fellows and one BIGSAS catalogue of the university library. of the IAS. Senior Fellow.

Particularly welcome are single au- Besides the main series, there are two thored monographs such as PhD-the- subdivisions, “BIGSASworks!” and “acade- academy reﬂ ects ses* for publication as part of the Bay- my reﬂ ects”, which are open to scholars This subseries pursues its aim to present- reuth African Studies Online series. from the respective institutions. ing results of lectures, workshops, panels and working group discussions in the Editor in chief is Dr. Lena Kroeker Editor in chief is Dr. Antje Daniel realm of the Bayreuth Academy of Ad- ([email protected]). ([email protected]). vanced African Studies.

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