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Africa | Afrika

africanslumjournal.com – giving the slums a voice
Video journal, mostly from Nairobi (Kenya) – at times from other parts of East Africa. A great source of non-mainstream coverage of the everyday lives of a certain urban population. Often hopeful, sometimes less – but always real.

Africa is a Country
A reaction to old and tired images of ‘Africa’. Deliberately challenges and destabilizes received wisdom about the African continent and its people in Western media.

Africa_The next Chapter
A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Africa

AfriGadet
Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity

Africome_Dossier
Ein übergreifendes Afrika-Dossier der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB) zu Themen wie Geschichte, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Panafrika, Brennpunkte, Afrika und Europa oder Kultur. Dazu umfassende Linklisten.

Research | Forschung

CODESRIA – Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Many very useful and free publications are available here.

EASA Media Anthropology Network

FoMe (Forum Medien und Entwicklung/Forum Media and Development)

iHub research
A research arm to facilitate local ICT research capacity building and to conduct local qualitative and quantitative research in Africa. Working from within the nerve center of Kenya’s technology community in Nairobi. Sharing stories about the vibrant East African technology community.

Mobile Life Centre

Nordicom
A Nordic knowledge centre in the field of media and communication.

Methodspace

Social Science Space

The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) – Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

The Qualitative Report (TQR)

Routledge Innovative Ethnographies Series