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"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Thandeka Mfinyongo and Dr. Katharina Greven talk about indigenous Xhosa musicIn this latest episode of the Cluster Conversations, artist fellow Thandeka Mfinyongo talks with her host Dr. Katharina Greven about her recent residency with the Cluster of Excellence in Bayreuth. During her stay, Thandeka Mfinyongo was working on her project “Ingoduko” which she considers a sort of homecoming and an appreciation of African music – her music encapsulates where it began and a nostalgia of home. It is a musical performance celebrating our culture and giving a voice to the Xhosa indigenous instruments, uhadi (gourd bow) and umrhubhe (mouth bow). While in Bayreuth she gave workshops and concerts to teach indigenou...2025-03-3124 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. AbulGafar Olawale Fahm and Prof. Dr. Britta Frede on the Impact of Digital Technology on Islamic LearningIn this episode of the Cluster Conversations, Cluster fellow Dr. AbdulGafar Fahm talks with this host Prof. Dr. Britta Frede about his Cluster project, in which he investigates thetransformative role of digital technology on Islamic learning within Nigerian Muslim societies, with a focus on the ethical implications that arise in the contemporary digital landscape. Digital technology, including social media platforms, online learning portals, and mobile applications, has redefined traditional methods of religious education, making Islamic teachings more accessible than ever before. However, this accessibility brings both opportunities and challenges.Find out more about Abulgafar O...2025-02-2647 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Christabal Aba Sam and Dr. Christine Vogt-William on Masculine Representations in Ghanaian Afrobeats and LiteratureDr. Christabel Aba Sam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department
of English at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and currently a Cluster fellow at the University of Bayreuth. In this episode
of the Cluster Conversation, she talks with her host Dr. Christine Vogt-William (Director of the Cluster of Excellence’s Gender and Diversity Office) about her work on images of masculinities in Ghanaian Afrobeats and how they reveal certain social politics of contemporary Ghanaian society.
Find out more about Christabal Aba Sam here.
Find out more about the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excell...2024-12-2059 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Neelima Jeychandran and Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke on the circulation of objects in the Indian OceanNeelima Jeychandran is an Assistant Professor of African Visual Culture in the Department of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar. In this episode she talks with her host Clarissa Vierke (Professor of Literatures in African Languages at the University of Bayreuth) about Jeychandran's work on oceanic crossovers and material histories of West and East Africa and western India. She is an ethnographer, editor, scholar, and was a fellow at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence from May until July 2024.
Find out more about Neelima Jeychandran here.
Find out more about the Africa Multiple Cluster...2024-09-2629 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Nyindem Nancy Sirih-Nagang and Dr. Eric Anchimbe on linguistic dynamics during the ongoing crisis in CameroonIn this episode of the Cluster Conversations, fellow Dr. Nyindem Nancy Sirih-Nagang talks with her host Dr. Eric Anchimbe about her research on the linguistic
dynamics in the ongoing violent crisis in Cameroon. It exposes the creation of new lexemes and describes the linguistics and non-linguistic techniques employed in communicating through the labelling of concepts, individuals, or situations by the ruling government and the secessionist fighters or activists of the two Anglophone regions in Cameroon.
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Sirih-Nagang
The Cluster Conversations are published by the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the...2024-08-2339 min
RadiowissenDie Religion der Massai - Die Auserwählten von Gott EngaiDie Volksgruppe der Massai lebt in Ostafrika. Die Nomaden betrachten sich als Schützlinge der Himmelsgottheit Engai, die auf einem Vulkan in Tansania ihre irdische Wohnstatt hat. Engai, so die Überzeugung, soll den Massai die Obhut über alle Rinder dieser Welt übertragen haben. Von Margarete Blümel (BR 2022)
Credits:Autorin dieser Folge: Margarete Blümel Regie: Martin Trauner Es sprachen: Irina Wanka, Stefan Merki, Katja SchildTechnik: Wolfgang Lösch Redaktion: Bernhard KastnerDas Manuskript zur Folge gibt es HIER.RadioWissen hat noch weitere spannende Folgen zum Thema:2024-08-1520 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann and Dr. Habibat Oladosu-Uthman on identity politics in the various Houses of God in West AfricaIn this episode of the Cluster Conversations, fellow Dr. Habibat Oladosu-Uthman talks with her host Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann about her project on identity politics in the various Houses of God in West Africa. The research scrutinizes gender politics and dynamics among Vodun worshippers in Lome, the capital city of the republic of Togo, and Sango worshippers in Yoruba land, Nigeria vis a vis the practices in the Mosques amongst the Muslims.
