Basler Afrika Bibliographien
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ARCHIVES - LIBRARY - PUBLISHING HOUSE: A centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and Southern Africa in Basel, Switzerland.
Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) is a centre of documentation and expertise on Namibia and southern Africa, located in Basel, Switzerland. The institution comprises an archive, a specialist library and a publishing house, in addition to offering scholarly, cultural and socio-political events.
Its books and documents on Namibia are of international renown, and are known among experts as the most comprehensive documentation outside of Namibia. Among its holdings is a collection of rare books with volumes on Africa going back to the 16th century, a large collection of African posters and extensive historical archives of images, sound recordings, manuscripts and ephemera. Its collections are complemented by scholarly publication activities.
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The archive and library may be searched online and consulted on site. Specific research requests are expertly addressed by a team of scholarly staff. Publishing house titles may be ordered online.
BAB was founded by Carl Schlettwein in 1971, and has been under the auspices of the Carl Schlettwein Foundation since 1994. It is an associate member of the University of Basel’s Centre for African Studies (CASB) and regularly offers courses in the Department of History. BAB works closely with the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) and the network of European Librarians in African Studies (ELIAS). It maintains strong ties with archives, libraries and research institutes in southern Africa.
For more information, go to http://baslerafrika.ch
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facebook.comA Luta Continua: Writing Angolan History
In his presentation, Jeremy Ball reflects on historiographical and other Angolan narratives, with particular reference to Angolan nationalism. Jeremy Ball teaches African history at Dickson College, Carlisle (PA), in the US. Currently, he is a fellow at the Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel / Centre for African Studies Basel. Jeremy Ball's presentation is part of the Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium. You can find the entire programme here: https://zasb.unibas.ch/fileadmin/zasb/redaktion/Veranstaltungen/Research_Colloquium_Namibian_and_Southern_African_Studies_FS_2017.pdf
NAMIBIA - KUNST EINER JUNGEN GENERATION Würth Management AG
"Namibia - Art of a Young Generation" is an exhibition held at the Forum Würth Rorschach which opens on 11th of March and is on display until the 15th of April. The aim of the exhibition is to "provide insight into the art landscape" of Namibia. You can find more information using the link below 👇
Journalism and the archive: lunchtalk with Niren Tolsi at BAB
Please join us for a lunchtalk with Niren Tolsi at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Niren Tolsi is a South African freelance journalist and co-founding editor of The Con, an online literary and long-form publication produced in Johannesburg (http://www.theconmag.co.za/). His areas of interest include citizen mobilistation and protest, state violence, constitutional law, social justice, arts and football. His work has been published by various South African and international media, among them Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times, Chimurenga Chronic, The Guardian, The New York Times and Al Jazeera. He won the prestigious Arts Journalist of the Year 2016 award and is currently in Switzerland for a writing residency with Pro Helvetia and Reportagen. He has been working on a longterm “slow journalism” project with photographer Paul Botes which follows the aftermath of the 2012 Marikana massacre in South Africa. The lunchtalk is part of a series of Journalism Archive Sessions within the course “Journalism, gender and archive: revisiting the Ruth Weiss collection on southern Africa during the decolonisation and liberation era (ca. 1960s-1980s)” at the Department of History of the University of Basel and is co-hosted by the Centre for African Studies Basel and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien.
Next week the Carnival of Basel takes place and it's the reason the Basler Afrika Bibliographien will be closed on both Tuesday and Wednesay (7th and 8th of March). May you not be stuffed with "Räppli" by a "Waggis" and have yourself a "e scheeni Fasnacht!"
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If you are looking for more research material, try the Internet Library sub-Saharan Africa (ilissAfrica) platform. It can help you find literature and internet resources. Happy researching!
Kicking off the research colloquium "Namibian and Southern African Studies" on the 1st of March is none other than Martha Akawa! See you then at 6.15pm at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien — Products shown: Martha Akawa: The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle.
afrika süd - Zeitschrift zum südlichen Afrika - Zambia in Motion
Our managing director Christian Vandersee and Anthropology student Xenia Jehliarticle wrote an article (in German) on the "zambia in motion" film festival (published in the latest Afrika Süd magazine, 1/2017).
There are still a few free places for the tutorial "Journalism and gender in southern Africa during the decolonisation and liberation era (1960s-1980s): revisiting the Ruth Weiss collection." Not only will you learn about Ruth Weiss and her work, you will also learn how to formulate proper research questions and practice using them! ☝️📝 You can find more information via the following link: https://vorlesungsverzeichnis.unibas.ch/de/home?id=218930
The new semester at the Universität Basel is about to start and there are two courses that might interest you: the research seminar "African History," organised by the Department of History, and the research colloquium "Namibian and Southern African Studies," organised by the Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel / Centre for African Studies Basel and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Details will follow shortly.
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"Nothing will come of nothing." That's why our Publishing House Team is very busy! Have a look at our 2017 Preview in pleasant anticipation of our new publications! http://baslerafrika.ch/wp-content/uploads/Preview_2017.pdf
America First /NAMIBIA FIRST (NOT SECOND) | Response to the Netherlands Trump welcome video
The Österreichische Namibia-Gesellschaft called our attention to this video and it's too good not to share with you. Enjoy this post, we have the best posts! So great! (Video originally posted by Gondwana Collection/EES)
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Our very own Dag Henrichsen und Susanne Hubler have written a little article in German on audiovisual archives in the Memoriav - Audiovisuelle Kulturgüter erhalten Bulletin (Nr. 23, 10/2016). — Products shown: A Path Through Hard Grass - A Journalist’s Memories of Exile and Apartheid.
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