7th European Conference on African Studies ECAS 29 June to 1 July 2017 — University of Basel, Switzerland Urban Africa – Urban Africans Picture: Sandra Staudacher New encounters of the urban and the rural www.ecas2017.ch Convening institutions Institutional partners Funding partners Index ECAS7 3 Welcome 4 Word from the organisers 5 Organisers 6 A* Magazine 7 Programme overview 10 Keynote speakers 12 Hesseling Prize 14 Round Tables 15 Film Sessions 20 Meetings 24 Presentations and Receptions 25 Book launches 26 Panels details (by number) 28 Detailed programme (by date) 96 List of participants 115 Publisher exhibition 130 Practical information 142 Impressum Cover picture: Street scene in Mwanza, Tanzania Picture by Sandra Staudacher. Graphic design: Strichpunkt GmbH, www.strichpunkt.ch. ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 3 12.06.17 17:22 Welcome 4 ECAS7 ia, India, South Korea, Japan, and Brazil. Currently it has 29 members, 5 associate members and 4 af- filiate members worldwide. Besides the European Conference on African Studies, by far its major ac- tivity, AEGIS promotes various activities to sup- port African Studies, such as specific training events, summer schools, and thematic conferen- ces. Another initiative, the Collaborative Research Groups (CRGs) is creating links between scholars from AEGIS and non-AEGIS centres that engage in collaborative research in new fields. AEGIS also supports the European Librarians in African Stud- ies (ELIAS). A new initiative, relating scholars in Af- rican Studies with social and economic entrepre- neurship is expressed in initiatives such as Africa Works! (African Studies Centre, Leiden) or the I have the great pleasure of welcoming to the 7th Business and Development Forum held just be- European Conference on African Studies ECAS fore ECAS. Finally, let me highlight the specialised 2017 on behalf of the AEGIS Board. Under the publications promoted by AEGIS, the Africa Year- theme of Urban Africa - Urban Africans: New en- book and the AEGIS Series, both published by counters of the rural and the urban, this confer- Brill. Following a policy of open access that we en- ence assembles the main research that is currently thusiastically support, Brill is going to share the being produced worldwide. No other continent is books of this last series online (after a probationary growing as fast as Africa: in 2100, the continent is period), allowing a broader sharing of ongoing re- expected to have as many inhabitants as Asia, due search. to its high fertility rate and young population. To- day, 60 percent of the population of the African In a period of political uncertainty and social insta- continent is under 25 years old. Most of these bility, a strong commitment of institutions and re- young people are living in or moving to towns. In a search centres to the principles of academic free- generation’s time, we will witness the radical trans- dom and continuous support of a community of formation of a continent where the majority of the knowledge is needed more than ever. I am happy population used to reside in the countryside, to to thank my colleagues on the AEGIS and Adviso- one where cities are growing fast, transforming the ry Board for their efforts in defending and promot- way of life of billions of people. Cities are a major ing African Studies. I would like to commend the stage for new opportunities in education, employ- Centre for African Studies at the University of Ba- ment, entrepreneurship, and services. While cities sel and the Swiss Society for African Studies for concentrate poverty, they also represent the best their extraordinary organisation of this seventh way to escape it. Cities are in a better position to ECAS, and to thank in particular Till Förster, Elísio provide education and health care—as well as oth- Macamo and Veit Arlt for their enthusiasm and er services and amenities—simply because of their dedication. They have organised an exciting pro- advantage of scale and proximity. Cities are also gram that will allow us to share and enjoy the cur- the locus of creativity as exemplified by the vibrant rent debates on African Studies, and to participate art scene of South Africa. Cities are the stage for in a memorable conference. political demands and new battles, as indicated by the activist movements all over the continent. Clara Carvalho These changes need to be better known, meas- President of AEGIS ured, and exposed. They are being addressed by scholars in and out of African universities and research centres. Driven by the social sciences, African studies are able to address these many fields of research of a young and vibrant continent. AEGIS, the European African Studies network, is an expanding organisation that gathers scholars around the many issues related to Africa. As a group, it has been expanding its borders outside the limits indicated in its name (Europe and