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Find out more about the Cluster of Excellence2024-08-0230 min
BAB Interviews and ConversationsLiberation Politics and Archives. A Conversation with Journalist Ruth WeissArchive talk at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (2013)
In view of South African journalist Ruth Weiss’s 90th birthday in 2014, BAB’ s archivists invited her in 2013 to a public conversation in the series “Archivgespräche” – “Archive talk”. In this podcast episode, conducted in both German and English, we provide an extract from the live-recorded conversation held in Basel. It includes introductions to Ruth Weiss’s collections by the archivists Dag Henrichsen and Susanne Hubler Baier, followed by historical interview snippets from her impressive tape collection and her reflections.
The conversation took place as part of the preparations for the BAB exhibition “’My very first questio...2024-07-2629 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Sabelo Mcinziba and Dr. Serawit DebeleIn this episode of the Cluster Conversations, artist
fellow Sabelo Mcinziba talks with his host Dr. Serawit Debele about his residency and the exhibition “With his hands” that he has curated in Bayreuth during
his stay. The exhibition tells people’s life stories through the medium of hands as narrative portals. He also shares how his ideas about being “human” flowed into his curatorial work.
Find out more about Sabelo Mcinziba here.
Dr. Serawit Debele is the leader of the Cluster of Excellence's junior research group Sexualities, Political Orders and Revolutions in Africa: into the heart of T...2024-07-1933 min
Skeptical Inquirer Audio EditionAdvocacy for Alleged Witches in Africa: 2023 Update by Leo Igwe Leo Igwe's Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) works to protect individuals accused of witchcraft across Africa from abuse, injustice, and human rights violations. The organization shares harrowing accounts of victims in 2023, highlighting efforts to provide aid, raise awareness, and push for justice in cases of torture, mob violence, and systemic neglect. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/04/advocacy-for-alleged-witches-in-africa-2023-update/ About the Author: Leo Igwe is the founder of the Nigerian Humanist Movement and currently a research fellow at Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, University of Bayreuth...2024-05-3006 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck and Dr. Victor Iwuoha on mobilization policies in West AfricaIn this latest episode of our podcast, Cluster fellow Dr. Victor Iwuoha talks with his host Prof. Dr. Doevenspeck about his latest research on Biometric ID Policies, Gendered Dynamics, and Political Mobilization of Migrants in West Africa. The senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Nigeria scrutinizes how the intrusion of biometric ID technologies into the conduct of cross-border management has revealed radically in political mobilization of migrants across West African borderlands especially in Nigeria.
To find out more about Dr. Victor Iwuoha please visit this link.
To find out m...2024-05-1721 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Valentina Serreli and Prof. Dr. Elshifa Elamin on the colonial language rights regime in SudanThis latest episode features Prof. Dr. Valentina Serreli talking with Cluster fellow Dr. Elshifa Elamin about her research project, in which she scrutinizes the language rights regime in Sudan enforced by the British colonial system. Sudan was under British colonial rule from 1899 to 1956, referred to as the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan or the Condominium. During this time, the British colonial system aimed to create new identities, including in Sudan and other parts of the Global South. The colonial regime restructured the precolonial social space and people into two ideologically and spatially opposed identities: the South and the North. To achieve this...2024-05-0329 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Valerie Nur and Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman on artisanal knowledge in Niger from a mobile perspectiveDuring this episode, Cluster fellow Valerie Nur talks with her fellowship host Prof. Dr. Joël Glasman (Chair of African History at the University of Bayreuth) about her research on the topic of artisanal knowledge and skills from a mobility perspective. Artisans in Niger often offer their services on the road and, in doing so, rely on a broad kinship network during their travels, within which knowledge, practices, and materials are exchanged, modified, and enhanced. By looking beyond single workshops and individual skills, I understand artisanal skill as a shared dynamic practice and places and routes of learning and e...2024-04-1923 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Sabelo Ndlovu Gatsheni and Dr. Halil Ibrahim Arpa on the coloniality of knowledgeIn this latest episode Prof. Dr. Sabelo Ndlovu Gatsheni talks with associated fellow Dr. Halil Ibrahim Arpa about his research project entitled “Decolonial Hi/stories: Literary Subversion of Colonial and Post-colonial Historiographies”. In this project, Arpa scrutinizes the coloniality of knowledge against Black and Islamic communities in the Global North and alternative epistemologies to the crisis of modernity in the Global South.
The episode was recorded during Dr. Arpa's stay at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth.
