Basler Afrika Bibliographien

25/07/2025

Call for Articles 👇
Solidarity with Namibia: Transnational Perspectives on the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Divided Germany (working title)

If you wish to contribute to the volume, please submit a title, an abstract (maximum 300 words), and a brief CV to the editors at [email protected].

Deadline for submissions is the 31st of October 2025

19/07/2025

New Publication:
"Troubling Archives. History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art" by Julia Rensing

In this richly illustrated study, Julia Rensing examines how writers and artists from Namibia and South Africa confront the legacies of German and South African colonial rule and engage creatively with the persistent remnants of the past. In the works of Trudi Amulungu, Ulla Dentlinger Mussgnug, Tuli Mekondjo, Imke Rust, Nicola Brandt, Vitjitua Ndjiharine, amongst others, the archive remains both an invaluable and fraught resource for accessing obscured histories. Julia Rensing examines how they navigate archival silences, omissions, and power structures to renegotiate historical narratives and address intergenerational trauma. She argues that their creative practices, also present in BAB’s collections and publishing house, challenge conventional understandings of archives and forms of commemoration, highlighting the diverse experiences that shape Namibian society and memory cultures.

transcript, July 2025, open access👇
https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7760-7/troubling-archives/

18/07/2025

If you are in Bremen check out the poster exhibition “Solidarity in (Post-)Colonial Spaces?”

The exhibition was curated by students of Cultural Studies (BA) and Public History (MA). On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Bremen Africa Archive Association (Bremer Afrika Archiv e.V.), it explores solidarity in (post-)colonial contexts — particularly focusing on the Namibia Project and its collaboration with the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO.

16/07/2025

Call for Panels until the 31st of July 2025👇

04/07/2025

Join two film students from the College of the Arts (Windhoek)
and Film Academy Baden-Württemberg presenting current projects:

“Bridge of Hope” by Junias N. Nangolo
"The Unseen Architect" by Casper Bowora

Next Thursday 10 July 2024 12:15-14:00 🎬
Venue: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Klosterberg 23.

02/07/2025

DOEK! LITERARY MAGAZINE, ISSUE 15: The Throne and the Crown IS OUT NOW! 👇

DOEK!, ISSUE 15: THE THRONE AND THE CROWN — OUT NOW!

Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art from: Namibia • Brazil • Cameroon • Nigeria • Morocco • Mozambique • South Africa • Switzerland • and the United States.

Contributors: Martin Amushendje • Basler Afrika Bibliographien Archives • Hugh Ellis • Welhemina Suro Ganuses • Amanda Gunn • Katherine Hunter • Filemon Iiyambo • Omen Keisho • Jedidja Kakuva • Vekondjisa Nosipho Katusuva • Xavierie M • Vanessa Majoro • Paul Mason • Eduardo Mondlane • Eduek Moses • Frankie Murrey • Daisy Serena • Med Amine Serhane • Johannes Shikongo • and Sian Sullivan.

Editors: Aba Asibon • Roxane Bayer • Rémy Ngamije • Zanta Nkumane

Editorial assistant: Alexandra Dunaiski

https://doeklitmag.com/

27/06/2025

New entry in the Library: Set of posters by the International Union of Students (IUS)

Fittingly for the ECAS in Prague, posters from the IUS have arrived in our library. This international organization, founded in 1946 and headquartered in Prague, issued numerous solidarity posters in various languages concerning student issues throughout its existence until 2002. We have received and catalogued (shelfmarks X 8620 to X 8626) several interesting silkscreen posters related to conferences and commemoration days for Southern Africa from the 1970s and 1980s. They will soon be viewable in detail in our online catalogue.

26/06/2025

The BAB Publishing House is looking for scholars writing their doctoral theses on current cultural-historical, political and anthropological issues concerning Namibia!

We would like to help you publish your PhD, please get in touch!📚👇

21/06/2025

We warmly invite for the 11th Namibia Research Day on the 17th and 18th of October in Basel.

The annual event brings together graduate students, early-career researchers, scholars and cultural workers from diverse disciplines and practices to share their work, engage in dialogue, and build vibrant networks.

To participate, please consult the details in the Call below 👇

20/06/2025

Check out the BAB Publishing House’s Full Catalogue 2025. 📚

You can find all previews, new releases and previous publications of our publishing series Basel Namibia Studies Series (BNSS), Basel Southern Africa Studies (BSAS), Lives Legacies Legends (LLL), the Carl Schlettwein Lecture (CSL) as well as Monographs, Catalogues and Open Access publications.

We have been publishing scholarly works on southern Africa, especially Namibia, since 1971. Our thematic emphases are oriented towards the humanities and social sciences.

The publisher welcomes manuscripts and contacts with authors. Please check our website for details.
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10/06/2025

The BAB once again teamed up with the University of Namibia (UNAM)'s Library: We shipped some 150 Namibia-related titles to Windhoek which were received by the librarians of the Namibiana Section at UNAM.
Fotos courtesy of R. Kanguti

09/06/2025

Join the opening of the first solo exhibition in Switzerland of Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo

Venue: Kunsthalle Bern, Helvetiaplatz 1, CH–3005 Bern, Switzerland

With her first solo exhibition in Switzerland, Kunsthalle Bern is focussing on the multi-layered work of Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo (*1982). Her practice combines personal experience with collective memory and forms of resistance - a process in which history, materiality and spirituality are inte...