AfrikanistikCluster Bayreuth

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so multiplicity is uh an attempt to overcome this colonial baggage and it is also an attempt to explain the uh heterogeneous life worlds that we encounter in African and African diasporic contexts so approaching Africa as multiple for us also means to take a relational perspective relationality is another theoretical keyword in our uh joint work and the understanding um from which we operate is Africa as constituted by relations and as everchanging relations so we don't look as Africa as the result of interactions but we look at the relations in which African life worlds emerge and um the the third key term we use is reflexivity and this refers to the self referential character of the processes that we study and it also um emphasizes the necessity for us as Scholars to reflect uh on uh the work we are doing so this kind of um reflexive approach to African studies is also key I'm innocent mendu the director of the rhs University African studies Center which is a member of Africa multiple we are based at Ros University in South Africa Africa mpo operates at five locations which is Ros invest which I mentioned the University of b here in Germany the University of Joseph kizo which is in buchina Faso and university of Legos which is in Lagos Nigeria as well as Mo University we have evolved over the years from the first uh phase of the cluster which for focused mainly on researching around broader uh themes such as moralities learnings knowledges um affiliations and so on to more specific research thematic fields that we have collectively developed together but what is very critical in that development is that we seek to create enduring entities entities that will exist beyond the time or period of Africa mpo and entities which will continue to have institutional support in the different universities where they are domiciled so we are establishing therefore structures that are meant to last beyond any individual project our experience with pixas is the foundation on… Read the full text about 1,467 words