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More info on the Africa Multiple Cluster2024-04-1222 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Chembea Suleiman Athuman and Dr. Franz Kogelmann on female Islamic poetry in ZanzibarIn this episode of the Cluster Conversations Dr. Franz Kogelmann talks with Cluster fellow Dr. Chembea Suleiman Athuman about his project "Poetry (Qasidah) and Women’s Bodies in the Creation, Dissemination of Islamic Knowledge and Cultural Identity in Zanzibar". The study examines how active involvement of women in Islamic poetry (qasidah) helps (de-)construct traditional dynamics in the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledge and creation of cultural identity(-ies) along the East African coast. While Islamic knowledge production and dissemination was largely associated with male ulama (clerical class) in textual and religious spaces, advancement of media technology has ca...2024-03-2228 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthDr. Don Edward Walicek and Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen on language practices of West African and the English on the Gold Coast during colonial timesIn this episode, Cluster fellow Prof. Dr. Don Edward Walicek (University of Puerto Rico) talks with his host Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen (University of Bayreuth) about Walicek's research project “Language Ideologies and Social Contact Involving West Africans and the English on the Gold Coast.” Working on this project during his fellowship with the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, Walicek examines dynamics of linguistic contact among Europeans and West Africans who were involved in or otherwise impacted by the Atlantic slave trade. Focusing on language ideologies, it pays special attention to the English presence on the Gold Coast during the 1...2024-03-1524 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Joseph Kasule and Dr. Joschka Philipps public intellectualismIn this episode, Cluster fellow Dr. Josph Kasule talks with his host Junior Research Group Leader Dr. Joschka Philipps about
Kasule’s research in general and the latest book project “Intimate colonialities, public intellectualism and political revolution in Uganda” that he has been working on during his fellowship in
Bayreuth.
Find out more about Dr. Joseph Kasule here.
Find out more about the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence here.2024-02-1641 min
Sonic InterventionsInvoking South African HistoriesThokozani Mhlambi
This episode features cellist, composer, and scholar Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi, who talks about the role of radio, music traditions as cultural archives, and music performance in the context of South Africa. He discusses and shares excerpts of his “Zulu Song Cycle” and the production “Hail to the King” about Dingane kaSenzangakhona. Recorded at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.
In conversation with
Thokozani Mhlambi
Dr Thokozani Ndumiso Mhlambi is a creative musician, songwriter, researcher, and cultural pioneer born in Madadeni, KwaZulu-Natal. Mhlambi holds a PhD in M...2024-02-1528 min
Exzellent erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alleAfrikaforschung jenseits des Kolonialismus neu gedacht
Lange Zeit war es in der Afrikaforschung üblich, aus dem globalen Norden zu forschen. Das Exzellenzcluster „Africa Multiple“ geht neue Wege, indem neben dem Bayreuther Cluster vier quasi gleichberechtigte Standorte auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent eingerichtet wurden. Gemeinsam werden nun in den fünf Zentren viele Forschungsprojekte auf den Weg gebracht, die die afrikanische Perspektive in den Fokus stellen. Geforscht wird beispielsweise zu einem islamischen Kulturarchiv und zu Erinnerungsorten des jahrhundertelangen Sklavenhandels, dessen Folgen sich bis heute in den Gesellschaften Afrikas und der weiteren betroffenen Länder wie Brasilien und Nordamerika abzeichnen.
Die erwähnte zeitgenössische Literatur aus Afrik...2024-01-1534 min
Bei Anruf WettbewerbTansania Papers, GWB-Novelle und Neues aus dem Google-ProzessEine kleine Weltreise im Orbit des Wettbewerbs unternehmen die beiden Wettbewerbsfreunde Justus Haucap und Rupprecht Podszun in der aktuellen Folge von „Bei Anruf Wettbewerb“. Zunächst geht es nach Tansania, denn der Kartellrechtler Podszun möchte vom Wettbewerbsökonomen Haucap wissen, was in dessen neuem Paper zum dortigen Telekommunikationsmarkt steht. Können Investitionen in die digitale Infrastruktur Wachstumsimpulse in wirtschaftlich weniger entwickelten Ländern auslösen? Aber auch in der Heimat ist einiges los. Das BMWK hat den Konultationsprozess zur 12. GWB-Novelle gestartet und die beiden Wettbewerbsprofessoren verraten, was sie in den Fragebogen des Wirtschaftsministeriums schreiben würden. Zum Schluss geht es nac...2023-11-1639 min
