NAB XVIII 2019

Content
Editorial 2
Welcome 3
Iwalewahaus
Iwalewahaus 40 – 49
Current Affairs
Interdisciplinary and international:
Th e kick-off conference of the Cluster of Excellence 6 – 9
Interview with Ute Fendler and Rüdiger Seesemann:
“We seek to set new standards and produce
innovative results” 10 – 11
Cluster of Excellence: Six research sections,
21 research projects 12 – 17
Th e Knowledge Lab: Review 2019 and outlook 18 – 19
Interview with Christine Vogt-William:
“Change in the making” 20 – 21
Digital Solutions for the Cluster of Excellence 22
Research Centre “Society, Technology, and Ecology
in Africa – Challenges of the 21st Century” 23
Handle with Care: Post-colonial object-matters 24 – 25
Pwani na bara. Coast and mainland:
Th e 32nd Swahili Colloquium 26 – 27
An Exhibition on World Tour:
FAVT in Kampala and Kigali 28 – 31
A cinematographic journey across the African
continent: Cinema Africa in Bayreuth 32 – 33
BIGSAS Journalist Award 2019 34 – 37
African Studies around the Globe
African Cluster Centres –
Four Essential Pillars of the Cluster’s Network 50 – 53
Future Africa Visions in Time: Transatlantic and
Transdisciplinary Encounters in Salvador de Bahia 54
Advanced Doctoral School in Ethnic and
African Studies: Th e Factory of Ideas Celebrates
its 20th Anniversary 55
International Conference: African Studies
and Land Questions in Africa 56 – 57
Alumni Conference Celebrates Ten Years of TGCL 58 – 59
Climate, Migration, and Racism –
the 9th BIGSAS Literature Festival focused
on main topics of crises 38 – 39
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