AEGIS is a vibrant Europe-wide African Studies association, connecting Europe-based member institutions focusing on research and education on and in Africa and African Studies.
Guest-edited by Detlef Müller-Mahn, Eric Kioko and Theo Aalders (University of Bonn), this special issue of Third World Quarterly explores “ghost projects,” or unfinished infrastructure developments whose lingering, half-present state continues to shape future development visions and practices.
"Future rural Africa“ is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center funded by the German Research Council (DFG) involving geographers, anthropologists, political scientists, agroeconomists, soil scientists and ecologists from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne as well as external partners to address large-scale land use change and related social-ecological transformations along growth corridors in Eastern and Southern Africa. Subproject B03 “Violent Futures” is currently accepting applications for a PhD scholarship position.
Trust and Trust-Making in Africa’s Global Connections is the latest publication in the AEGIS-Brill Series. It is a thought-provoking book contributing to both African Studies and the study of trust in society. The volume provides rich ethnographic insights into the ways trust and trust-making shape Africans’ global encounters.