学非所用AfricaLounge#27 蕊熒&Lui：在德国读非洲研究本科是什么体验？介绍：德国竟然还有英语授课的非洲研究本科课程？我们的两位嘉宾为何选择了这个专业？又有什么样的独特体验？本期节目，我们邀请了德国拜罗伊特大学（University of Bayreuth）两位本科生蕊熒和Lui，她们在节目中介绍了这所非洲研究顶尖高校的概况以及所在的非洲文学与视觉艺术专业（African Verbal and Visual Arts: Languages, Literatures, Media and Art），并分享在去殖民语境下就读这一课程的体验和感受。01:39 机缘巧合进入非洲研究本科专业03:58 从泰国的交换生到埃及的中文教师 06:08 从教育学到阿拉伯语和伊斯兰研究07:40 对北非的共同兴趣09:50 专业设置：三个方向、两门非洲语言、辅修课12:56 策展方向的课程15:34 国际化的同学圈子18:34 独特的小语种教学模式 20:45 “市场导向”靠谱吗？24:45 与非洲多所大学合作的“精英集群”非洲研究（Cluster of Excellence: Africa Multiple）29:07 大学附属的非洲当代艺术机构Iwalewahause35:10 课程的去殖民: 反思知识生产的历史和权力关系 46:16 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni教授：African研究和Africanist研究47:26 拜罗伊特的去殖民50:11当前的研究与未来的计划相关链接：拜罗伊特大精英集群Africa Multiple项目官网：https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html African Verbal and Visual Arts（AVVA）项目官网：https://www.avva.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.htmlEuropean Interdisciplinary Master African Studies (EIMAS)项目官网：https://www.eimas.eu/en/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-11-1058 min
学非所用AfricaLoungeEp.27 蕊熒&Lui：在德国读非洲研究本科是一种什么体验？德国竟然还有英语授课的非洲研究本科课程？我们的两位嘉宾为何选择了这个专业？又有什么样的独特体验？本期节目，我们邀请了德国拜罗伊特大学（University of Bayreuth）两位本科生蕊熒和Lui，她们在节目中介绍了这所非洲研究顶尖高校的概况以及所在的非洲文学与视觉艺术专业（African Verbal and Visual Arts: Languages, Literatures, Media and Art），并分享在去殖民语境下就读这一课程的体验和感受。时间线01:39 机缘巧合进入非洲研究本科专业03:58 从泰国的交换生到埃及的中文教师 06:08 从教育学到阿拉伯语和伊斯兰研究07:40 对北非的共同兴趣09:50 专业设置：三个方向、两门非洲语言、辅修课12:56 策展方向的课程15:34 国际化的同学圈子18:34 独特的小语种教学模式 20:45 “市场导向”靠谱吗？24:45 与非洲多所大学合作的“精英集群”非洲研究（Cluster of Excellence: Africa Multiple）29:07 大学附属的非洲当代艺术机构Iwalewahause35:10 课程的去殖民: 反思知识生产的历史和权力关系 46:16 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni教授：African研究和Africanist研究47:26 拜罗伊特的去殖民50:11当前的研究与未来的计划相关链接2023-11-0958 min
The Channel: A Podcast from the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)Swahili Poetry of Ustadh Mahmoud Mau with Clarissa Vierke and Annachiara RaiaThis episode features a conversation about poetic traditions in East Africa. Earlier this year, Brill published In This Fragile World: Swahili Poetry of Commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau. Ustadh Mau is a spiritual leader and popular poet from Lamu, Kenya. When he visited the Netherlands in May 2023, a local bookshop in Leiden hosted a reading to launch this new collection of English translations. In this episode, we will be playing some recordings from that event to give listeners a sense of the poems in their original Swahili (see also the audio recordings that supplement the book itself). To guide us...2023-10-261h 03"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Maja Figge and Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke on the circulations of African militant cinemasIn this episode, Cluster
fellow Dr. Maja Figge talks with her host Prof. Dr. Christine Hanke about her research
that focuses on the notion of circulation. During her fellowship Figge looked at
the transtemporal bonds between militant African cinemas and Afro-diasporic
post-cinemas, contributing to her recent book project, a collection of essays
entitled “Black (Post-)Cinemas: Genealogies, Practices, Aesthetics”.
More info: https://www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de/en/people/Fellows-list/title-maja-figge/index.php 2023-09-2731 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and musician Alexandre Vieira on the African diasporic influence on Brazilian cultureIn this episode, Cluster fellow Alexandre Vieira talks with his host Ute Fendler about the African influence on Brazilian music in general and his music in particular.
For videos on the mentioned concerts please visit: https://youtu.be/Beq56_Llge8 and https://youtu.be/-RIyuNIh2m42023-09-0833 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Converations: Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen and Dr. Noemi Alfieri on anti-colonial networks in African literatureCluster fellow Dr. Noemi Alfieri talks with her host and Junior Research Group Leader Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen about her latest research project "Mapping anti-colonial networks through literature. Transnational connections of African thinkers in the reconfiguration of space and thought (1950s - 70s)".2023-08-2522 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi and Dr. Katharina Fink on his project "Umgungundlovu Suite for Reed Ensemble"Cluster fellow Dr. Thokozani Mhlambi talks with his host Dr. Katharina Fink about his life, his love for music, his artist fellowship in the Cluster and his latest project - a music-based story set in the ancient Zulu capital of Umgungundlovu.
https://www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de/en/people/Fellows-list/title-Thokozani-Mhlambi/index.php2023-08-1125 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Anthony Diala and Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime on legal integrationIn this latest episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster Dr. Anthony
Diala (University of the Western Cape) talks with his host Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime (Chair of African Legal Studies at the University of Bayreuth) about his fellowship during which he worked on a book project on the theoretical framework for legal integration.