Africa) to include African Studies associations and cen- tres from other parts of the world, such as Austral- ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 4 12.06.17 17:22 Word from the organisers ECAS7 5 Hosting Africa and ricans: New encounters of the rural and the urban speaks to these concerns. Urban Africa has been a ourselves in Basel key issue in the work of the Centre for African Studies in Basel and was the topic of an AEGIS thematic conference organized by the Centre in 2010. Our interest has been shaped by the fasci- The Centre for African Studies Basel and the Swiss nating manner in which research on the urban in Society for African Studies are proud to host the 7th Africa turns every researcher into an eyewitness to European Conference on African Studies ECAS the ability of human beings to go about their lives 2017 on behalf of the AEGIS Board. We thank the at the intersection of change and permanence latter for trusting us with the organisation of such while playing cat and mouse with theoretical an important and exciting event. We warmly wel- frameworks and conceptual categories. The urban come all participants to the tri-border region of Ba- reaffirms Africa as a vibrant continent persistently sel. The city and region are representative of Africa re-inventing itself against the background of fac- in Switzerland. Through links established by mis- tors which often lie beyond the control of its peo- sionary work, trade exchanges and political entan- ples, the taming of which yields scripts which Afri- glements of one sort or another, Basel has asserted cans deploy to make sense of their lives. itself as an important host to the African continent. The history linking Basel to Africa is a vibrant one, As scholars we share with Africa, as indeed with with both positive and negative elements. It is a his- any object of study, the paradoxical experience of tory built on a critical awareness of the limits of owing our identity to a conceptual apparatus that claims to universalism and the contribution which makes it possible for us to talk intelligibly about local experience can make towards a better under- who we are and what we do. We share with the standing of the human condition. continent the privilege of negotiating the terms of this intelligibility in constant, and often acrimoni- Institutions such as Mission 21, the Basler Afrika ous, conversation. Just like Africa, we scholars are Bibliographien and the Swiss Tropical and Public who we are because there is a language out there Health Institute have been instrumental in adding challenging us to engage critically with it and per- an academic and intellectual dimension to Basel’s haps even subvert the meanings carried by its vo- Africa connection. Over the past decade and a cabulary. We at the Centre for African Studies Ba- half, this dimension has found a home at the Cen- sel are delighted to host an important highlight of tre for African Studies Basel. Through its support this conversation in the ongoing interaction be- for the Centre for African Studies, the University of tween scholars and Africa. We are proud to do so Basel (Switzerland’s oldest university) shows not as part of a University, a city and a region, which are only its commitment to the continent, but also its aware of how much Africa has become part of their peoples. This support also documents just how identity and of the way they are perceived in the much importance the University of Basel attaches world. We are humbled by the realisation that to knowledge about and from Africa, especially to there is an Africa in every manifestation of the the extent that it contributes to the intellectual world because what Africa is, will be, or could have development of young people. As of recently, been is always an emphatic statement about the Africa has been part of a broader intellectual world we inhabit. In this sense, therefore, we are agenda of the University of Basel officially known not only hosting Africa in Basel. We are hosting as “European and Global Studies”. ourselves. The Centre for African Studies contributes to this We trust that this conference will meet all your ex- intellectual agenda in two ways. Firstly, it seeks to pectations. We thank all individuals and institu- promote an understanding of scholarship that ac- tions, especially the University of Basel, for the knowledges just how much “Europe” and the support given to us. We thank the members of the “Global” are historically contingent and, for this Scientific Committee and the Programme Com- reason, always imply other possible worlds. Sec- mittee, members of staff and all student assistants ondly, it tasks scholarship with the responsibility of for their invaluable contribution. On behalf of the charting new theoretical and conceptual territory whole ECAS 2017 team and the Swiss Society for in a reflexive enterprise that connects knowledge African