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Vernissage à Douala: Les héros de la résistance contre l’esclavage
On a vu du beau monde remplir la salle d’exposition de la Fondation AfricAvenir International jeudi 27 décembre dernier. En effet, juste avant la fin de l’année 2012, le siège de la Fondation qui se situe à Bonabéri-Douala (Cameroun) mettait en grande affiche, sous le haut patronage du Ministère des Arts et de la Culture du Cameroun, une…
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AfricAvenir Vorschau auf 2013
Mit einem theatralen Disput um die Frage: "Was lässt sich lernen aus den Programmen und Visionen des afrikanischen Revolutionärs Thomas Sankara?" startet das AfricAvenir Jahr bereits am 4. Januar 2013 mit einer Kooperation mit dem Theaterdiscounter und den beiden Theatermachern Luzius Heydrich und Hypolitte Kanga. Das Stück: |+| Von einem der auszog, die Revolution zu lernen ist außerdem am 5., 11., 12. und 13. Januar…
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“Destiny” – A film to be remembered today. Chahine and Averroes as relevant as ever. By Hans-Christian Mahnke, Windhoek, Namibia
I visited Cordoba, Spain this year for the first time, attending the 9th African Film Festival Cordoba as a panellist and international guest. Here I came across the statue of an Arabic scholar born 1126 in Cordoba, and died in 1198 in Marrakesh. Abū l-Walīd Muammad bin ʾAhmad bin Rušd (Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد بن…
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Interview with El Mostafa Jamea: „Consequences for Society and Environment in North Africa“
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with the energy expert Dr. El Mostafa Jamea on the topic "Desertec – Consequences for Society and Environment in North Africa". In the subsequent interview Jamea elaborated on the risks of this large project as well as the alternatives local communities develop. n Mit dem…
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Interview with Nnimmo Bassey: ‘Green Economy on the move – how can Africa profit from the energy turn?’
Within the framework of the project ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ AfricAvenir hosted a dialogue forum with Nigerian environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey on the topic ‘Green Economy on the move – how can Africa profit from the energy turn?’ In his interview Bassey talks about alternative African solutions to the conventional distribution of power in the energy…
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Speech by Tidiane Kassé: ‚Energetic Turn by 2050 – What has been done so far?‘
To conclude the international conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability – how socially equitable are ‘green’ technologies really?’ (19.-20.10.2012) Tidiane Kassé, chief editor of the French edition of Pambazuka, held the concluding speech in which he formulated his estimations on how the energetic turn can be globally and equitably accomplished by 2050. n Mit dem Laden des Videos…
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Interview with Tidiane Kassé: ‘The African Development Bank´s Strategies for Renewable Energies & Reactions from Civil Society in Senegal’
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Tidiane Kassé, journalist and chief editor of the French edition of Pambazuka, deliberates on ‘The African Development Bank´s Strategies for Renewable Energies & Reactions from Civil Society in Senegal’. He criticises the energy politics of the African Development Bank and reports on the claim for a coalition…
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Interview with Many Camara: ‚ramifications and risks of uranium extraction for affected population groups and the resistance against the extraction of uranium in the Malian municipality of Faléa‘
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Many Camara addresses the ramifications and risks of uranium extraction for affected population groups and the resistance against the extraction of uranium in the Malian municipality of Faléa. n Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von YouTube.Mehr erfahren Video laden YouTube immer entsperren nThe project…
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Interview with Nozipho Mabebe Wright: ‚Potential for renewable energies and decentralised power supply in southern Africa‘
Speaking at the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability’ (19.-20.10.2012), Nozipho Mabebe Wright from Energia Africa, elaborates on the potential for renewable energies and decentralised power supply in southern Africa to empower women and to address the differing needs of women and men concerning renewable energies.n Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerklärung von YouTube.Mehr…
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Speech by Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu: ‚Renewable Energies – Chances and risks from the African perspective‘
As a prelude to the conference ’Paradoxes of Sustainability – how socially equitable are ‘green’ technologies really?’ (19.-20.10.2012) Prof. Judi W. Wakhungu, director of the African Centre for Technology Studies, held the opening speech on the current proliferation of renewable energies in Africa as well as the opportunities and risks these technologies provide for the…