More info: https://www.bayreuth-academy.uni-bayreuth.de/en/people/Fellows-list/title-Anthony-Diala/index.php#tabSchwerpunkte2023-07-3129 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Pamila Gupta, Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke on the Capital Art Studio in ZanzibarIn the latest episode of the Cluster Conversations fellow Prof. Dr. Pamila Gupta talks with her hosts Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke on her latest project “From Indian Ocean to African Indian: Through the refracted lens of Capital Art Studio, Zanzibar2023-07-1732 min
EL INICIADODisturbios en FranciaEn el presente episodio analizaremos los recientes y graves disturbios acontecidos en Francia. Realizaremos igualmente un análisis de la manipulación que gira en torno a ello y como ciertos eventos o circunstancias puedan ser dirigidos de antemano a través de estrategias planificadas, tal como contemplamos el pasado año 2020 en Estados Unidos a raíz de la muerte de George Floyd con reveladoras sorpresas que presentaremos en torno al caso.
Hablaremos también del denominado como “Plan Kalergi”, impulsado por el duque y maestro masón Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, quien pueda ser considerado uno de los padres de la actual U...2023-07-041h 10"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma and Dr. Faisal Garba Muhammed on mobility in AfricaIn this latest episode of the Cluster Conversations fellow Dr. Faisal Garba Muhammed talks with his fellowship host Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma about his research project in which he scrutzinizes datasets on mobility in Africa that he collected for almost 20 years. They also explore the need for a macrosociology in/of Africa.
2023-06-1339 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Artist Jean Luc Raharimanana talks with Dr. Cassandra Mark-ThiesenIn the month of May 2023, the poet and musician Jean Luc Raharimanana from Madagascar was invited by the Cluster of Excellence to accompany the Cluster's events and record his observations. In this episode of the Cluster Conversations Junior Research Group Leader Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen took the opportunity to talk to the malagassy artist about paralells between her work and his.
The Conversation is in French and English. 2023-05-2242 min
Nachhaltigkeit erfolgreich umsetzen - mit dem Sustainability Podcast für Profis: Gewinne Zukunft.#24 Einfach erklärt: Quantum Computing und Klimaziele - ein Game Changer? I Gast: Heike RielWarum globale Probleme der Nachhaltigkeit mit Quantencomputern lösbar werden könnten.
Quantenrechner könnten zum Erreichen der Klimaziele entscheidende Durchbrüche liefern.
Das Problem: Podcast-Host und Sustainability Experte Zackes Brustik würde bei einem Small Talk zum Thema gnadenlos untergehen: Was sind Quantencomputer eigentlich? Und wie funktionieren sie? Daher hat er sich eine absolute Spezialistin eingeladen, um Licht ins Dunkel zu bringen: Quantenforscherin Heike Riel.
Sie ist eine vielfach ausgezeichnete Physikerin, eines der wenigen internationalen Mitglieder der amerikanischen National Academy of Engineering und leitet bei IBM unter anderem die Quantumforschung in Europa.
In dieser Folge...2023-05-1649 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Wandia Njoya and Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl on education in KenyaIn this latest episode of the Cluster Conversations Cluster fellow Dr. Wandia Njoya talks with Prof. Dr. Carlos Kölbl about her research project in which she researches new ways of conceiving and engaging with experiences of education in Kenya and other comparable contexts.
2023-05-1248 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Fellow Prof. Dr. Stephen Brown and his host Prof. Dr. Thoko KaimeIn this episode, Cluster fellow Prof. Dr. Stephen Brown from the University of Ottawa talks with his host Prof. Dr. Thoko Kaime about the situation of the LGBTQ community on the African continent and his project "Strategic Litigation and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Africa" which he is currently working on during his fellowship at the Cluster of Excellence. 2023-04-2129 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Fellows Dr. Judith Bachmann and Dr. Femi Jegede in Conversation with Prof. Dr. Eva SpiesCluster fellows Dr. Judith Bachmann and Dr. Femi Jegede are in Bayreuth to work on their tandem project “The Conquest of Distance”. In this episode of the Cluster Conversations the two fellows talk with their host Prof. Dr. Eva Spies, Professor for the Study of Religion with focus on Africa at the University of Bayreuth about their project and how they approach the subject "Ifá practices" from different angles.
Find out more about Judith Bachmann here and about Femi Jegede here. 2023-03-2143 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Prof. Dr. Iris Clemens and Prof. Dr. Dhruv RainaIn this episode, Iris Clemens - Chair of Educational Science at the University of Bayreuth and Principal Investigator of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence - talks with Prof. Dr. Dhruv Raina from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he teaches the history and philosophy of science. Together they are having a conversation about Prof. Raina's current research that he worked on during his fellowship at the Cluster - the evolution of the university system and the tranfer of knowledge on the African continent. For more info on Prof. Raina's work please visit the website of the Bayreuth Acade...2023-02-2814 min
A Correction PodcastIsaac Abotebuno Akolgo on Ghana's Financial CrisisIsaac Abotebuno Akolgo is a PhD candidate and junior fellow at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth. He is currently completing his dissertation on the political economy of money and finance in postcolonial Ghana.
