Join us tomorrow evening for Cinema Africa for the screening of Fanon. You will also get a chance to discuss the film with director Jean-Claude Barny. The film will be in French with English subtitles. www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Important... @unibayreuth.bsky.social

New IAS Expert Search! Bringing together the diverse expertise of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence & the Institute of African Studies at @unibayreuth.bsky.social. A hub for finding collaborators and connecting scholars across disciplines and regions. experts.ias.uni-bayreuth.de

Come work with us! This is an exciting role, to work with five cluster locations, to transform the structures we work in, plus shaping and doing research as well.

The Cluster is in Munich today collaborating with the @badw.de on the symposium: "Africa talks environment" exploring the ecological and social dimensions of environmental crises, with a particular focus on the African continent. #UniBayreuth #BAdW #ReconfiguringAfricanStudies

The Cluster's visit at the @badw.de ended with a keynote lecture by Dr. Auma Obama. In her moving talk the alumna BIGSAS at @unibayreuth.bsky.social talked about agriculture in Kenya and how the involvement of international actors impact the environmental structures negatively. Photos: Kai Neuner

We are honored to once again welcome the renowned filmmaker, activist, and recipient of the German Order of Merit (2019), Mo Asumang, for a double event: 11 Nov (see poster) - open to students, teachers and the broader public 12 Nov, 9 am: Film screening & discussion for pupils (Cineplex)

Join us now! Global African Feminisms @africamultiple.bsky.social www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Important...

Join us for the next ICDL Lecture presented by the Gender and Diversity Office of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence. 🎓 Prof. Panashe Chigumadzi will lead a thought-provoking lecture titled: “Ubuntu and the Nine Wars of Dispossession: An Ethical Framework for Indigenous Southern Africans.”

We’re excited to announce the release of a publication edited by Ute Fendler and Clarissa Vierke. An essential read for anyone interested in Indian Ocean studies, cultural and literary studies, performance, and transdisciplinary art research. Available now. 👉 www.routledge.com/Transoceanic...

🎙Tune in to the latest Episode of Cluster Conversations where Associate Professor Dr. Eric Anchimbe sits down with Dr. Feyi Ademola-Adeoye to discuss Nigerian Proverbs! www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_4-Public-engagement_-engagement1/Podcasts/ClusterConversations/Episode-32

African Shakespeare: Subversions, Appropriations, Negotiations Edited By Ifeoluwa Aboluwade, Serena Talento, Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong, Oliver Nyambi Link to publication: www.routledge.com/African-Shak...

We’re excited to share the special issue AFROTOPIAS in Utopian Studies, guest edited by Antje Daniel (University of Vienna), Magnus Echtler & Melina Kalfenis (both University of Bayreuth). scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/utopian...

Work with us in the Research Sections "Accumulation", "Re:membering", In/securities", "Ecologies", "Translations", or "Digitalities". Apply for 2026-2027 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP @africamultiple.bsky.social. Time is counting! Deadline Oct 5th! More: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/pool/dokumen...

📚 New Publication The Education Alibi in Africa explores how education, while celebrated as progress, can also mask and reproduce inequality. Featuring research from across the continent in a new volume by Cooper, Alber & Njoya. 🔗 press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...

We are proud to announce the third edition of our film and discussion series AfriKaleidoskop in November, once again featuring the acclaimed filmmaker, activist, and recipient of the German Order of Merit Mo Asumang.

🎬 AfriKaleidoskop meets ARTE! Screening of “Sudan – Ein Krankenhaus im Schatten des Krieges”, following surgeon Joseph Yacoub as he delivers care under extreme wartime conditions in the Nuba Mountains. Discussion with filmmakers Laura Salm & Carl Gierstorfer.

The IAS is pleased to announce the publication of the new NAB. 🎉 This edition offers a comprehensive look back at the IAS’s initiatives, projects, & events throughout 2024. 👉 You can access the digital version directly here: www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/de/IAS-Publi... @africamultiple.bsky.social

🎧 Catch up on Cluster Conversations! This year we explored: 1. Digital tech & Islamic learning (Fahm & Frede) 2. Indigenous Xhosa music (Mfinyongo & Greven) 3. India-Africa relations (Modi & Vierke) 4. Nigerian proverbs (Ademola-Adeoye & Anchimbe) Listen on Spotify / website.

🎶 On Saturday, 19.07.2025 at 9 PM, don’t miss MangrOOve live at Stadtparkett, Bayreuth! 🌍 A powerful fusion of sound by top musicians from Mozambique, Madagascar & South Korea. @unibayreuth.bsky.social #MangrOOveLive #GlobalGroove #BayreuthEvents #AfricaMultiple

#unibayreuth and #AfricaMultiple go #ECAS2025. Colleagues, fellows, alumni and researchers from Bayreuth are at the 10th ECAS conference in Prague, enjoying and presenting interesting papers and panels, and a book table in the 2nd floor at Faculty of Arts.

