Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie
Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie is a doctoral candidate at the University of Basel, Switzerland, studying Sociology and African studies. Her studies are funded by the Fondation Oumou Dilly and her project topic is “The Contribution of Middle-class to the Development of Fashion in Lagos” more
Aïdas Sanogo
Aïdas Sanogo is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel. The project she is working on, “Corruption, conflict and cities in West and East Africa” is led by Prof. Till Förster and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, The Oumou Dilly Foundation and the Forschungsfonds of the University of Basel. more
Albert Kazaura Tibaijuka
Albert Kazaura Tibaijuka joined the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel in Switzerland on a ten-months’ Oumou Dilly postdoc fellowship (February – November, 2023). He is a lecturer in communication studies and chairs the Postgraduate Studies Directorate at St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT). He is also a co-ordinating editor of African Communication Research Journal. more
Amal Adel Abdrabo
Dr. Amal Adel Abdrabo, is an urban sociologist and visual anthropologist who works as an assistant professor at Alexandria University, Egypt. Currently, she holds a position at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar for 9 months (January-September 2023). more
Antoinette Danebaï Lamana
Antoinette Danebaï Lamana is a PhD candidate in a joint program between the University of Douala and the University of Lille. As an assistant at the University of Douala, she supervises students in the Department of Sociology; at the University of Lille, she is a Guest Lecturer in the Master’s programs IDEVAH (Development Engineering and Humanitarian Action) and GAED (Geography, Planning, Environment, and Development).
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Calvin Minfegue
Calvin Minfegue is a doctoral candidate at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon) – political sociology – and at the University of Grenoble-Alpes (France) – political geography – (2016-2019). His research focuses on a critical examination of the links between territoriality and conflict in border situations from fields of central Africa (border between Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea,
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Charles Nomwendé Tiendrebéogo
Charles Nomwendé Tiendrebéogo est un artiste, titulaire d’une maîtrise en « Master of Art in Theater », spécialisation en Physical Theater à l’Accademia Teatro Dimitri en Suisse Italienne. Il a axé son travail sur le thème suivant : « Recherche sur l’utilisation théâtrale du masque africain » dont l’exposé théorique final a eu lieu en Juin 2017 suivit de la pratique à travers un spectacle solo intitulé « Mea Culpa » en Juin 2018. more
Cybelline de Souza
Cybelline de Souza est diplômée de l’École Internationale de Théâtre du Bénin en 2014 avec une licence en „Art et Technique Théâtrale“. Elle est membre fondateur de la compagnie „Théâtre au Compteur“, créée en 2015. Depuis cette même année, Cybelline de Souza se produit sur les scènes nationales et internationales dans le cadre de rencontres et de festivals.
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Emma Asige Liaga
Emmaculate Asige Liaga is a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2017-2019).
Her research seeks to investigate the strategies of peacebuilding in South Sudan. The research situates itself within the ‘local turn approach’ debates, more
Fousseyni Touré
Fousseyni Touré, est titulaire d’un doctorat en anthropologie de l’Institut de Pédagogie Universitaire de Bamako, Mali. Il est enseignant vacataire à la Faculté des Sciences Humaines et de l’Éducation de l’Université des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Bamako.
Fousseyni Touré s’intéresse à la problématique et aux enjeux de la religion musulmane, aux questions de gouvernance de la religiosité et aux relations entre l’islam et la politique au Mali.
Joël Djaha
Joël Djaha is a PhD student in sociology at the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). He is conducting research on fake news and polemics about the Covid-19 pandemic in the public virtual space of Facebook in Côte d’Ivoire. His PhD thesis examines the reception of the three-step government action in Facebook virtual spaces in different socio-political contexts. more
Lerato Posholi
Ms Lerato Posholi is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Researching Education and Labour (REAL Centre), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her current research interests are in curriculum studies, philosophy of education, and epistemology.
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Mamadou Soma
Mamadou Soma est un artiste/comédien/danseur originaire du Burkina Faso. Née à Banfora à l’ouest du pays, il a eu son premier contact avec le théâtre en 2012, avant de rejoindre l’École Supérieure de Théâtre Jean Pierre Guingané à Ouagadougou, où il a obtenu son premier diplôme. À sa sortie de l’école, il participe à de nombreux spectacles de théâtre et de danse avec différents metteurs en scène.
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Nestor Zante
Nestor Zante est titulaire de deux Masters. Le premier, obtenu à l’université de Ouagadougou, s’intitule « De la maternité subie à la maternité voulue, femme et procréation en milieu rural moaga ». Cette recherche a exploré l’impact du contrôle social sur les logiques de procréation dans ladite communauté. more
Peter Ayoola Oderinde
After completing his PhD programme at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel in Switzerland, Peter Ayoola Oderinde is currently a full-time lecturer at the Department of Religious and Intercultural Studies at Lead City University in Ibadan, Nigeria. He also chaired the host committee for the first international conference of the Faculty of Humanities at Lead City University. more
Reisch Vanel Attipo
Reisch Vanel Attipo is from Congo-Brazzaville and holds a degree in urban management from the Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l’Architecture et de l’Urbanisme (EAMAU) in Lomé, Togo. He has extensive experience in systemic analysis of the sustainability of development policies, strategies, plans, programmes and projects at the Université de Québec à Chicoutimi. more
Souley Issoufou Mamane Sani
Souley Issoufou Mamane Sani est un doctorant Nigérien en anthropologie en cotutelle à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENSL) et l’Université Abdou Momouni de Niamey (UAM). Sa thèse porte sur un essai clinique randomisé conduit par Epicentre, un centre de recherche épidémiologique crée en 1987 par l’organisation humanitaire Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) more
Tina Goin Lou Virginie Tra
Tina Goin Lou Virginie Tra is currently sociologist at Wild Chimpanze Foundation (WCF) in Guinea and associate researcher at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire. She graduated of the University of Basel in Switzerland in 2018 in Social Anthropology. Her Phd thesis entitled „Si nos boeufs pouvaient voler. more
Valentin Bognan Koné
Valentin Bognan Koné is a PhD candidate in Sociology of Health at University Felix Houphouët Boigny in Abidjan; an associated researcher at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire; a member in the Group of Technology, Nutrition and Quality of Food. more
Victoria Osei-Bonsu
I am an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of English of the University of Ghana, Legon, where I teach courses in English Literature. My areas of research interest include Comparative Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies. more