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Campaign: Decolonial Objections against Humboldt Forum

With a poster campaign AfricAvenir and the NGO Network "No Humboldt 21" stand up against the cynical prestigious project and demand of Berlin's museums greater transparence and the respectful treatment of the rightful owners who should decide for themselves what is to...

Berlin

Decolonial Objections against the Humboldt-Forum

The so-called “Humboldt-Forum”, the centerpiece of the reconstructed Berlin Palace, will host the ethnological collections from Africa, Asia and the Americas. But what kind of symbolism is being created when the ethnological collections, which to a considerable extent are the...

Windhoek

"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.

Yaoundé

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...

Boy Saloum - La révolte des Y en a marre

Boy Saloum © Cristof Echard

Berlin

African Reflections - AfricAvenir's Film Series at Hackesche Höfe Kino

Since more than ten years, AfricAvenir on a monthly basis screens contemporary and committed films by African filmmakers at Berlin's Hackesche Höfe Cinema and in summer respectively at Freiluftkino Hasenheide. Beyond the narrow perspectives of Western media, which reduce Africa...

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

Douala

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...

Douala

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...

Windhoek

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...

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26. February 2015

Sign and Support the Ovaherero & Nama Petition for Reparations from Germany

Campagne My Right is Your Right!

24. February 2015

My Right Is Your Right!-campaign starts mobilization

17. February 2015

Umbenennung der Berliner "Mohrenstraße" - Stimmen von Betroffenen

17. February 2015

Kooperation: Afrika-Konferenz: 130 Jahre Berlinisierung eines Kontinents und Einübung ins...

26. January 2015

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

„Corps de Logis Hofburg interior2“ von Gryffindor

26. January 2015

Kwame Opoku: Vienna World Museum is Shrinking

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Samuel Maherero

11.03.2015, 18:30 Windhoek

Screening: "Waterberg to Waterberg - In the Footsteps...

On the occasion of Namibia's 25 years of Independence, AfricAvenir and FNCC are screening the Namibian documentary film Waterberg to Waterberg - in the Footsteps of Samuel Maharero (61 min, 2014,...

Ama Ata Aidoo

11.03.2015, 20:00 Berlin

German Premiere: "The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo" with Yaba...

The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa’s foremost woman writers, a trailblazer for an entire generation of exciting new talent. The film charts Ama Ata Aidoo’s...

13.03.2015, 20:00 Berlin

German Premiere: Boy Saloum - La Revolte Des Y'en A...

They are thirty years old. They have fire in their bellies. They have charisma. In 2011, a few young Senegalese rappers created a social movement called Y'en A Marre (Enough Is Enough). Little did they...

Travis Lupick CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

14.03.2015, 10:00 Berlin

Konferenz: Zwischen Zagen und Zorn - Ziviler Protest...

Ein Vierteljahrhundert nach ihrer nahezu vollständigen Globalisierung sind (neo)liberale Demokratie und Wirtschaft in eine tiefgreifende Krise geraten. Der Widerstand gegen die Zumutungen des...

21.03.2015, 20:00 Berlin

Kooperation: Tony Allen - Ein Konzert im Rahmen von...

Ende der 60er Jahre war er Mitbegründer des Afrobeat an der Seite von Fela Kuti und gehörte zur Stammbesetzung dessen legendärer Band Africa 70. Allens Verbindung von Funk, Jazz, Highlife und...

Samuel Maharero

25.03.2015, 20:00 Berlin

Deutschlandpremiere: "Waterberg to Waterberg – In den...

Namibia 1904. Nach ihrer Niederlage gegen die deutschen Kolonialtruppen und dem Vernichtungsbefehl gegen ihn und sein Volk, wird Samuel Maharero - eben noch einer der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten...

Eembwiti

27.03.2015, 14:30 Windhoek

Inspiring Young Imaginations: “Eembwiti” & "Tuuli"

To celebrate Namibia's 25th Independence we screen this month 2 Namibian short movies for children: Eembwiti and Tuuli. Perivi John Katjavivi, the director of Eembwiti, will be present for a Q & A...

Tuuli

28.03.2015, 10:00 Windhoek

Inspiring New Imaginations: "Eembwiti" & "Tuuli" with...

To celebrate Namibia's 25th Independence we screen this month 2 Namibian short movies for children: Eembwiti and Tuuli. Perivi John Katjavivi, the director of Eembwiti, and Virginia Witts, the director of...

Death for Sale

28.03.2015, 19:00 Windhoek

Namibian Premiere Moroccan Oscar entry “Death for...

Three friends strive to preserve their loyalty to each other in spite of a corrupt society. These young men live in Tétouan, an impoverished Moroccan city. Soufiane, the youngest, spends his days...

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Ricardo Bacallao

02.03.2015, 17:30 Berlin

Political Workshop Documentary by Filmmaker Ricardo Bacallao

Documentary like a defensive tool at the Society. During 10 days students will create a documentary...

12.03.2015, 19:00

Spoken Word zum internationalen Frauen*kampftag reloaded!

Spoken Word zum internationalen Frauen*kampftag reloaded!Mit den Poetinnen Bahati, Moona Moon und...

13.03.2015, Berlin

Brasilianische Filmfestival Cinebrasil

Vom 13.-18. März findet schon zum 10. Mal im Babylon das Brasilianische Filmfestival Cinebrasil...

19.03.2015, 18:00 Berlin

Workshop mit Women in Exile. Zu Gast: Elisabeth Ngari und Damarice Okore

Die beiden Aktivistinnen Elisabeth Ngari und Damarice Okore von „Women in Exile“ analysieren heute...

26.03.2015, 20:00 Berlin

KoNGOland / eine theatrale Fallstudie

Weiß hilft Schwarz. Helfen ist heilsam, denn dann können wir etwas tun. Von uns für Afrika. Aus...

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27. February 2015

Burkina : un ancien tortionnaire nommé chef d'Etat major particulier...

25. February 2015

ISRAEL KAUNATIJKE Wie vermitteln Sie zwischen Deutschen und Herero?

23. February 2015

Amiri Baraka’s ‘S O S’

Amiri Baraka eulogized James Baldwin on Dec. 8, 1987, by saying: “He was all the way live, all the way conscious,...

08. January 2015

Decolonize Hamburg. NOT ABOUT US WITHOUT US!

With a very first municipal concept in Germany, the City of Hamburg undertakes efforts to come to terms with its own...

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