The BIGSAS Junior Fellow representatives will be hosting a special academic screening of Khartoum, followed by an open discussion.
🗓️ 29 April 2026 | 18:00
📍 Room H26 (GWI), University of Bayreuth
🎟️ Free & open to all
🔗 Watch the trailer: www.khartoummovie.com
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The screening of “Africa’s Forgotten History, Who is Jan Conny?” was followed by a rich discussion led by filmmaker Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa and historian Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen. The recording will be available soon on ARTEs event database and the Cluster’s YouTube channel.
The Bayreuth MAU Conference kicked off last week Thursday at Iwalewahaus with special guests including H.E. Alice Mashingaidze (Zimbabwe), H.E. Mafelile Molala (Lesotho) together with Prof. Dr. Stefan Leible (University of Bayreuth President) and Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann (Cluster Spokesperson).
Join us this Wednesday at Kulturhaus Neuneinhalb for a screening of Episode 1 of the ARTE documentary series "Afrikas vergessene Geschichte" followed by a live discussion with filmmaker Jean-Alexander Ntivyihabwa and Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen. @unibayreuth.bsky.social
The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will kick off their annual conference tomorrow. Everyone is welcome to join the public programme. Entrance is completely free. @unibayreuth.bsky.social
The MAU Conference will be kicking off in a couple of days. Visit their website for the full programme: www.modelafricanunion.de
Save the Date!
The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will be hosting their annual conference from 9-12 April.
For more information you can visit their page or website: www.modelafricanunion.de
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Join us for a screening and discussion of Episode 1 of the ARTE documentary series "Afrikas vergessene Geschichte". The event will be held in German and recorded for the ARTE event media hub and our YouTube channel. @cmarkthiesen.bsky.social @artefr.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social
Did you know the University of Bayreuth has been a leading centre for African research since its very founding in 1975?
👉 Read the full report here: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2026...
🗓️ Ongoing Exhibition until 10 April 2026
🕗 Open daily, 8am–10pm | Free admission
2 #postdoc positions available at UBT: on South - South security arrangements and transnational security/aid professionals from the Global South and East. Happy to answer questions! www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-...
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Save the Date!
The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will be hosting their annual conference from 9-12 April.
For more information you can visit their page or website: www.modelafricanunion.de
@unibayreuth.bsky.social
Bayreuth Model African Union is looking for Volunteers!
📢 New Publication
The material politics of labour in Africa: A commentary by Prof. Dr. Stefan Ouma. Published in Territory, Politics, Governance (Vol. 14, 2026, pp. 317–321)
Link to publication: doi.org/10.1080/2162...
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On 22 January 2026, we opened the year with a special New Year Lecture that marked the beginning of the Cluster’s second funding phase under Germany’s Excellence Strategy. The full report is available now on our website: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2026...
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Highlife Unbound unfolds the trilocal and transnational history of Highlife, Anglophone West Africa's first modern popular music. @unibayreuth.bsky.social
Link to publication: brill.com/display/title/72506
🎙Hot Off the Mic: Don't Miss Our Latest Episode of Cluster Conversations on Art, Ritual and Healing after Colonialism with Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and artist Migline Paroumanou.
🎧Tune in now on our Spotify or on our website: www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/1_4-Publi...
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🎬 Interview with Angolan filmmaker Ery Claver
The interview is conducted by Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler and Adebanjo Baderin, and touches on themes central to Claver’s work. ▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEcxgxCPF1w
Bayreuth Model African Union is looking for Volunteers!
📘 New Publication!
This edited volume explores the central role of African languages in shaping inclusive and sustainable futures across the continent. Open Access : www.avm-verlag.de/detailview?n...
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🎬 Cinema Africa 2026 – Retrospective Report Now Online
At the end of January, the 17th edition of the Cinema Africa Film Festival concluded its 2025/26 programme with four evenings of outstanding contemporary African cinema at Cineplex Bayreuth. www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2026...
Christine Dixie’s “The Abyssal Zone“ was first shown at the University of Bayreuth during the New Year Lecture 2026. Afterwards it has moved to Iwalewahaus exhibition room at the FZA building (University of Bayreuth) where it will be shown from 25.02.–08.04.2026. @unibayreuth.bsky.social
We’re pleased to share a new article co-authored by Kathy Dodworth (King's College London) and Jana Hönke (University of Bayreuth), published in the Globalizations journal.
Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Mozambican musician Stewart Sukuma sits down for an in-depth conversation with Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler, to talk about his artistic journey, the intersections of music and film, and his role in the Cinema Africa film festival’s program. Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_pq...
📘New publication in Antipode (58:2): “African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation” (2026)
Bringing together interventions by leading scholars from Africa and its diaspora, highlighting African reference points in decolonial and anticolonial thought. doi.org/10.1111/anti... @antipodeonline.bsky.social
The exhibition is open from today!
For everyone who missed it (or would like to see it again), the exhibition “Africa in Bayreuth – Bayreuth African Studies in the Mirror of Politics and Media” will be moving to the University of Bayreuth’s Central Library starting this Wednesday. Feel free to stop by! @unibayreuth.bsky.social
The Model African Union Bayreuth e.V. will be hosting their annual conference in April. For more information you can visit their page or website: www.modelafricanunion.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social
African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation (with an incredible lineup). A longread of 68 pages @antipodeonline.bsky.social
#geosky @demonicgrounds.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social @roapejournal.bsky.social @africamultiple.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@africamultiple.bsky.social is hosting an online book launch for "The Education Alibi: Tracing Education’s Entanglements across Contemporary Africa" at 10ET on Thursday, February 5th! Find the details at www.ethnologie.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/al...
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