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Douala / Berlin

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...

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...

Prince Kum'a Ndumbe III

Douala

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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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28.02.2015, 11:00

9. Gedenkmarsch zur Erinnerung an die afrikanischen...

Aufruf zum 9. Gedenkmarsch zur Erinnerung an die afrikanischen Opfer vonVersklavung, Menschenhandel, Kolonialismus und rassistischer Gewalt. Das Komitee für ein afrikanisches Denkmal in Berlin (KADIB)...

28.02.2015, 15:00 Berlin

Kooperation: Afrika-Konferenz - Künstlerische...

Parallel und im Anschluss zu dem Diskussionsteil wird das ganze Haus durch Künstler bespielt. Christian Etongo aus Kamerun und Bernard Akoi-Jackson entwickeln Performances mit dem Blickwinkel von...

28.02.2015, 15:00 Berlin

Kooperation: Afrika-Konferenz - Filme

„Kolonialismus ist Gewalt im Naturzustand“, schreibt der in den 1920ern im französischen Überseedepartement Martinique aufgewachsene Schriftsteller und Psychiater Frantz Fanon in seinem 1961 erschienenen...

28.02.2015, 16:00 Berlin

Kooperation: Afrika-Konferenz: Vorträge &...

Was bedeutet eine Dekolonisierung der geteilten deutsch-afrikanischen Geschichte? Welche neuen Einsichten auf deutsche Geschichte und Gegenwart eröffnet eine kolonialkritische Perspektive? Die ...

Finding Fela

28.02.2015, 19:00 Windhoek

Namibian Premiere of "Finding Fela"

Acclaimed documentary filmaker Alex Gibney’s latest incisive and illuminating feature film "Finding Fela" is a sweeping portrait of the artist as guerilla warrior. Set to the insistent groove of...

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...

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26.02.2015, Berlin

WIR SIND ALLE BERLINER: 1884-2014. In Commemoration of the Berlin Conference, part II

The discursive programme WIR SIND ALLE BERLINER: 1884-2014 commemorates 130 years of the Berlin...

27.02.2015, 19:00 Berlin

Lesung/Gespräch: Afrodescendencia e imaginarios radicales en Marassá y la nada

La antillanidad y perspectiva feminista de Marassá y la nada (2013), primera novela de la autora...

27.02.2015, 19:00 Berlin

Storytelling/Poetry/Performance: Arriving in the Future

„In Deutschland Schwarz oder ein schwarzer Deutscher zu sein ist eine großartige Banalität, die...

28.02.2015,

From STAGE to SCREEN: Interface between African Theatre and Film

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), in partnership...

28.02.2015, 14:00

Demonstration: For a better life together. Solidarity with refugees.

Am 28. Februar (Samstag) findet in Dresden eine Demonstration #nopegida #refugeeswelcome statt....

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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...

toussaint louverture

07. January 2015

AfricAvenir Windhoek setting the scene for the cinema season 2015

AfricAvenir Windhoek is busy setting up the screening schedule for 2015, bringing once again high quality cinema from...

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