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African Politics and Development Policy | Professorship of Political Science | Faculty of Humanties and Social Sciences | Institute of African Studies | University of Bayreuth (Germany)

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Poster for the Model African Union Conference at the University of Bayreuth. Theme: “Pathways to Women’s and Youth Empowerment: Building Inclusive Institutions & Shifting Norms for Sustainable Development.” Dates: 9–12 April 2026. Warm brown, red, and yellow brush-stroke design with an African Union-style emblem on the left and a woman’s profile in a headwrap on the right. Bottom section shows illustrated raised fists of different skin colors and a woman; logos for the University of Bayreuth, the Institute of African Studies, and Africa Multiple, plus a QR code.

Poster for the Model African Union Conference at the University of Bayreuth. Theme: “Pathways to Women’s and Youth Empowerment: Building Inclusive Institutions & Shifting Norms for Sustainable Development.” Dates: 9–12 April 2026. Warm brown, red, and yellow brush-stroke design with an African Union-style emblem on the left and a woman’s profile in a headwrap on the right. Bottom section shows illustrated raised fists of different skin colors and a woman; logos for the University of Bayreuth, the Institute of African Studies, and Africa Multiple, plus a QR code.

Join the MAU Bayreuth Conference 2026 on “Pathways to Women’s and Youth Empowerment: Building Inclusive Institutions and Shifting Norms for Sustainable Development.” Be part of an #AfricanUnion simulation and engage in international debates and policy-making.
Apply now: www.modelafricanunion.de

18.02.2026 15:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 Tomorrow: New Year Lecture 2026
The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence opens its 2026 programme tomorrow with the New Year Lecture, marking the start of the Cluster’s second funding phase.

21.01.2026 15:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Visual GIGA Focus: Ten Things to Watch in Africa in 2026

Visual GIGA Focus: Ten Things to Watch in Africa in 2026

#Africa enters 2026 at a crossroads: Gen Z protests, debt crises, Chinese and Russian expansion – Yet African states will leverage critical partnerships to assert agency. In our latest #GIGAFocus, Tevin Tafese and @cvonsoest.bsky.social present 10 things to watch: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

09.01.2026 09:59 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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The Lion King: Moroccan Football and Sports Diplomacy as a Means of Power Legitimation Studies into soft power and public diplomacy have become a standard repertoire in contemporary social sciences and international relations in particular. This chapter positions itself within this trad...

*Moroccan Football and Sports Diplomacy as a Means of Power Legitimation*
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97705-3_12

New book chapter by Andreas Wüst on football as an instrument of power legitimation in Morocco, examining sports diplomacy and international positioning. #AfricanPolitics #SportsPolitics

19.12.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Book: Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders by Aili Mari Tripp Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (Oxford University Press, 2025) by Aili Mari Tripp contrasts authoritarian countries with democracies in Africa to explain how and why autocracies prom...

Congratulations to @ailitripp.bsky.social for her new book, Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (OUP, 2025). Learn more about this important scholarship in our latest blog post: www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...

09.12.2025 09:49 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The exhibition "Die Bayreuther Afrikastudien im Spiegel von Politik und Medien" was opened today. Curated by Dr. Ibrahima Sene it reflects on the beginnings of African Studies at the @unibayreuth.bsky.social exploring why Bayreuth of all places became a centre for African Studies.

25.11.2025 19:29 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Judicial Diplomacy in African REC Courts. Available in the NOMOS 'Politics and Societies in Africa' series: doi.org/10.5771/9783748955535

Judicial Diplomacy in African REC Courts. Available in the NOMOS 'Politics and Societies in Africa' series: doi.org/10.5771/9783748955535

*Judicial Diplomacy in Africa*
doi.org/10.5771/9783748955535

Great new book by Diana Kisakye, out now, fully open access, thanks to @africamultiple.bsky.social !

Diana analyses how the East African Court of Justice interacts with off-bench actors to promote their mission. #JudicialDiplomacy

26.11.2025 10:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0