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Entangled Africa (DFG-SPP 2143)

The DFG Priority Programme “Entangled Africa: Inner African relations between the rainforest and the Mediterranean, around 6000 – 500 years ago” (SPP 2143) was established by the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in April 2017 for a period of 6 years.

The aim of the programme is to explore intra-African relations and networks of the last 6,000 years up to the beginning of the colonial period. The focus is on the transfer of objects and knowledge as well as the mobility of people and the mechanisms and motivations behind these processes. In close cooperation with our African partner institutions, we try to critically question national research traditions and European perspectives and to develop new perspectives for joint archaeological research in Africa.

In 2018, 12 projects including a coordination and a data management project were approved for an initial period of 3 years.

In 2021, a positive evaluation was carried out by the DFG and, as a result, the vast majority of projects were extended for a further 3 years until 2025; in addition, a new, 13th project was added.

The researchers of the SPP continuously publish their results in a number of academic publications. Some of the results will be presented to the public in the “Planet Africa” exhibition from 2024.

Follow us for up-to-date news on the DAI-Blogpage of the project.

DAI Standort  Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

Disziplinen  Afrikanische Archäologie

Projektverantwortlicher  PD Dr. Jörg Linstädter, Dr. phil. Johanna Sigl, Florian Lukas

Adresse  Dürenstr. 35-37 Bonn , 53173 Bonn

Email  Joerg.Linstaedter@dainst.de

Team  Simone Wolf, Dr. Ulrike Nowotnick, Steven Matthews, Dietrich Raue, Dr. Kristina Pfeiffer

Laufzeit  2018 - 2025

Projektart  Verbundforschung mit Teilprojekten

Cluster/Forschungsplan  KAAK - Formen sesshafter Lebensweise und Nischenbildung (Siedlungs- und Landschaftsarchäologie), KAAK - Migration (Ursachen und Folgen von Bevölkerungsbewegungen), KAAK - Zugang zu Ressourcen und deren Nutzung (Wirtschaftsarchäologie)

Disziplin  Afrikanische Archäologie

Partner  Cairo Department, Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Geographische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frobenius-Institut für kulturanthropologische Forschung, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, Orient Department, Natural Sciences Unit at the Head Office, Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Afrikanistik und Äthiopistik, Universität zu Köln, Institut für Digital Humanities, Universität zu Köln, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Forschungsstelle Afrika, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie, Berlin Head Office

Förderer  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Schlagworte  Afrikanische Archäologie, Forschungsdatenmanagement, Geoarchäologie, Linguistik, Paläobotanik, Prähistorische und historische Archäologie, Siedlungsarchäologie, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Chronologien

Projekt-ID  5692

Cluster News & Blogbeiträge

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“Planet Africa” Exhibition on Tour – Openings in Ghana, Eswatini, and soon in Munich

15.04.2025 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

The exhibition “Planet Africa” continues its international journey. Following successful openings in Ghana and Eswatini, the exhibition is set to display in Munich, where it will be hosted by the State Archaeological Collection.

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Exhibition Opening in Berlin: "Planet Africa – Archaeological Time Travel"

06.12.2024 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

An Exhibition by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Museum of Prehistory and Early History (MVF) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin at the James-Simon-Galerie.

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"Planet Africa" – First Exhibition Opening at the National Library of Morocco

18.11.2024 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

The DAI, Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, and the Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP) present “Planet Africa” in the National Library of Morocco (BNRM).

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Panorama of a valley near Yeha, Ethiopia © DAI KAAK // J. Linstädter
Shea tree specimen from Burkina Faso © G. Försterling // G. Försterling
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Measuring a profile in the Congo region © H.-P. Wotzka // H.-P. Wotzka