Exhibition: "Slave Routes - African Resistance Protagonists"

In the framework of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of UNESCO's "Slave Routes" Project (1994-2014), UNESCO and AfricAvenir invite you to the exhibition about the "Maafa" (Transatlantic Slave Trade) and Slavery "Slave Routes - African Protagonists...

"Inspiring Young Imaginations" Youth Film Series

AfricAvenir and the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) have started a monthly African Film Series for Children and Youth, hoping to inspire young imaginations. The films will be inspiring, entertaining and educative at the same time.

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Namibian Movie Collection

Initiated by Joel Haikali of Joe-Vision Production, the NMC consists of films made by Namibian filmmakers and foreign films with relevance to the Namibian film landscape. For the purpose of promotion, filmmakers agreed to grant non-commercial rights of their films to be part of...

New Edition: "50 Jahre Afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten" (German only)

African intellectuals and activists, poets, performers and writers critically take stock of 50 years of African In-Dependences. The result is a diverse and thought-provoking volume which makes the current debates about independence and decolonization accessible for a...

AfricAvenir's Cheikh Anta Diop Library

Named after the famous panafricanist scholar, AfricAvenir's "Cheikh Anta Diop Library" was opened in 1993 and hosts approximately 5000 volumes, written mainly by Cameroonian or African authors. The library is situated in the direct neighbourhood of more than 50 public and...

Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III

Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III Awarded by the « A.D. King Foundation »

On the 15 November 2014 Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III was awarded in Atlanta (USA) by the « A.D. King Foundation », the foundation of Reverend A.D. Williams King, brother of the illustrous Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Kum'a Ndumbe III.: Gesammelte deutschsprachige Werke

Prince Kum’ a Ndumbe III's anthology of German works, is unsettling, moving and challenging, featuring short stories, letters, theater plays as well as academic texts and essays. The Cameroonian Prince emphasises the common destiny of humanity in a world that has become very...

Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III commemorating his grand-father Lock Priso

Commemorating 130 Years of Anti-Colonial Resistance in Cameroon

Anti-colonial resistance in Cameroon has not started with Rudolf Duala Manga Bell in 1914, as is often written, but with Kum'a Mbape (Lock Priso) in August 1884. Through a series of articles in the late Pius Njawe's Le Messager, AfricAvenir is commemorating 130 years of...

Offener Brief des Zentralrats der afrik. Gemeinde in Deutschland zur Berliner...

„Corps de Logis Hofburg interior2“ von Gryffindor

Kwame Opoku: Vienna World Museum is Shrinking

Dr. Chika Ezeanya

Chika Ezeanya’s lecture on “Post-2015: Creating a Pathway for Africa’s Advancement?...

Dr. Ibrahima Hathie

Dr Ibrahima Hathie: “Is the current consensus on the post-2015 agenda favourable to...

Projektpraktikum: Deutsche Kolonialgeschichte sichtbar machen

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AfricAvenir Windhoek setting the scene for the cinema season 2015