A note from Lev:I am a high school teacher of history and economics at a public high school in NYC, and began the podcast to help demystify economics for teachers. The podcast is now within the top 2% of podcasts worldwide in terms of listeners (per Listen Notes) and individual episodes are frequently listed by The Syllabus (the-syllabus.com) as am...2023-02-2200 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Dr. Serawit Debele and Dr. Anthony OkeregbeCluster fellow Dr. Anthony Okeregbe talks with his host Dr. Serawit Debele, leader of the Cluster's Junior Research Group on Intersectionality, about his recent project entitled "The Child’s Right to ‘Sex’: Negotiating Sexuality Pedagogies in Entangled Moral Spaces".
Anthony Okeregbe, Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos (UNILAG), and also a Principal Investigator at the Lagos African Cluster Centre of Excellence (ACC) of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Born in Lagos where he lives with his family, Anthony Okeregbe had his early education in Lagos and I...2023-01-3123 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthCluster Conversations: Fellow Dr. Lamine Doumbia and Prof. Dr. Andrea BehrendsDr. Lamine Doumbia who is a fellow of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence talks with his host Prof. Dr. Andrea Behrends about his research surrounding urban land governance in West Africa (Dakar, Bamako and Ouagadougou) from a socio-anthropological perspective.2022-12-1517 min
CHAM Talks, um podcast para ouvir ciênciaNoemi Alfieri: Para além da descolonização política, saberes e práticas contra-hegemónicas e projectos editoriais africanosNoemi Alfieri conversa sobre projectos editoriais nascidos em África ou nas suas diásporas em meados do século XX, nomeadamente Mensagem, Présence Africaine e Black Orpheus. Entre características comuns, conta-se a descolonização política, cultural e do conhecimento, mas também mudanças epistemológicas, a dignificação da negritude e a consolidação de redes panafricanistas. Noemi Alfieri recorda as obras de Noémia de Sousa, Alda Espírito Santo, Mário Pinto de Andrade e Sarah Maldoror, entre outros, abordando a forma como as culturas com origem em África e na Europa foram comunicando. Noemí...2022-12-1233 min
CrossroadsSabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni - Decolonization means re-creating the worldSabelo Ndlovu-Gathseni is a professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with a focus on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Originally trained as a Historian in Zimbabwe he held various prestigious research positions and directorships at universities in South Africa. In this podcast he is speaking about the unfinished process of Decolonization, what is meant by the concepts of epistemic violence and of coloniality of power. He explains that it is important to question how and from where we acquire knowledge and how this is linked to our identities and also, how we can...2022-10-041h 03"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of BayreuthInterview with Kenyan poet and scholar Abdilatif AbdallaAbdilatif Abdalla who was in Bayreuth as guest for the series of events on the Indian Ocean, in conversation with Clarissa Vierke, Professor of Literatures in African Languages at the University of Bayreuth. Abdilatif Abdalla is a Kenyan poet, publicist and university lecturer and considered one of the best-known Swahili poets of the present day. Since 1995, Abdalla has taught Swahili at the University of Leipzig.2022-09-2334 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#9 Sprint Lecture with Dr. Kai Koddenbrock: African states in world markets: Systemic hierarchies and the postcolonial International Political Economy of governing SenegalThe ninth episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 20-minute talk and 20-minute debate with Dr. Kai Koddenbrock about "African states in world markets: Systemic hierarchies and the postcolonial International Political Economy of governing Senegal".
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues...2022-04-2038 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#8 Sprint Lecture with Dr. Kamal Donko: "Local perceptions on Migration Control and Local Economy in the Kantchari-Makalondi Borderland"The eighth episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 20-minute talk and 20-minute debate with Dr Kamal Donko highlighting "Local perceptions on Migration Control and Local Economy in the Kantchari-Makalondi Borderland."
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and research projects.
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"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#7 Sprint Lecture with Dr. Christian A. Williams: “Liberation Movement Camps in Southern Africa”The seventh episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 30-minute discussion with Dr. Christian A. Williams, titled “Liberation Movement Camps in Southern Africa”
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and research projects.
Special Thanks to:
Dr. Christian A. Will...2022-04-2035 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#6 Sprint Lecture with Dr. Fredrick O. Okaka: "Emerging (im)mobility trends along the LAPSSET corridor"The sixth episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast entails a 30-minute discussion with Dr. Fredrick O. Okaka - a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Moi University - titled "Emerging (im)mobility trends along the LAPSSET corridor".
