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Rue Princesse - 02. - 04.09.2010 at HKW in Berlin

Rue Princesse is the legendary entertainment strip in the West African metropolis Abidjan. The cultural encounter and appropriation of the Rue Princesse is coming to Berlin after a festival in Abidjan in September. A festival project by Gintersdorfer / Klaßen... |+| read article

freedom roads! Online debate forum opens today

Today the exhibition project freedom roads! colonial street names / postcolonial cultures of remembrance opens its Online Debate Forum. We would be happy to hear voices from Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and elsewhere to the subject of colonial vestiges... |+| read article

Concert: Staff Benda Bilili in Berlin in the framework of HKW ROYAL

On Sunday 15 August 2010 at 20:00 h Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin is presenting an exceptional concert by Staff Benda Bilili. "Handmade futuristic funk" writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Congolese rumba fusions with a Cuban nonchalance.... |+| read article

Influx Controls: I wanna be wanna be - Eine Tanz-Performance von Boyzie Cekwana (Südafrika)

Der Südafrikaner Boyzie Cekwana gehört zu den radikalsten Tanzschaffenden seiner Generation. (L.Weber, Neue Zürcher Zeitung) In Influx Controls: I wanna be wanna be untersucht der Choreograph und Tänzer seine menschliche Identität vor dem Hintergrund... |+| read article

Der kleine Bruder des Ruderers

Vom 24.-28. September 2010 präsentiert das Ballhaus Naunynstr. das Theaterstück "Der kleine Bruder des Ruderers" von Kossi Efoui, in einer Inszenierung von Simone Dede Ayiyi. Die junge deutsch-togoische Regisseurin beschäftigt sich in... |+| read article

Cooperation: Wassermusik 2010 with Geoffrey Oryema, Rasha and Mohamed Mounir

The first two open-air summer festivals at the Haus on the Spree revolved around South Sea flair and Caribbean sounds. This time we are sailing into the very heart of the world‘s great rivers. The stirring water of the Danube, the Amazon and Nile splash... |+| read article

Reading with Grada Kilomba: Strange Possession - The Intrusive Past and the Future

On Sunday, 8 August 2010, 16h AfricAvenir in cooperation with Staatliche Museen Berlin presents a reading by Grada Kilomba "Strange Possession - The Intrusive Past and the Future" (in English) followed by a discussion at Friedrichswerdersche... |+| read article

Newsletter Nr 1: Wanderausstellung freedom roads! koloniale straßennamen / postkoloniale erinnerungskultur

In vielen deutschen Städten erinnern Straßennamen nach wie vor an einst eroberte Gebiete, würdigen koloniale Akteure oder tragen rassistische Bezeichnungen. Wie andere Spuren des Kolonialismus vor Ort werfen die zahlreichen Schilder zentrale Fragen auf: Wie... |+| read article

Concert: Simphiwe Dana - The Queen of Modern African Soul at HKW in Berlin, 11.7.2010

In the framework of the Cup of Cultures" festival and just before the World Cup Final, we are presenting the South African Queen of Afro Soul, Simphiwe Dana at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Already by age 29, she has followed in the footsteps of... |+| read article

New Video: Lebogang Mashile live at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Poetry Performance by Lebogang Mashile (RSA / USA) on Friday 11.06.2010 at Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, in the framework of the "Cup of Cultures" festival. The founder of the famous "Feel a sistah" spoken-word collective gives a... |+| read article

We recommend: Staged Reading: Yesterday, Tomorrow, Friday, Jul 9, 19:30

“Yesterday, Tomorrow” is based on Nuruddin Farah's book, Yesterday, Tomorrow: Voices from the Somali Diaspora. It is a portrayal of the personal stories of people who, due to political instability in postcolonial Somalia, find themselves forced to flee their... |+| read article

Watch the atmosphere at the opening of the Cup of Cultures at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Feel it, it's here! Watch and feel the atmosphere at the opening of the most South African Public Viewing venue in Berlin, at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The video has been produced by Thabo Thindi (|+| read article

PM: Ein umfassendes Erinnerungskonzept an den deutschen Kolonialismus im Afrikanischen Viertel in Wedding verwirklichen

Seit über 20 Jahren fordern Berliner Bürgerinitiativen die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den kolonialen Straßennamen des so genannten "Afrikanischen Viertels" im Wedding. Immer wieder haben sie darauf gedrungen, den kolonialen Kontext... |+| read article

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