Fellow Dr. Lamine Doumbia 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.
In 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.
Fellows Dr. Judith Bachmann and Dr. Femi Jegede talk about their tandem project wiith their host Prof. Dr. Eva Spies. The fellows are working on the project “The Conquest of Distance” regarding Ifá practices approaching the subject from different angles.
In 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.
In this latest episode of our podcast, 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.
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, Zanzibar”
In 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 specifically scrutinizes gender politics and dynamics among Vodun worshippers in Lome, Togo, and Sango worshippers in Yoruba land, Nigeria, vis a vis the practices in the Mosques amongst the Muslims.
In 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.
In 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: Concert „Transoceanic Encounters" and Transoceanic Musical Lectures.
This 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.
In 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.
In 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 indigenous music to young people and anyone interested.
Mauritian writer and photographer Umar Timol joined the Cluster of Excellence to observe and accompany the Cluster's acitivities and events in the month of May 2024. In this interview, he talks with Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler about his extensive body of work.
