Established in January 2019 through the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and State Governments, and building on a long and stellar record in African Studies at the University of Bayreuth, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence pursues an ambitious and innovative agenda, expressed in the subtitle “Reconfiguring African Studies
Initially comprising the twenty-five Principal investigators but steadily growing in membership, it now hosts more than one hundred scholars from three continents, representing a diverse range of academic disciplines and pursuing joint research projects together with academic partner institutions in Africa, Germany, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