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into...2022-04-2034 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#5 Sprint Lecture with Dr. Franca Attoh & Dr. Kayode Eesuola: "A cross-sectional survey on IntraAfrican Migration and Xenophobia"The fifth episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 30-minute talk with Dr. Franca Attoh & Dr. Kayode Eesuola titled: "A cross sectional survey on IntraAfrican Migration and Xenophobia"
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and research projects.
Special thanks...2022-04-2035 min
MOORSociological Perspective of Ghana with Dr. Alhassan Sulemana AnamzoyaOur guest speaker Dr. Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya came to share his scholarly perspective on the sociology of law in Ghana. Dr. A. S. Anamzoya has interests in Sociology of law and legal anthropology with interest in access to justice, judicial process and legal pluralism. Chieftaincy, with special interest in chieftaincy conflicts, chieftaincy and law, mixed government, and, migrant chiefs. Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya has been exploring the private lives of Dagomba Chiefs Northern Ghana. He is currently collaborating with: Professor Steve Tonah on Managing Chieftaincy and Ethnic Conflicts in Ghana; Dr. Jan Budniok (Hamburg University- Germany), Dr. Alexander Stroh (University of...2022-02-1252 min
"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#4 Sprint Lecture with Larissa Schindler: "Im/mobilities and their research methods"The fourth episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 20-minute talk and 20-minute debate with Larissa Schindler - Professor for Sociology at the University of Bayreuth - entitled "Im/mobilities and their research methods".
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence.
Scholars are invited to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and...2022-01-3144 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#3 Sprint Lecture with Paddy Kinyera and Martin Doevenspeck: "COVID-19 and the politics of (im)mobility in Uganda"The third episode of the Cluster's Sprint Lectures on African mobilities presents a talk entitled "COVID-19 and the politics of (im)mobility in Uganda" with with Paddy Kinyera (Postdoctoral researcher in Political Geography at University of Bayreuth) and Martin Doevenspeck (Professor for Political Geography at the University of Bayreuth, Germany).
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence. They invite scholars to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a...2022-01-2047 min"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#2 Sprint Lecture with Nadine Machikou: "Invisible Intellectuals, African Academic Mobility in Question"The second episode of the Cluster's Sprint Lectures on African mobilities presents a talk entitled "Invisible Intellectuals, African Academic Mobility in Question" with Nadine Machikou - Université de Yaounde 2, Kamerun.
The sprint lectures on planetary mobility struggles are brought to you by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence. They invite scholars to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and research projects.
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"Reconfiguring African Studies" Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth#1 Sprint Lecture: Parvati Raghuram: "Four Moves for Reshaping Migration Categories."The first episode of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence podcast presents a 20-minute talk and 20-minute debate with Parvati Raghuram (Professor of Geography at Open University) entitled "Four Moves for Reshaping Migration Categories".
It has been recorded as part of a lecture series planetary mobility struggles organised by the Research Section Mobilities of the Cluster of Excellence. They invite scholars to give short lectures on struggles around the im/mobilities of people, things and ideas in Africa and of Africans. Followed by a short interdisciplinary discussion giving brief insights into emerging issues and research projects.
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The Last Dope Intellectual23 - Neo-Colonial HBCUs, Epistemicide, and Influencer PoliticiansIn episode three of season two, co-hosts Dr. CBS and Dr. Layla Brown, start by shooting the shit with producer, Too Black, about #BlackburnTakeover at Howard University and the neo-colonial make up of HBCUs. They explore the contradictions between the idea of the HBCU vs the way it may be experienced. In her "Planting Thoughts" segment, Layla discusses the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia Regina’s) Mandela’s Gold and it's relation to South Africa. Next, the two co-hosts interview Dr. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of B...2021-11-191h 46
BAdW-CastOper als Symbol eines "neuen" Südafrikas nach der Apartheid
Nach dem Ende der Apartheid machte der Übergang zur Demokratie in Südafrika auch einen Imagewechsel der Oper erforderlich. Warum ist das so und was hat Oper überhaupt mit Politik zu tun? Das erläutert die Musikwissenschaftlerin Dr. Lena van der Hoven in einem Kurzvortrag. Dr. Lena van der Hoven ist seit 2015 Assistentin an der Professur Musikwissenschaft an der Universität Bayreuth und seit 2016 Mitglied im Jungen Kolleg der BAdW. Dort arbeitet sie an einem Projekt zu Opernproduktionen in Südafrika nach der Apartheid, das sich insbesondere für die Transformationsprozesse des Genres im sozio-politischem Kontext interessiert. 2018 hat Lena va...2020-07-2224 min
Decolonization in Action PodcastS2E7 How do you decolonize everything?In this episode, edna bonhomme interviews Mihir about the Black Lives Matter movement, climate justice, the history of resistance in the Global South, the German left, and the power of internationalism. Mihir is a researcher with the group Anthropology of Global Inequalities at the University of Bayreuth where he also teaches courses in political anthropology. His current research project deals with social movements, race, class, and activism in St. Louis. Follow Mihir @mihirzabaan on Twitter, or Mihir.Sharma@uni-bayreuth.de This episode was edited and produced by edna bonhomme.Music by MattiaGiovanetti and NALALIONGIRL from Freesounds.org through Creative Commons...2020-05-2735 min
