Africa Multiple - Cluster of Excellence

01/06/2026

Artists in the Cluster | Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare

Artist, womanist-feminist scholar, architect, and development professional, Dr. Epifania Akosua Amoo-Adare brings a truly multifaceted practice to the Cluster, centred on the "art of unthinking": challenging outdated paradigms and fostering self-transformation through critical literacies and decolonial narratives.

Also known as her creative persona A.B. Godfreed, Epifania blends art, technology, and critical thought to co-create spaces for dialogue and creativity across education, architecture, and international development.

During her residency, she co-created the exhibition "Who is Lucy!?!" with Ann-Marie Ellmann, exploring knowledge-making and decolonial storytelling.

🎧 She also joined Dr. Christine Vogt-William and Ann-Marie Ellmann for Episode 33 of our Cluster Conversations podcast. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wI4XIVyeiTO6Zg0XCnyZd?si=JYmKe8teQ6Sqb7pvx7WKKA

📚 Read the full report of the Installation: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025/2025-08-16-Anatomy-of-an-Installation/index.html

27/05/2026

20/05/2026

Artists in the Cluster | Jean-Pierre JOSÉPHINE

Rooted in the sounds of the Indian Ocean, sega, maloya, jazz and beyond, Réunionese guitarist and composer Jean-Pierre JOSÉPHINE, alias Jozéfinn', has built a singular musical world that crosses continents and genres.

Training in Paris under Spanish classical guitar master Alberto Ponce and in jazz improvisation, he developed a unique polyphonic Indo-Oceanic "world jazz" style. His seventh album Fandamane, released in April 2025 on Spanish label Protomaterial Records, is his most powerful yet. A SACEM award winner and author of six acclaimed albums, his work spans music, theatre, poetry and dance.

We were delighted to have him perform at our New Year Lecture 2026: "Worldmaking in Thought, Image and Sound".

🔗 Learn more: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Artists-in-Cluster-files/Josephine/index.html

18/05/2026

Der Exzellenzcluster Africa Multiple an der Universität Bayreuth stellt ein:

IT-Manager (m/w/d)

Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Mai 2026

Weitere Informationen zur Stelle und zum Bewerbungsverfahren finden Sie hier: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennwort-it-management-ec7a5c03efb3b38a

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The Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple at the University of Bayreuth is hiring:

IT Manager (m/f/d)

Application deadline: 20 May 2026

For more information on the position and application process, please visit: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennwort-it-management-ec7a5c03efb3b38a

15/05/2026

🎥 In Conversation: Dani Kouyaté

In this interview, Gilbert Shang-Ndi and Marie Nadège Tsogo speak with filmmaker Dani Kouyaté about his award-winning film Katanga – The Dance of the Scorpions, presented at the Cinema Africa Bayreuth Film Festival in 2026. Kouyaté discusses adapting Shakespeare’s Macbeth into a dreamlike political tale set in the fictional kingdom of Ganzurgu, exploring power, prophecy, and ambition through an African lens. The film, performed in Mooré with English subtitles, won the FESPACO Yennenga Golden Stallion in 2025.

🔗 Full interview: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9nz60jcwU

11/05/2026

Artists in the Cluster | Migline Paroumanou

Visual artist, performer, and ceramicist Migline Paroumanou joined us as an Artist in Residence, exploring personal memory, colonial history, and the female experience through her practice.

During her time with us, she hosted a ceramics workshop and presented her performance “Ritual for a Timeless Forgiveness”, a symbolic act of repair and healing that connects past trauma with present human experience, drawing on the history of La Réunion, the Indian Ocean, and Africa.

📚 Read the full report here: https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025/2025-08-03-Migline-Paroumanou/index.html

🎧 She also joined Prof. Dr. Ute Fendler for Episode 34 of our Cluster Conversations podcast, reflecting on art, ritual and healing after colonialism. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ifnYpMBf5qzHdXmleNFFc?si=phDcIUOZRn-gmV4tSqZl4A

06/05/2026

Der Exzellenzcluster Africa Multiple an der Universität Bayreuth stellt ein:

IT-Manager (m/w/d)

Bewerbungsfrist: 20. Mai 2026

Weitere Informationen zur Stelle und zum Bewerbungsverfahren finden Sie hier: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennwort-it-management-ec7a5c03efb3b38a

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The Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple at the University of Bayreuth is hiring:

IT Manager (m/f/d)

Application deadline: 20 May 2026

For more information on the position and application process, please visit: https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennwort-it-management-ec7a5c03efb3b38a

28/04/2026

Join us tomorrow for the Screening & Discussion of the film, Khartoum

🎥 Started in 2022 by Sudanese filmmakers with a British director/writer, the project evolved as war broke out, continuing in exile in East Africa. The result is a deeply human portrait of resilience, dreams, and loss.

⚠️ Content warning: themes of war and violence

🗓️ 29 April 2026 | 18:00
📍 Room H26 (GWI), University of Bayreuth
🎟️ Free & open to all

🔗 Watch the trailer: https://www.khartoummovie.com/

24/04/2026

🎬 In Conversation: Kofi Owusu-Afriyie and Adebanjo Baderin

Ghanaian producer Kofi Owusu-Afriyie sat down with Adebanjo Baderin at the 17th edition of Cinema Africa Bayreuth to talk about the remarkable journey behind The Fisherman, from a spontaneous idea to Ghana's first film selected for Venice.

In the interview, Kofi unpacks the film's genre as a whimsical fantasy comedy, the inspiration behind its iconic talking fish character and its roots in African oral tradition, how the story explores tradition, modernity and gender equality in Ghanaian coastal communities and what it means for African cinema that The Fisherman became the first West African film to premiere at Venice and has since earned over 15 international awards and an NAACP nomination.

Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel. 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm4AKG4oeiQ

Uni Bayreuth

22/04/2026

🎬 Film Screening & Discussion | Khartoum

The BIGSAS Junior Fellow representatives will be hosting a special academic screening of Khartoum, followed by an open discussion.

The film follows five individuals: a civil servant, a tea vendor, a motorbike medic, and two street boys whose lives reflect the fate of a city and a country at war. Their stories offer a powerful exploration of freedom, dignity, and survival amid revolution and conflict in Sudan.

🎥 Started in 2022 by Sudanese filmmakers with a British director/writer, the project evolved as war broke out, continuing in exile in East Africa. The result is a deeply human portrait of resilience, dreams, and loss.

⚠️ Content warning: themes of war and violence

🗓️ 29 April 2026 | 18:00
📍 Room H26 (GWI), University of Bayreuth
🎟️ Free & open to all

🔗 Watch the trailer: https://www.khartoummovie.com/