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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · 10d

🎧 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.

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎶 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

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Jun 27

#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.

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Jun 4

🎭 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

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · May 30

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.

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Universität Bayreuth @unibayreuth.bsky.social · May 19

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

Excellent Framework Conditions for African Studies

Together with Bavaria’s Minister for Building, Christian Bernreiter, and Dr. Michael Mihatsch, Ministerial Director at the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, the new Research Centre for African Studies has been officially opened on the campus of the University of Bayreuth.

ubtaktuell.uni-bayreuth.de

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · May 22

🥳☘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...

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Doris Löhr @dorisl26.bsky.social · May 22

#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.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · May 22

Die #Exzellenzcluster stehen fest: Heute hat die Exzellenzkommission 70 Projekte zur Förderung ausgewählt. 45 Cluster werden fortgesetzt, 25 neu eingerichtet. Die Förderung beginnt ab 1. Jan. 2026 für 7 Jahre, die Fördersumme beträgt insg. 539 Mio. €/Jahr. Die Liste: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Deutschlandkarte der Verteilung der Exzellenzcluster auf Bundesländer und Universitäten.

Doris Löhr @dorisl26.bsky.social · May 14

danke Dir! Darauf hoffe ich auch.

Doris Löhr @dorisl26.bsky.social · May 14

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

africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · May 5

At the invitation of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, Dutch journalist Olivier van Beemen is coming to Bayreuth to present his book “Im Namen der Tiere” (In the name of the animals). The reading will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · May 12

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

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · May 14

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

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Joël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · May 14

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

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Doris Löhr @dorisl26.bsky.social · May 7

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

africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

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Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel @zasb.unibas.ch · Apr 15

📢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

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Apr 16

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.

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Apr 14

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.

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Doris Löhr @dorisl26.bsky.social · Apr 4

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!

Jan Sändig @jan-saendig.bsky.social · Apr 2

Jetzt online auf ARTE: Unsere Podiumsdiskussion zum Film „Operation Afrika – Die Jagd nach den Rohstoffen der Zukunft“!

Mit dabei: Philipp Sandner, Juliet Gudhlanga, Joschka Philipps (Moderation) und ich.

👉 events.arte.de/operation-af...

#EU #GreenDeal #Ressourcenkonflikte
(Foto: fabricalux/AMC)

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Stefan Ouma @econgeo.bsky.social · Mar 20

"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

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Andreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social · Mar 21

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

Hansjörg Dilger @hdilger.bsky.social · Mar 20

Very happy to share the good news that our edited volume "Collections as Relations: Contestations of Belonging, Cultural Heritage, and Knowledge Infrastructures" is now #OpenAccess! You can download the book and the chapters here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

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Andreas Mehler @mehler.bsky.social · Mar 20

Uni Freiburg schreibt eine Provenienzforschungsstelle für die Alexander-Ecker-Sammlung aus. Bitte weiterleiten, das ist wichtig.
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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Mar 2

🎙 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:

29: Dr. AbulGafar Olawale Fahm and Prof. Dr. Britta Frede on the Impact of Digital Technology on Islamic Learning

Universität Bayreuth

www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Mar 10

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...

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Feb 27

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

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africamultiple.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social · Feb 26

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

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