PolitikUne vitrine pour les intellectuels africainsRéseauter, échanger sur les problèmes actuels qui affectent le continent africain et offrir une vitrine aux experts africains - tels sont les principaux objectifs d'Africa politicum (AP). L'Africa politicum (AP) est une arène semi-formelle où les étudiants et les universitaires africains et au-delà, se rencontrent, débattent et examinent de manière critique les problèmes sociopolitiques et économiques actuels liés à l'Afrique. L'initiative a été lancée en janvier 2020 par Hanza Diman, doctorant à l'Université de Bayreuth.2020-05-2500 min
Sustainability MattersEpisode 10: How the Yoruba Live: Islamic Teachings Shape an Inter-religious Modern World, with Adeyemi BalogunOver decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of a modern and secular globalized world. In this episode, Dr. Adeyemi Balogun, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, explores the fabric of the Yoruba society in terms of the founding and development of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, the impact of colonialism, and the transformation of Islam over the last 20 years. His discussion is based on his paper titled “‘When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow’: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria and the Making of Y...2020-03-1110 min
Brill on the WireHow the Yoruba Live: Islamic Teachings Shape an Inter-religious Modern WorldOver decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of a modern and secular globalized world.In this episode, Dr. Adeyemi Balogun, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, explores the fabric of the Yoruba society in terms of the founding and development of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, the impact of colonialism, and the transformation of Islam over the last 20 years. His discussion is based on his paper titled “‘When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow’: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria and the Making of Y...2020-03-1112 min
New Books in Islamic StudiesHow the Yoruba Live: Islamic Teachings Shape an Inter-religious Modern WorldOver decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of a modern and secular globalized world.In this episode, Dr. Adeyemi Balogun, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, explores the fabric of the Yoruba society in terms of the founding and development of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, the impact of colonialism, and the transformation of Islam over the last 20 years. His discussion is based on his paper titled “‘When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow’: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria and the Making of Y...2020-03-1112 min
New Books in African StudiesHow the Yoruba Live: Islamic Teachings Shape an Inter-religious Modern WorldOver decades, the Yoruba community of southwest Nigeria has thrived as an inter-religious community, balancing Christianity, Islam, and the ways of a modern and secular globalized world.In this episode, Dr. Adeyemi Balogun, from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, explores the fabric of the Yoruba society in terms of the founding and development of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, the impact of colonialism, and the transformation of Islam over the last 20 years. His discussion is based on his paper titled “‘When Knowledge is there, Other Things Follow’: The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria and the Making of Y...2020-03-1112 min
TheESP - Ep #085 feat. Leo IgweThis week Pontus and Jelena talks about news and have an interview with the humanist Leo Igwe, speaker at the upcoming European Skeptcis Congress in Poland. Nicola Throp of the Measeyside Skeptics also comes on to tell us all about QED in Manchester in October.Leo Igwe is a skeptic and a Nigerian human rights advocate who has played leading roles in the Nigerian Humanist Movement, Atheist Alliance International and the Center For Inquiry - Nigeria. For many years he represented IHEU (International Humanist and Ethical Union) at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and generally in Western...2017-08-061h 04The European Skeptics Podcast - The ESPTheESP - Ep #085 feat. Leo IgweThis week Pontus and Jelena talks about news and have an interview with the humanist Leo Igwe, speaker at the upcoming European Skeptcis Congress in Poland. Nicola Throp of the Measeyside Skeptics also comes on to tell us all about QED in Manchester in October.Leo Igwe is a skeptic and a Nigerian human rights advocate who has played leading roles in the Nigerian Humanist Movement, Atheist Alliance International and the Center For Inquiry - Nigeria. For many years he represented IHEU (International Humanist and Ethical Union) at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and generally in Western...2017-08-061h 04
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia's PodcastNadine Seigert fala sobre arte angolana"O Poder da Utopia: Estética e Política na Arte Contemporânea em Angola" foi o tema da palestra realizada nesta terça-feira (06/12), no Cinema do MAM. Ministrado por Nadine Siegert, vice-diretora do Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade de Bayreuth, na Alemanha, o evento apresentou aspectos históricos e culturais da arte produzida em Angola, seja na época da independência do país, no período da guerra civil ou no pós-guerra.
O tema integra a pesquisa de doutorado de Nadine, sobre a relação entre a arte global e a realizada em Luanda, capital do país african...2011-12-0710 min