Studies, we wish every participant produc- production with the improvement of our ways of tive encounters, fruitful exchanges and exciting seeing, describing and rendering intelligible the new insights into this most privileged of all win- world. The Centre for African Studies Basel ap- dows to the world: Africa. proaches Africa not as a problem to be solved, but rather as an opportunity to understand the world. Veit Arlt, Till Förster, Elísio Macamo The choice of the theme Urban Africa - Urban Af- Conference Committee ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 5 12.06.17 17:22 Organisers 6 ECAS7 Convening institutions The Centre for African Studies Basel is E a coordinated research network at the E Till Förster University of Basel, Switzerland T University of Basel with partner T MI Elísio Macamo University of Basel, Switzerland institutions such as the Basler Afrika M Bibliographien (BAB), Mission 21 or the CO Julia Tischler University of Basel, Switzerland Swiss Tropical and Public Health C Anne Mayor University of Geneva, Switzerland Institute (Swiss TPH). It promotes FI Africa-related teaching at the university NTI Daniel Küenzler University of Fribourg, Switzerland and offers MA and PhD programmes in CIE Gregor Dobler University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany African Studies as well as an advanced S studies Certificate in African Affairs. With its joint research theme Living the City, the Centre has been at the E E Gareth Austin University of Cambridge, England forefront of research on urban Africa. T T Research under this theme is promoted MI Susann Baller DHIP-CREPOS, Dakar, Senegal M along five axes of research: Public O Rose-Marie Beck University of Leipzig, Germany Health and Social Life; Media and C E Imagination; Knowledge Production M Eva Maria Belser University of Fribourg, Switzerland and Transfer; Governance and Civil M A Wim van Binsbergen African Studies Centre, Leiden, Netherlands Society; Environment and Develop- GR ment. These axes also inform the O Gilles Carbonnier The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland teaching activities of the Centre. The R P Centre today constitutes a solid Divine Fuh University of Cape Town, South Africa framework within which numerous Olivier Graefe University of Fribourg, Switzerland post-doctoral researchers as well as doctoral and MA students have been Clemens Greiner University of Cologne, Germany engaging with urban issues. This has led to the founding of a new master Andreas Heuser University of Basel, Switzerland programme Critical Urbanism in Daniel Küenzler University of Fribourg, Switzerland cooperation with the University of Cape Town. Paul Lane University of Uppsala, Sweden Christine Lequelec-Cottier University of Lausanne, Switzerland Dominique Malaquais CNRS/IMAF, Paris, France Swiss Society for African Jenny Fatou Mbaye City University London, England Studies Sonia Merten Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland The Swiss Society for African Studies Brigit Obrist University of Basel, Switzerland (SSAS) aims at advancing research on Africa, including the organisation of Silke Oldenburg University of Basel, Switzerland conferences to discuss questions of Jean Bernard Ouédraogo CNRS-EHESS, Paris, France African lifestyles and other aspects of African societies and cultures. Didier Péclard University of Geneva, Switzerland Contributing to the circulation of relevant information, the SSAS Rüdiger Seesemann University of Bayreuth, Germany understands itself as a platform for Fiona Siegenthaler University of Basel, Switzerland synergies and collaboration between universities and research institutions. It Céline Thiriot Sciences Po, Bordeaux, France strives to enhance the visibility and the institutionalisation of African Studies in Switzerland. Founded in 1974, the SSAS E C Veit Arlt lead, logistics, website is based on the model of Area Studies. FI With this view, it offers opportunities to OF Julia Büchele administration connect researchers and the interested E C Pascal Schmid finances, communication, travel grants public in a theme-oriented and N multidisciplinary exchange. With E R Jacob Geuder organisation of student staff and volunteers alternating themes, the biannual Swiss E F Researching Days promote exchange N Nicole Bolliger travel O among researchers at different stages C Rita Kesselring publishers’ exhibition fo their careers. The SSAS is a member of the Swiss Academy of Humanities Winnie Kanyimba film sessions and Social Sciences. Kadiatou Diallo A* Magazine Melanie Boehi ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 6 12.06.17 17:22 A* Magazine ECAS7 7 Beyond ECAS: A* Magazine (*Art *Africa *Analysis) The African Studies community of Basel is proud to offer you your conference bag. In addition to providing a programme an extensive arts and culture programme with a focus on ur- overview, A* Magazine