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Twice per year, the Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) reports on its members' activities and publications, and announces upcoming events. The current newsletter includes reports on conferences co-organized by the…

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In den Medien: "Zurück zur Natur? Wie Naturschutz mit Vergangenheit Politik macht"

In einem Artikel auf Geschichte der Gegenwart zeigt Luregn Lenggenhager Zusammenhänge zwischen Naturschutz, Geschichte, Herrschaft und Kolonialismus auf.

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Uni Nova: "Development aid from Africa"

Western Europe was successfully reconstructed after the devastation of World War II. This wouldn’t have been possible without raw materials from Africa, says historian Danelle van Zyl-Hermann in an interview with Uni Nova, the research…

The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB coordinates Africa-related teaching and research at the University of Basel and its partner institutions. It is an acknowledged centre for interdisciplinary Africa-focused research and offers a Master's and a PhD in African Studies as well as a continuing education programme for professionals.

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12 Dec 2025 - 14 Dec 2025

Location: Houdini Kino/Bar, Badenerstrasse 173, 8003 Zürich

Organizer: Black Film Festival Zurich

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Black Film Festival Zurich 2025

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13 Dec 2025
Time: 20:00

Location: Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel

Organizer: Kaserne Basel

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Concert: Nubya Garcia & Band

Offbeat Jazz Festival
13 Dec 2025
Time: 20:30

Location: Rossstall 1, Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel

Organizer: Kaserne Basel

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Concert: "Sirens Of Lesbos"

Support by Anne Nang'ole
20 Dec 2025
Time: 16:00

Location: Kulturzentrum Tell, Bernstrasse 101, 3072 Ostermundigen

Organizer: Africa Diaspora Council Switzerland (ADCS)

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International Migrants Day 2025

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Publication: "Worlding Home. An Urban Ethnography of Peacekeeping Camps in Goma, DRC"

Maren Larsen's book interrogates the social, spatial, and architectural lifeworlds of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accommodated in contingent camps throughout Goma, the capital of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Publikation: "BildWelt Mission. Ästhetische Perspektiven christlicher Transkulturationsgeschichte"

Der von Andreas Heuser mit herausgegebene Sammelband bietet innovative methodische Zugänge zur Missionsgeschichte anhand von Bildmaterial und materieller Kultur, leuchtet missionswissenschaftliche Horizonte Interkultureller Theologie aus…

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Publication: "African Thresholds: Borders and Places of Passage in Africa, c.1450 to Present"

Ettore Morelli is the editor of a volume that questions the concept of border. Arguing that a border is a threshold made to be crossed, this book studies places of passage from all over the African continent. In a time when state borders…

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