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...

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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...

"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.

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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

Fachkonferenz Dezember 2014

AfrikAkzent-Radio Feature about the AfricAvenir-Conference „The Post-2015-Agenda -...

Parthenon Marbles

Kwame Opoku: Wilful Dispersal of Disputed Cultural Objects as Different Strategy: British...