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

Non-state legitimation as practice: the multiplicit making of public authority in Afro-Chinese engagements African states, under market liberalization, have witnessed resurgent non-state intervention, with non-state actors (NSAs) enmeshed in collective good provision or roles associated with the state. ...

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 Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and wo...

African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation (with an incredible lineup). A longread of 68 pages @antipodeonline.bsky.social
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Online Book Launch: The Education Alibi across Africa. Thursday, February 5 at 16:00 CET; 18:00 EAT; 15:00 GMT; 10:00 EST Universität Bayreuth

@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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Cinema Africa concludes this evening with a double feature. Please note the earlier start time due to the short film Beutset which start at 19:30 followed by Dent Pour Dent. We look forward to seeing you all there!

Night 3 of Cinema Africa unfolded last night with the screening of The Fisherman, a fantasy-comedy that filled the cinema with laughter. Following the screening, a post-film discussion took place with producer Kofi Owusu-Afriyie, moderated by Adebanjo Oreoluwa Baderin and Atta Kwarkye.

Cinema Africa continues tonight with The Fisherman with guest, Kofi Owusu-Afriyie (Producer)
🎟️ Tickets available via the Cineplex website/app and on site.
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Cinema Africa continued last night with the screening of Katanga – The Dance of the Scorpions by Dani Kouyaté. The film, an African reimagining of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, was followed by a post-screening discussion led by Marie Nadège Tsogo Momo in conversation with director Dani Kouyaté.

Join us tonight for the screening and post-film discussion at Cineplex Bayreuth!

Cinema Africa 2026 opened last night at Cineplex Bayreuth with the screening of The Anchorage of Time marking the official start of this year’s festival programme. The evening began with a live musical performance by Stewart Sukuma and Matchume Zango, whose music set the tone for the screening.

From Sunday to Wednesday, Cinema Africa returns to Cineplex Bayreuth with an exciting line-up of African films, starting with a Mozambican feature plus live musical performances to open the festival. 🎟️ Tickets are available via the Cineplex website/app and at the box office.
See you at the movies ✨

Yesterday evening we opened 2026 with the Africa Multiple New Year Lecture at the FZA and what a way to begin the Cluster’s second phase: Reconfiguring African Studies 2.0

📣 Tomorrow: New Year Lecture 2026
The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence opens its 2026 programme tomorrow with the New Year Lecture, marking the start of the Cluster’s second funding phase.

🎬 Cinema Africa 2026 | Day 4 – Double Feature
🎞️ 28.01.26 | Beutset & Dent pour Dent
📍 Cineplex Bayreuth
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The Fisherman follows Atta Oko, a Ghanaian fisherman who teams up with a talking fish and his young companions Shasha, Kobina, and Emmanuel on a journey to Accra in pursuit of their dream of owning a boat.
🎟️ Tickets available via the Cineplex website/app and on site.

Set in the imaginary kingdom of Ganzurgu, the film follows King Pazouknaam, who narrowly escapes a coup and appoints his cousin Katanga as head of the army to secure his rule.
🏆 Winner of the Yennenga Golden Stallion, FESPACO 2025
🎟️ Tickets available via the Cineplex website/app and on site.

Cinema Africa is back!
🎶 Opening with live music by film actor Stewart Sukuma, accompanied by Matchume Zango
🎟️ Tickets available via the Cineplex website/app and on site.
🔗 Full programme:https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Important-Dates/2026-01-25_CinemaAfrica/index.html

As part of the New Year Lecture 2026, artist Christine Dixie presents The Abyssal Zone, a multi-media installation reflecting on deep-sea spaces, mineral extraction, and environmental vulnerability. Join us in Bayreuth or online. RSVP required www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Important...

This exhibition is still ongoing and open to the public until 16 January 2026. If you haven’t visited yet, there’s still time to explore the unique history of African Studies in Bayreuth. We warmly encourage you to stop by before it closes @unibayreuth.bsky.social

Our New Year Lecture 2026 will be delivered by Prof. Tendayi Sithole, whose work powerfully engages Black radical thought, aesthetics, and political imagination. We look forward to welcoming you as we open the year and the Cluster’s new phase with this inspiring lecture. @unibayreuth.bsky.social