🎭 Join us this Friday and Saturday for SHAKES: WIR, a powerful performance reimagining Shakespeare through today’s voices! #SHAKESWIR #YouthTheatre #BayreuthEvents #ShakespeareReimagined #Iwalewahaus #TheatreForChange #africamultiplecluster #africanstudies

It is with great sorrow that the University of Bayreuth, the Institute of African Studies, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence and BIGSAS received the sad news. We deeply mourn the loss of a great soul, a great Mwalimu and a friend! Our thoughts are with his family! May he rest in peace.

Excellent Framework Conditions for African Studies #AfricanStudies #FZA #UBT #UniBayreuth #Africa #Opening ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de/e...

🥳☘REMAINING EXCELLENT! The success story of African Studies at the @unibayreuth.bsky.social continues! We are so very happy to announce that we will receive funding from the @dfg.de for an additional seven years! More info: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025...

#AfricaMultiple #unibayreuth The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence is grateful for being on the list again! Thanks to the #DFG and the commission for allowing us to continue our work with our African partners.

please stay tuned for a zoom link. Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social and @Esther Marjinen will give some comments

Last week’s screening of “Südafrikas Weg aus der Apartheid Teil 1: Suche nach Antworten” at Kulturhaus Neuneinhalb offered a powerful look into the long-term impact of apartheid in South Africa.The recording will soon be available on ARTE’s media hub and our YouTube Channel

As part of the activities of the opening of the FZA building the new exhibition space will premiere its first exhibition opening today starting 3pm courtesy of Iwalewahaus @unibayreuth.bsky.social

Today is the Day! Das Forschungszentrum Afrika wird offiziell eröffnet. Es ist für die Afrikaforschung an der @unibayreuth.bsky.social ein großer Schritt.

hoping to seeing you tomorrow at 7pm. Our chairwoman @Patricia Ndlovu-Gatsheni will have a conversation with the film maker Thomas Blom.

📢The #CallForPanels for the #SGAS-VAD-2026 conference is now open. 🌍Theme: "African Perspectives on Global Transformations" ‼️Deadline for submissions: 31 Jul 2025 📅Conference date: 26-28 Aug 2026 📍Location: Basel, Switzerland zasb.unibas.ch/en/news/news... #CfP #AfricanStudies #VAD #SGAS #SSEA

Today, @unibayreuth.bsky.social and the Cluster welcomed a delegation of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Opportunities for joint cooperation in the form of academic conferences on socially relevant topics as well as high-profile events in Munich and Bayreuth were discussed intensively.

Join us for an exclusive preview of Südafrikas Weg aus der Apartheid, the first part of a new docuseries co-created by award-winning filmmaker Xoliswa Sithole and Dutch journalists Misha Wessel & Thomas Blom. The event will be recorded and later available on ARTE and our YouTube channel.

Thanks for being part of the AfriKaleidoskop meets ARTE series of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence @africamultiple.bsky.social It was a great evening with exciting discussions!

"Africa in the Shadow of the Global Right". Hot off the press @pambazukanews.bsky.social #afripolsky #geosky @cgallaher.bsky.social @handle.invalid @ambermurrey.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @africaisacountry1.bsky.social@rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social pambazuka.org/taxonomy/ter...

Just donwloaded intro by the editors and the Cameroon chapter by esteemed colleague Richard Tsogang Fossi...

Uni Freiburg schreibt eine Provenienzforschungsstelle für die Alexander-Ecker-Sammlung aus. Bitte weiterleiten, das ist wichtig. uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

🎙 Hot Off the Mic! Don’t miss the latest Cluster Conversations episode! Dr. AbulGafar Fahm & Prof. Dr. Britta Frede discuss digital tech & Islamic learning in Nigeria—its impact, ethics & challenges. Listen now on Spotify or our website:

The keynote lecture will be held by Professor Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin from Queen’s University (Canada) under the theme: The (Im)possibilities of Waiting: Precarity, Creativity & Embodied Youth Labour in Africa. For more details: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/AMCannualcon...

We are organizing our fifth Annual Conference under the theme “Temporalities, Youth (Im)mobilities and Agencies: Africa on the Move”. You can find details of the programme and a link for registration on the Conference webpage at: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/AMCannualcon... #AfricaMultiple

Save the date! Concert & Pop-Up Exhibition: Echoes of Tradition – Thandeka Mfinyongo in Bayreuth. As part of the Ingoduko project, don't miss this captivating evening of music and cultural celebration on 13 March at Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth. More info see comments. #AfricanIndigenousMusic

BIGSAS at @unibayreuth.bsky.social proudly celebrates the graduation of its 200th alumni. On 6 February, Eleanor Schaumann successfully defended her doctoral dessertation entitled „Priceless but Worthless: Values and Valuation Practices in Namibian Karakul Sheep Farming” as 200th graduate of BIGSAS