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Vordenker der Dekolonisierung: Der Kameruner Politologe Achille Mbembe vertritt in „Sortir de la grande nuit“ einen radikalen Afropolitanismus
Der folgende Artikel von Moses März wurde zuerst im Kulturteil des Freitag veröffentlicht. Er wurde maßgeblich inspiriert durch die AfricAvenir Publikation "50 Jahre afrikanischen Un-Abhängigkeiten – Eine (selbst)kritische Bilanz".nAfrikanische Intellektuelle denken über afrikanische Themen nach. So einfach ist das. Nur, was ist ein afrikanisches Thema? Der in Kamerun geborene Politologe und Historiker Achille Mbembe, aktuell…
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Rules, Lessons and Questions. An Essay by Temitayo Olofinlua
AfricAvenir herewith publishes the essay "Rules, Lessons and Questions" by Temitayo Olofinlua, for which she won the Heinrich Böll Foundation ‚Unity in Diversity‘ Essay Competition.nTemitayo Olofinlua holds a BA in Literature-in-English from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and is rounding off her Masters programme at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She started writing as a…
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Windhoek: Screening of „Voyage à Ouaga“ in Attendance of Director Camille Mouyeke on Sat 21 May 2011, 19h at Goethe-Centre
On Saturday, 21. May, 2011, 19h AfricAvenir in cooperation with Allison Productions, OptiMedia, the Congolese Embassy in Namibia, and the Goethe-Centre/NADS is proud to present “Voyage a Ouaga” in attendance of director Camille Mouyeke (Congo), 2001nVoyage à OuagaDirector: Camille Mouyeke, Producer: Elena Zoubkou, Sekou Traore Congo-Brazzaville 2001, 90 min., Original with English subtitlesWhen: Saturday, 21.…
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„African Perspectives“ Windhoek: Baara– The Porter by Souleymane Cissé, 28 May 2011, 19h
In the framework of the monthly filmseries “African Perspectives”, AfricAvenir Windhoek presents the movie “Baara– The Porter” on Saturday, 28 May 2011, 19h00 at Studio 77, Old Breweries Complex, entrance via Garten Str., Entrance: 20,- N$. In cooperation with Studio 77, Bank Windhoek Arts Festival, WhatsOnWindhoek, and the FNCC. “Baara– The Porter”By Souleymane Cissé 1978,…
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Uganda is ready for change by Sokari Ekine on Pambazuka
As Ugandan citizens take to the streets in protest against rising food and energy prices, Museveni’s government has once again wheeled out its Anti-Homosexual Bill in an attempt to divert attention from the real source of the problems the people face. Uprisings continue across the continent, with Uganda being the latest country where citizens have…
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Whose dictator is Gaddafi? By Yash Tandon on Pambazuka
Yash Tandon explains the contradictions of ‘imperial finance capital’ in controlling neo-colonial states like Libya. While Gaddafi was being ‘accommodated’ by imperial powers, the ‘Arab Spring’ forced their hand, he says. To put the West’s case bluntly and simply, it has apparently intervened in Libya to ‘protect the people’ from the ‘dictator’ Gaddafi. This begs…
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An African reflection on Tahrir Square by Mahmood Mamdani
While European interpretations of the events of Egypt’s Tahrir Square see the uprising’s roots through a lens of ‘coloured’ revolutions following the decline of the Soviet Union, Mahmood Mamdani instead stresses the resemblance to South Africa’s Soweto in 1976, a struggle ‘identified with the onset of community-based organisation’. First published by Pambazuka. The discussion on…
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Open letter to the MYNSSC, MICT, NBC, One Africa: Filmmaking as a interpretation of historical events : The return of the Namibian skulls to Namibia in 2011
History is always an exercise in looking back through glasses clouded with the dirt of our present moment. Despite differences, both historians and filmmakers approach the materials of the past with one major similarity. Both possess attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs – entire value systems – that colour everything they express and underlie the interpretations by…
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Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III.: L’Afrique bouge et tire la sonnette d’alarme – De la nécessité d’une solidarité entre les peuples
En ce mois de mars 2011, l’Afrique bouge, les fondements anciens sont renversés, en Tunisie, en Egypte, au Soudan, en Libye, en Côte d’Ivoire, et les grondements au sud du Sahara s’annoncent en onde de choc. Personne ne peut plus faire comme si rien ne se passait, comme si rien n’était remis en question. Le…
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Democratic uprisings brutally suppressed in many African countries – Interview with Firoze Manji (Pambazuka)
Northern Africa is not the only part of Africa where uprisings are taking place. In countries like Swaziland, Gabon, Cameroon, Djibouti, and Burkina Faso we’ve seen massive student uprisings and worker demonstrations brutally suppressed in most cases. Editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News Firoze Manji talks to the Real News Network about what’s happening in Southern Africa.…
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