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National licence: Corpus de la première littérature francophone de l’Afrique noire
The Corpus de la première littérature francophone de l’Afrique noire
is available as a national license for Germany through the provider Classiques Garnier Numérique.
The Bukavu Series online exhibition
The Bukavu Series online exhibition explores the power dynamics between researchers from the Global North and the Global South.
Cultural and Creative Industries in Africa
Here we present organisations working for and in the African cultural and creative industries such as the Arterial Network, Andani.Africa and Music In Africa.
Heinemann’s African Writers Series available as national licence in Germany
Heinemann Publishers’ groundbreaking African Writers Series, a comprehensive collection of modern African literature of the 20th century, is available as a national license for Germany through the provider ProQuest.
Online archive on mbira music
Sympathetic Resonances is a free online platform for documenting, learning, and exploring mbira music.
Statement by the VAD on the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia
The Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) is dismayed by the outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia and deeply concerned about the genuine danger of the conflict spreading from the Tigray region to other parts of Ethiopia and to neighbouring states.
National license for Germany to the databank “Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996”
The Newsbank-Readex database Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 with material from the archives of the Central Intelligence Agency is accessible as a national license for Germany thanks to funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).