We are proud that Joachim Ouedraogo, geographer and specialist in urban developments from Burkina Faso, chose to come to @goetheuni.bsky.social for his research leave.

This Semester, Anthropology's African seminar series @goetheuni.bsky.social has a fascinating mix of talks on aspects of colonialism and decoloniality, mobility, and memory, as well as clothing and inheritance.
Thursdays, 6-8pm

Were pleased to announce a new ZIAF-funded lecture series on transoceanic exchanges in African culture, literature, and music, beginning on 28/10! @goetheuni.bsky.social @fzhg-frankfurt.bsky.social

Richard Kuba from the Frobenius Institute hosted Chehibou Coulibaly (MNM), Barbara Plankensteiner & Aziz Sandja (MARKK), Héléne Ivanoff, Gaëlle Beaujean & Benoît De l'Estoile (@quaibranly.bsky.social).

Partners from the Musée National du Mali, the Musée du quai Branly @quaibranly.bsky.social, and #MARKK Hamburg met in Frankfurt at @goetheuni.bsky.social in a joint project on the provenance of objects marked Bamana/Bambara, and including source community voices through "contre-enquetes".

Umaru Musa is visiting the African Archaeology unit and the Frobenius Institute @goetheuni.bsky.social . He is hunting documentation of old excavations in Kebbi State, Nigeria