The Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany in collaboration with the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study (JIAS) at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa are launching a Collaborative Research Project and Seminar Series on the theme: “The Changing African Idea of Africa and the Future of African Studies.”

Speaker: Professor Achille Mbembe – Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)

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DISCUSSANTS
Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong – Harvard University
Professor Yolande Bouka – Queen’s University
Professor Nadia Yala Kisukidi – University of Paris
Professor Hlonipha Mokoena – Wits University
Professor Felwine Sarr – Duke University