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Livestream: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to BIGSAS Alumnus Dr Hanza Diman

It is with great pleasure that we would like to draw your attention to the following livestream, which will enable you to follow this year's award of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, among others, to BIGSAS Alumnus Dr Hanza Diman.

The ceremony will be streamed live on Friday, September 30, 2022, from 11 am HERE (https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2022/09/220930-Verdienstorden-TdDE.html?nn=2236336).

We are very happy for this wonderful award to our former BIGSAS scholarship holder, who completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Bayreuth under the supervision of Prof. Dr Achim von Oppen and Prof. Dr Joel Glasman. Dr Diman is also a member of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence funded by the German Research Foundation. He receives this award for his tireless work in communicating knowledge about the African continent in Germany.