Worlds Apart: Film and Migrant Labour in South Africa and Switzerland 1950s/1960s

Basler Afrika Bibliographien Klosterberg 23, Basel, Switzerland

During the Visual History Lab 2022 at the University of Basel we have critically and creatively reworked two iconic films Come Back, Africa by Lionel Rogosin (1959) and Siamo Italiani by Alexander Seiler (1964).
We invite you to a viewing and discussion of our work.

Film Screening: Under the Hanging Tree

Basler Afrika Bibliographien Klosterberg 23, Basel, Switzerland

Perivi Katjavivi’s new film “Under the Hanging Tree” tells the story of how the colonial genocide in Namibia continues to profoundly shape people’s lives.

Filmscreening and Q&A of “Scarlet Ribbon”

Basler Afrika Bibliographien Klosterberg 23, Basel, Switzerland

The filmscreening with Naomi Beukes-Meyer is part of the Namibian and Southern African Studies Research Colloquium by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, the Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, and the University of Namibia.

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