also features a broad spectrum of ar- ban Africa. A* Magazine – A* standing for Art, Africa and ticles, analyses, interviews, letters and poems related to the Analysis – is the official publication of the programme. It many questions and issues raised during these events. For takes the form of a once-off newspaper which you will find in additions and updates please visit www.amagazine2017.com. E N 14:00 - 17:30 Workshop: Literature and sources 20:30 – 22:30 Concert: Jazz from South Africa with U J about African cities and open access Andile Yenana, Siya Charles and 8 Department of History | University of Marcus Wyatt 2 Y Basel, Hirschgässlein 21, 4051 Basel, Markthalle Basel, Viaduktstrasse 10, A D Switzerland Steinentorberg 20, 4051 Basel S E N 18:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel 21:00 Film screening: Borders D E Meeting point and start of the tour: Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, W Lohnhof, 4051 Basel 4051 Basel 20:30 Film screening: Viva Riva! 21:00 Concert: Countertenor Serge Kakudji, Kultkino Atelier, Theaterstrasse 7, featuring harpsichord accompaniment 4051 Basel Kulturraum Restaurant parterre, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel 20:30 - 22:30 Concert: Jazz from South Africa with Andile Yenana, Siya Charles and Marcus Wyatt E Markthalle Basel, Viaduktstrasse 10, N 12:30 – 14:00 Interactive Installation: knowbotiq – U 4051 Basel J Swiss Psychotropic Gold 0 Petersplatz, 4051 Basel 3 Y A 12:30 – 14:00 Performance: Henri Michel Yéré – De D NE 12:30 – 14:00 Interactive Installation: knowbotiq – RI rives et rhythmes | Fiston Mwanza U F Mujila – Acte de Dire III J Swiss Psychotropic Gold 9 Petersplatz, 4051 Basel Petersplatz, 4051 Basel 2 Y A 12:30 – 14:00 Interactive Performance: Tabita 14:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel D S Rezaire – MerKaBa for the Hoeteps Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel R HU Petersplatz, 4051 Basel 17:30 – 19:00 Performance: The Brother Moves On T featuring Makongela from The Brother 14:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Moves On, Itai Hakim and Kajama – A Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel Random Audience 17:30 – 19:00 Interactive Performance: Tabita Matthäusplatz, 4057 Basel Rezaire – MerKaBa for the Hoeteps Matthäusplatz, 4057 Basel 18:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel 18:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel 19:30 Theatre performance by D. Niangouna: «Papa Wemba. Le singe avait raison» 19:00 Moderated readings: In Koli Jean Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, Bofane and Fiston Mwanza Mujila 4057 Basel Kulturraum Restaurant parterre, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel 19:30 Theatre: Show hin (a piece about racial profiling and everyday racism) 19:30 Theatre performance: «Papa Wemba. Atelierhaus Klingental, Le singe avait raison» (D. Niangouna) Kasernenstrasse 23, 4058 Basel Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel 20:00 Film: I Don’t Touch the Gold Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, 19:30 Theatre performance: Show hin 4051 Basel (a piece about racial profiling and everyday racism) 20:30 Concert: Andile Yenana Sextet (Jazz from South Africa) Atelierhaus Klingental, Jazzcampus, Utengasse 15, 4058 Basel Kasernenstrasse 23, 4058 Basel 20:00 Film screening: This is Europe Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, 4051 Basel ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 7 12.06.17 17:22 A* Magazine 8 ECAS7 21:00 Staged reading: «M’appelle 21:00 Concert: Trap with Jones Cruipy Mohammed Ali» with D. Niangouna, Kulturraum parterre, Klybeckstrasse 1b, Frank Weigand and Leyla-Claire Rabih 4057 Basel Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 21:00 Film: The Chairman and the Lions 4057 Basel Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, 21:00 Concert: Rumba Congolaise with 4051 Basel Yannick Nkoy Kulturraum Restaurant parterre, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel Y L 11:00 – 13:00 Brunch: Zmorgeland U 21:00 Film: Leaving Africa 2 J (ECAS 2017 meet me there) Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, Y Markthalle Basel, Viaduktstasse 10, A 4051 Basel D 4051 Basel N U S Concert: Jazz from South Africa with Y Andile Yenana, Siya Charles and L 12:30 – 14:00 Performance: Mouna Karray – Nobody U Marcus Wyatt J Will Talk About Us 1 Markthalle Basel, Viaduktstrasse 10, Y Petersplatz, 4051 Basel A 4051 Basel D R 13:00 – 13.45 Video installation: Sammy Baloji’s U 11:30 Readings: In Koli Jean Bofane and AT and Filip de Boeck’s installation, Fiston Mwanza Mujila with saxophone S commented by Filip de Boeck accompaniment by Claude Bofane Museum der Kulturen, Münsterplatz 20, followed by a Congolese lunch 4051 Basel Kulturraum Restaurant parterre, 14:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel 12:00 Lunch: Congolese