Recalibrating Afrikanistik

RecAf (Recalibrating Afrikanistik) is a research project spanning 6 universities across Germany and the African continent. Learn more at

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Spots are extremely limited, so don't miss the registration deadline of 1 November 2022! See you in Nigeria!

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📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣
RecAf is excited to announce the Creativity in Language & Beyond International Conference/Summer School is accepting paper and panel proposals! Find all info in the attached call --> #cfp

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The conference will be complemented by a 1-day workshop on the relevance of children's literature on the future.

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Check out the new episode of #AfrikanistsAssemble! https://t.co/fYS26E68cV
For this episode, we asked our contributors to think about what kind of radio program they'd create if given the resources to do so. Listen to what they had to say and let us know what you think!🎙

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⚫️ | CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Junior Researchers’ Institute, 11 – 17 December 2022, Niamey, Niger.
Decolonizing the future of public administration in Africa.
For more information click on the link: https://t.co/BAHlAtCZWs or scan the Qr code

#EJC #GlobalAfrica #Lasdel #UGB

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This seems relevant to our effort to recalibrate #Afrikanistik. What are your thoughts, researchers?

SOURCE: Ranjan Ghosh (2015), "Intra-active Transculturality," pp. 1204

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Slots are extremely limited, so if you are interested, please take advantage of this extra time to begin working on your abstract (no more than 500 words).

📢 We will post updates on our social media, so be sure to follow us! 📢

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📣 STAY TUNED! 📣
In the coming weeks we will post a #CallForPapers for the Creativity in Language & Beyond International Conference/Seasonal School to be hosted by Federal University Wukari in Nigeria in 2023.
🔻 Read more in the thread 🔻

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⭐️ African literature, theater, indigenous and pop culture;
⭐️ African linguistics (esp. African languages);
⭐️ teaching African languages (incl sign lang);
⭐️ semiology;
⭐️ & other interdisciplinary links between the study of African languages and literatures & relevant fields

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Our colleague and BIGSAS doctoral candidate Richard Anyah sadly passed away last week in Bayreuth. This Gofundme page was established in order to help bring Richard‘s body home to his family. Richard Ugochukwu Anyah https://t.co/jEhz8nIYOC

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Don't miss this online event highlighting language and literature in Yoruba culture, and featuring Afrikanists Assemble podcast contributor Kole Odutola!
Click here to register: https://t.co/gGIzfJZCvb

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Hi all! Please check out this channel/project started by Manta Yadok, a contributor to Afrikanists Assemble, to highlight oral literary traditions in Plateau State, Nigeria!
https://t.co/O2lLk2O7mZ

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Our latest #AfrikanistsAssemble podcast episode just went up on YouTube this week! This month we're discussing African language teaching, and this episode features some very interesting contributions so check it out! https://t.co/59g9Fm8wLJ

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(6/6) What did we forget? Add your best tips for handling rejection to this thread!

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Happy Friday, researchers! This week-long series about #FundingforPostdocs ends with tips for handling rejection. Funding is finite, and even the best proposals may not be successful - and then what? DON'T GIVE UP! Rejection is very normal, and part of the process. (1/6)

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(5/6) @dfg_public #keepresearching #dontgiveup #researcher #postdoclife