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Conference Announcement

Theme: The Genre of Reality
Subtitle: Conflicts, Violence, and War in Africa
Type: 9th Asixoxe (Let’s Talk!) Conference on African Philosophy
Institution: Centre of African Philosophy, University of Bayreuth
   Centre of Global Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences
Location: Bayreuth (Germany) – Online
Date: 14.–15.6.2022

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From Albert Kasanda <albertkasa...@yahoo.fr>


The aspiration to peace can be seen as a legitimate desire for every
individual and a fundamental right for every human community. Why,
then, is so much conflict, violence, and war constitutive of the
daily lives of African people? These phenomena are so rooted in the
lives of Africans that they appear to transform peace into a mirage.
Is polemos, then, the ultimate explanation of any human initiative,
at both the individual and collective levels? A wide range of
theoretical paradigms are evoked to account for the presence of armed
conflict and war in Africa, ranging from ethnic antagonism, racism,
class struggle, and religious fundamentalism, down to the conquest of
political power, the control of mineral resources and the sharing of
dividends, or the interference of the West.

The theme of this year's Asixoxe (Let's Talk!) Conference on African
Philosophy was decided prior to 24th February, when Russia invaded
its neighbour country. The war in Ukraine, however, adds new urgency
to theorizations of war and violence in postcolonial and postimperial
contexts.

Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy is organized
jointly by the University of Bayreuth and the Centre of Global
Studies (CGS) of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of
Sciences. The conference will be held in a hybrid form at the
University of Bayreuth and online, on 14th - 15th June 2022.


Programme

Tuesday, 14th June 2022
Venue: H 36 (NW III), University Campus, Bayreuth

09:00-9:30
Online connection and welcome

09:30-09:45
Opening addresses

09:45- 10:45
Keynote lecture
Reading International Rape Law from the African South
Louise Du Toit, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

11:00- 12:30
Panel 1: War, Epistemic Violence, and Resistance

Russia’s Growing Military Presence in North Africa (via zoom)
Tereza Nemečková, Lea Melnikovová, Metropolitan University of Prague,
Czech Republic

A War of Epistemes: Swahili Novels on HIV/AIDS “partigiani” in the
Epistemic Resistance War Cristina Nicolini, SOAS, UK

Radicalism, Political Transition, and the Foundation of Dialogue in
Ethiopia (via zoom) Fasil Merawi, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia


14:00-15:00
Keynote lecture
War, Post-war, and Africa’s Becoming (via zoom)
Pierre-Philippe Fraiture, University of Warwick, UK

15:15-16:45
Panel 2: Violence and War in African Creative Writing

Lye Mudaba Yoka’s Kinshasa, carnets de guerre (2005), a Multilayered
Meditation on War and Resilience Susanne Gehrmann, Humboldt
University , Germany

Understanding Conflict, Violence, and War in Africa through African
Literature. A Philosophical Reflection (via zoom) Mary Stella Okolo,
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

Warrior Mythologies: Fighting for the Future in African Speculative
Fiction Michelle Clarke, University of Bayreuth, Germany

17:00-19:00
Panel 3: Paths to Dialogue, Justice, and Reconciliation

Retrospective on the War in DRC. Grappling with the Loss of Lives
(via zoom) Gail Presbey, University of Detroit Mercy, USA

How to Think of Responsibility for Mass Violence? The Case Study of
Acholi Traditional Justice Mechanisms Benedetta Lanfranchi,
University of Bayreuth, Germany

The Centrality of Restorative Justice towards Achieving Transnational
Justice in Africa John Otieno Ouko, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Migration and Epistemic Violence (via zoom)
Bianca Boteva-Richter, Polylog/Vienna University, Austria

19:15-19:30
Conclusion of the day


Wednesday, 15th June 2022
Venue: S 59 (RW I)- University Campus, Bayreuth

09:00-09:15
Online connection and welcome

09:15-10:15
Keynote lecture
Meditation on the Inhumanity of (Some) Humans (via zoom)
Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa

10:30-12:30
Panel 4: Digitalization, Narratives of War, and the War of Narratives

Peace and Violence in the Digitality
Claudia Favarato, University of Lisboa, Portugal

The War of Narratives. The Frameworks of Argumentation in the Tigray
Conflict (via zoom) Viktor Marsai, National University of Public
Service, Budapest, Hungary

Layers of War in Contemporary Horn of Africa
Alemayehu Kumsa, Škoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

14:00-15:00
Keynote lecture:
Beyond Universalism and Particularism: Thinking about Political
Violence in Africa (via zoom) Yahya Sseremba, Makerere University,
Kampala, Uganda

15:15-16:45
Panel 5: African Theories of Violence

A Comparative Analysis of the Ideologies of Fanon, Thiong’o, and Biko
vs the Student Uprising of 2015 in South Africa. Linda Scott, Vaal
University of Technology, South Africa

La guerre à l’aune de la poésie guerrière et de la chanson en
Kinyarwanda Chantal Gishoma, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Understanding African Political Theories of Violence. A Conceptual
and Comparative Approach Albert Kasanda, Centre of Global Studies,
Institute of Philosophy, CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

17:00-18:00
African Philosophies of War

Tanzania’s Philosophies of War: From 1885 to the Present
Dyonis Kindata, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Failing Fanon: On African Philosophies of War
Alena Rettová, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Mbay Jaxate on the Dualism between Earthly Life and Afterlife
Emiliano Minerba, L’Orientale, Italy, and University of Bayreuth,
Germany

18:15-19:15
Keynote Lecture
Phenomenology of War
Abraham Olivier, Fort Hare University, Fort Hare, South Africa

19:15-19:30
Conclusion


Registration

Online interested participants can register with the organizers to get
the access to the event:
albertkasa...@yahoo.fr






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