Free University of Berlin | Ecology of the past

During the Mapping Ancient Africa writing workshop in Kenya (3-6 June 2024) Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr conducted a series of short interviews with the scientists attending. In this, final, instalment of the interviews the thoughts of the instructors on the course are presented. Watch all the Mapping Ancient Africa videos on the Mapping Ancient Africa YouTube Playlist.

The instructors

Bruk Lemma (Free University of Berlin, Germany)

Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museums of Kenya, Kenya & Max Plank Institute for Geoanthropology, Germany)

In person attendees (left to right): William Gosling (University of Amsterdam), Busisiwe Hlophe (University of Witwatersrand), Michela Leonardi (University of Cambridge), Soléne Boisard (University of Montréal), Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museums of Kenya), Trevor Hill (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Mathias Vinnepand (Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz), Tom Johnson (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Manu Chevalier (University of Bonn), Brian Chase (CNRS: Montpellier), Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr (Free University of Berlin), Markus Fischer (University of Potsdam), Bahru Zinaye Asegahegn (University of Cologne), Alfred Houngnon (AGIR), and Jemma Finch (University of KwaZulu-Natal); present but not in photo Angela Effion (University of Witswatersrand).

A further nine participants were anticipated to attend the workshop but, due to a combination of the non-issue of visas, logistical difficulties and ill health, they were not able to attend at the last moment. These were: Aliyu Adamu Isa (Ahmadu Bello University), George Biddulph (University of St Andrews), Olugbenga Boboye (University of Ibadan), Husna Mashaka (University of Nairobi), Emma Mbua (National Museums of Kenya), Aissatou Thiam Ndong (University of Cheikh Diop, Dakar), Adisa Ogunfolakan (Leventis Museum of Natural History), Alice Paine (University of Oxford), and Lynne Quick (Nelson Mandela University). Some people were able to attend partly online. Some have now made it to Rome and we hope to catch up at the INQUA Rome congress (Session 64) if not before. We hope that all will continue to be involved with the Mapping Ancient Africa project.

To find out more about the workshop click here.
To find out more about the project click here.
To see more workshop photos click here.

Ecology of the past

Mapping Ancient Africa: Scientists

The instructors

Bruk Lemma (Free University of Berlin, Germany)

Rahab Kinyanjui (National Museums of Kenya, Kenya & Max Plank Institute for Geoanthropology, Germany)

Mapping Ancient Africa: Rome workshop – the team