lunch by 16:00 Film screening: Pygmée Blues Restaurant Inzia Kultkino Atelier, Theaterstrasse 7, Kulturraum Restaurant parterre, 4051 Basel Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel 17:00 – 18:30 Archive Talk: Stolen Moments of 14:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Namibian Music Archives under Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel Apartheid Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel 17:30 – 19:00 Performance: Ntando Cele – Lost Cargo… Matthäusplatz, 4057 Basel 18:00 Walking Tour: Africa and Basel Meeting point: Lohnhof, 4051 Basel 19:30 Theatre performance and reading: «Papa Wemba. Le singe avait raison» followed by «M’appelle Mohammed Ali» Kaserne Basel, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel 20:00 Film: Majub’s Journey Tinga Tinga Cinema & Bar, Nadelberg 4, 4051 Basel 20:00 ECAS 2017 Closing Party: Urban Sounds from Africa 20:00 Rumba Congolaise with Yannick Nkoy 21:30 Jazz from South Africa with The Blue Notes Tribute 23:00 Motherland Soundystem: Tour d’Afrique Jazzcampus, Utengasse 15, 4058 Basel ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 8 12.06.17 17:22 A* Magazine ECAS7 9 Exhibitions Guided Tour: Exhibition: Devenir quelqu’un Kongo am Rhein: Exhibition of Africa Highlights from the Nadelberg 4, 4051 Basel (NB042) Congolese Contemporary Art: Thu 29 June, Fri 30 June and sculpture from Freddy Tsimba Basel Mission Archives Sat 1 July 2017, 12:00 - 20:00 and video installations from Sammy Baloji and Filip de Boeck The Basel Mission Archives are Image Afrique Festival ’17: Museum der Kulturen, an outstanding resource for any CAP Prize Exhibition Münsterplatz 20, 4051 Basel researcher working on Ghana or Theaterplatz, Klostergasse, 4010 Basel Thu 29 June – Sun 6 August 2017, Cameroon. The combination of Fri 9 June – Sat 17 June 2017 Tue – Sun, 10:00 - 17:00 handwritten reports “from the field” with a superb photo- Image Afrique Festival ’17: Making Douala 2007 - 2017 graphic and cartographic Edition POPCAP exhibition Ausstellungsraum Klingental, collection make it the perfect Hotel Euler, Centralbahnplatz 14, Basel Kasernenstrasse 23, 4058 Basel location for interdisciplinary Thu 2 February – Sat 24 June Sun 25 June – Sun 9 July 2017, research. Tue, Wed & Fri 15:00-18:00; Image Afrique Festival ’17: Thu 15:00 - 20:00; Tuesday 27 June: Everyday Africa in virtual space Sat & Sun 11:00 - 17:00 13:00 – 14:00 and 17:00 – 18:00 Inner city of Basel Thu 8 June – Sun 2 July Stolen Moments – Namibian Wednesday 28 June: Music History Untold 13:00 – 14:00 Image Afrique Festival ’17: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Poster Exhibition by K’Werk Klosterberg 23, 4051 Basel Thursday 29 June: Lindenberg 10, 4057 Basel 28 June – 2 July 2017, 11:00 - 19:00, 13:00 – 14:00 and 18:00 – 19:00 Fri 16 June – Sun 2 July 2017 4 July – 14 July 2017, Tue to Fri 14:00 - 18:00, Friday 30 June: Image Afrique Festival ’17: Sat 11:00 - 16:00 13:00 – 14:00 and 18:00 – 19:00 Alles Ägypter exhibition Voltaplatz, 4056 Basel Meeting point: Sat 10 June – Sat 24 June Entrance of Hotel Bildungszentrum 21, Images of Current Affairs: Missionsstrasse 21, Press Photography and 4051 Basel Archives in Africa University Library, Schönbein- strasse 18-20, 4056 Basel 28 April – 26 August 2017, Mon to Sat, 9:00 - 22:00 Kongo am Rhein: Exhibition of Congolese Contemporary Art: paintings and installations Salon Mondial, Freilager-Platz 10, 4053 Münchenstein Sun 11 June – Sun 2 July, 12:00 - 19:00 Kongo am Rhein: Exhibition of Congolese Contemporary Art: paintings and photography Restaurant parterre, Klybeckstrasse 1b, 4057 Basel Mon 12 June – Sat 5 August 2017, 10:00 - 24:00 ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 9 12.06.17 17:22 0 Programme Overview ECAS7 1 (cid:46)(cid:48)(cid:35)(cid:457)(cid:46)(cid:48)(cid:45)(cid:37)(cid:48)(cid:32)(cid:43)(cid:43)(cid:35) ECAS 7 Wednesday Thursday 28 June 29 June 09:00 - 20:00 Registration desk 07:00 - 20:00 Registration desk open open Set-up of publishers’ 09:00 - 10:30 Panel session 1 exhibition Various meetings and 10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments workshops 11:00 - 12:30 Welcome plenary 13:30 - 17:30 ECAS 2017 Business and keynote by and Development Elísio Macamo Forum (University of Basel) Urbane Scholarship: 19:00 - 20:00 Keynote by Mirjam Studying Africa, de Bruijn (ASC Understanding the Leiden) World Digitalisation and (Lugard Lecture) the Field of African Studies 11:30 - 14:30 Lunch (Carl Schlettwein Lecture) 12:45 - 13:45 Book launches / special events 18:00 - 24:00 Arts and culture programme 14:00 - 15:30 Panel session 2 A* Magazine 15:30 - 16:00 Refreshments 16:00 - 17:30 Panel session 3 18:00 - 18:45 Book launches / special events 19:00 - 20:00 Reception 18:00 - 24:00 Arts and culture programme A* Magazine ___ECAS7_CofrenceBook_.indb 10 12.06.17 17:22
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