The International Silk Roads Symposium: Local and Transregional Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative took place on 22 February 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was co-organised by the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA Nairobi), Zentrum für Moderne
At the invitation of Gropius Bau and SAVVY Contemporary under the auspices of Berliner Festspiele, various artists, authors, musicians, filmmakers and thinkers participated in the international exhibition Indigo Waves and Other Stories: Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea
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Berlin has witnessed myriads of events that shaped global politics. One such event was the 1884-1885 Berlin Congo Conference which subdivided Africa amongst colonialists (i). China often strategically invokes Western colonialism within its juxtapositional diplomatic memory
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As part of my visit to Berlin (this past September 2023) to do some work on the De:Link // Re:Link Project involving the Belt and Road Initiative, I had the opportunity (among many other activities such as
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Unknown to many, Duisburg Port in Germany is the largest inland port in the world and the most significant inland port in central Europe. It consists of 22 port basins and its waters cover an area
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On 11 December 2023, we held a workshop entitled The New Silk Roads: Transregional Perspectives at the Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The event was specifically designed for teachers from schools across
We were privileged to host four international fellows this past Summer Semester. During their stint in Berlin, we held a Silk Roads Roundtable session where we discussed various research approaches to study the Belt and Road
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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the biggest projects in transportation, freight, road, rail, air, and maritime linkage in the history of the world, but it concerns itself inadequately with road
China is purchasing stakes in strategic ports across the European Union (EU) with varying dynamics observable in each deal, including its latest purchase at Germany’s Hamburg Harbor. China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO – one of the
Two Confucius Institutes exist in Tanzania. Their construction was financed by China and they are hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Dodoma. The Tanzanian Director of the Confucius Institute at
