Fellows 2024/25
Dr. Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong
stay: 01.02.2025 – 31.07.2025
Dr. Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong is the Project Manager of “Künstlerische Biographien: Transkuturell,” an international project on biography and documentary film funded by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, based at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre (hmt) in Rostock. She worked ...more
Ann-Marie Ellmann
stay: 01.05.2025 – 31.07.2025
Ann-Marie Ellmann is a multidisciplinary professional with expertise spanning architecture, sustainable design, film production, and creative expression. With a Master's in Philosophy of Research from the University of Cape Town (UCT), and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies (UCT), Ann-Marie brings a deep understanding of both theory and practice across various fields. ...more
Dr. AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm
stay: 01.10.2024 – 31.03.2025
Dr. AbdulGafar Olawale Fahm is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religions and Deputy Director (Academics) at the Centre for Open and Distance Learning, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He also serves as the Examination Officer in the Department of Religions and has held various leadership roles, including Pioneer Programme Coordinator at the Centre for Cultural Studies and Creative Arts. ...more
Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué
stay: 13.01.2025 – 12.06.2025
Mougoué has a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in history and specializes in women’s and gender history in mid-20th century West Africa. Her book, Gender, Separatist Politics and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon, received the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, the 2021 Aidoo-Snyder Prize, and the 2023 Honorable Mention (1st runner-up) of the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing. ...more
Jennifer Neal
stay: 06.01.2025 – 05.05.2025
Jennifer Neal is an author, and freelance producer and translator based in Berlin. Her debut novel, Notes on Her Color, was published by Catapult (New York) and Penguin Random House Australia (Sydney) in May 2023. Her nonfiction debut, My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant’s Search for Home Across Four Continents, was published in October 2024 by Catapult. Her books has been; ...more
Prof. Dr. Anthony Okeregbe
stay: 01.11.2024 – 20.12.2024
Anthony Okeregbe, Ph.D, is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos (UNILAG), and also Principal Investigator, Lagos African Cluster Centre of Excellence (ACC) of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Born in Lagos where he lives with his family, Tony had his early education in Lagos and Ibadan. ...more
Dr. Isabella Villanova
stay: 01.10.2024 – 31.03.2025
Isabella Villanova (PhD) is an Academy Fellow at the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth. Prior to this, she was a Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Vienna, Department of African Studies. ...more