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Mukoma wa Ngugi, © www.africanwriter.com

20.09.2014, 21:00

Kooperation: "Nairobi Heat" Lesung mit...

Ein Professor aus Kenia wird des Mordes an einer Amerikanerin verdächtigt. Es stellt sich heraus, dass er einer der Helden im Kampf gegen den Völkermord in Ruanda war. Der...

Concerning Violence

17.09.2014, 20:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Premiere of "Concerning...

"Concerning Violence – Nine Scenes from the Anti-Imperialistic Self-Defence" setzt sich mit den afrikanischen Befreiungsbewegungen der 60er, 70er und 80er Jahre...

Abasse Ndione

12.09.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Kooperation: "Die Piroge" Lesung mit...

Der Abschied von Familie und Freunden, Ängste und Wünsche vor Antritt der gefährlichen Reise, die große Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben und die brutale Wirklichkeit der Flucht:...

Skooneid (Beauty)

31.08.2014, 20:15 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of...

François is a conservative and nationalistic macho from the ‘white’ middle-class. He’s completely numb—to everything. When young Christian enters his life, François’ suppressed...

Africa Shafted

31.08.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Africa...

A number of short stories from the elevator in Johannesburg’s largest apartment building, Ponte City, which houses 4,400 occupants from all over Africa on 54 floors. Filmed over...

Craddock Four

31.08.2014, 17:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "A Long...

The Oscar-nominated directors depict four cases from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission implemented between 1996 and 1998 as a part of the government’s conciliatory policies....

Nozinja

30.08.2014, 22:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Concert by "Nozinja...

Shangaan Electro, the electronic dance sensation that grew around extravagant producer and entertainer Nozinja has long enjoyed something of a cult status—and not only in...

Mandela the myth and me

30.08.2014, 20:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Nelson...

Khalo Matabane questions his childhood hero, Nelson Mandela, pictures of whom were officially forbidden at the time. Although raised to idealize Mandela without reservation, the...

Layla Fourie

30.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Layla Fourie"

Layla, a single mother, gets a job in a lie-detector company and hopes all will be better for herself and her son. When she hits a man with her car and flees the scene, she soon...

Behind the Rainbow

29.08.2014, 21:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Behind the...

Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are the most prominent figures in the ANC. In exile they were brothers in arms, and during Mandela’s presidency they worked together to build an...

Minors Shot Down

29.08.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Miners Shot...

August 2012: Escalating police violence during the seventh day of a miners’ strike leads to the “Massacre of Marikana.” Thirty-four workers died and many more were injured. Rehad...

Antjie Krog

29.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Poetry Reading by Antjie...

In her Poetry Reading with the title "Belonging to the Voices Who Live in It", the poet, writer and journalist Antjie Krog focuses on her home country South Africa:...

Otelo Burning

29.08.2014, 10:00 Berlin

Cooperation: School Screening of "Otelo...

Screening and discussion for school classes with Stefanie Schlüter and Thabo Thindi. Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is...

Pumla Gqola

29.08.2014, 10:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Symposium "South Africa:...

On Friday, 29 August 2014 from 10h00 a.m., a Symposium featuring prominent intellectuals and analysts from South Africa and Germany will debate different aspects of the following...

Otelo Burning

28.08.2014, 22:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Otelo...

Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is the greatest—it represents freedom and a possible means of escaping everyday poverty...

Hugh Masekela, © Brett Rubin

28.08.2014, 20:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Concert by South African...

Hugh Masekela is considered one of the most important jazz musicians in South Africa. His greatest successes include “Grazing in the Grass” (1968) and the song “Bring Him Back...

Njabulo S Ndebele

28.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation:" Goodbye Sandton, Hello...

The "20 Years of Democracy" Festival will be opened bya keynote by Njabulo S Ndebele, with simultaneous translation into German, followed by a talk with Barbara...

25.08.2014, Berlin

Cooperation: "Exile Faces" by Thabo Thindi

Apartheid forced a number of South Africans into exile, and some sought refuge in the former divided Germany especially in the East. Many returned home after the collapse of...

21.08.2014, Berlin

Cooperation: Arsenal Summer School

Since 2009 the Arsenal has been running a Summer School, open to anyone interested in coming together for three intensive days to examine a topic at the interface of the theory...

O Grande Kilapy

16.08.2014, 22:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "O Grande...

In the Bantu language Kimbundu, kilapy means scam or fraud. Based on a true story this political thriller full of black humor tells the story of a great real-life conman, bon...

Bonga

09.08.2014, 20:30 Berlin

Cooperation: Wassermusik Concert by...

Since he returned from exile, his songs have critically and beautifully accompanied Angola’s recent history, which has been marked by a war of independence, new beginning and...

Mayra Andrade

25.07.2014, 20:30 Berlin

Cooperation: Wassermusik Concert by...

Against the background of Santiago, the characteristically African island of her birth, the singer interweaves reggae, son, chanson, bossa nova and flamenco with the rhythms,...

01.07.2014, 16:15 Berlin

Vortrag und Lesung von Patrice Nganang

Das Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften der HU-Berlin und AfricAvenir laden ein zu einem Vortrag mit anschließender Lesung (beides auf deutsch) des renommierten...

Ciraj Rassool

27.06.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Ciraj Rassool: "Zum Umgang mit...

Im April 2012 fand in Wien die Übergabe der sterblichen Überreste von Klaas und Trooi Pienaar statt. Sie wurden nach Kuruman, Südafrika repatriiert, wo man sie im selben Jahr...

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