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PM: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz verweigert Dialog zum Humboldt-Forum und zur Rückgabe von menschlichen Gebeinen aus Afrika
Pressemitteilung des Kampagnenbündnisses „No Humboldt 21!“ (AfricAvenir International, AFROTAK TV cyberNomads, Artefakte / Anti-Humboldt, Berlin Postkolonial, glokal, Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland, Zentralrat der Afrikanischen Gemeinde in Deutschland) 8. Dezember 2014 Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz verweigert Dialog zum Humboldt-Forum und zur Rückgabe von menschlichen Gebeinen aus Afrika Berlin. Der Präsident der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) Herrmann…
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Videointerview with Liepollo Lebohang Pheko: “Colonialism, Development Cooperation and the MDGs in Africa“
In this short interview, Liepollo Lebohang Pheko outlines the background of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)’ formation at the beginning of the 2000s and puts them in their colonial and neoliberal political context. She offers a trenchant critique of the MDGs from a feminist and anti-colonial perspective and shows how the post-2015 development agenda reproduces…
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Documentation of the dialogue forum „Is the current consensus on the post-2015 agenda favourable to Africa?“ with Dr. Ibrahima Hathie – presentation and additional information
Dr. Ibrahima Hathie, renowned development economist and member of the Steering Committee of Southern Voice, a network of thinks tanks from the Global South, discusses in this presentation the emergence of the Common African Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and shows its chances and weaknesses. Here you will find the full version of the…
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Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III honored by Martin Luther King’s Family through the “A.D. King Foundation”
AfricAvenir International Foundation and its international sections have the great pleasure to announce that its Founder and President, the Prince Bele Bele Kum’a Ndumbe III, retired University Professor and throne successor to the legendary King of the Bele Bele in Cameroon Lock Priso Kum’a Mbape, was awarded for “Leadership in Social Empowerment” on Saturday 15…
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AfricAvenir Windhoek Announces New Season for „Inspiring Young Imaginations“ – African Films for Children and Youth Screenings from February 2015
In 2015 AfricAvenir and FNCC will continue screening African films for children within the “Inspiring Young Imaginations” series. The first movie of the year will be "Zambezia", which will be screened on 07 February. Thereafter we will present an African movie for children on every first Saturday of the month. nThe films will start at…
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Le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III honoré par la « A.D. King Foundation »
Le 15 novembre 2014, le Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III sera honoré dans la ville d’Atlanta aux États-Unis d’Amérique, par la « A.D. King Foundation », la Fondation du feu Révérend A.D. Williams King, frère de sang et de lutte de l’illustre héros de l’histoire du monde qu’était le grand Révérend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Kooperation: taz-Reisen in den Senegal, Weihnachten 2014 und Februar 2015
2012 erlebte auch der Senegal massenhafte Jugendproteste, die den seit 12 Jahren amtierenden Präsidenten Wadé verjagten. Schon länger gilt das Land als das demokratischste in Westafrika. Eine lange parlamentarische Tradition, lebhafte zivilgesellschaftliche Strukturen, freie Presse und die Erfahrung zweier friedlicher Regierungs- bzw. Regimewechsel machen es autoritären Tendenzen schwer, sich langfristig durchzusetzen.nReisedaten: 23. Dez. 2014 –…
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Declaration: Blaise Compaoré Ousted by his People! He Should not Escape Justice
On the occasion of the ousting of Blaise Compaorße from power in Burkina Faso, the International Network „Justice for Thomas Sankara, Justice for Africa!“ has issued the following declaration. AfricAvenir International has been an active part in this long standing international network and therefore requests all the media and social platforms to spread this declaration…
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A Decolonial Reading of Sammy Balodji’s “Mémoire”, by Alanna Lockward
Berlin based author and curator Alanna Lockward investigates Sammy Baloji’s exhibition "Memoire". The text was written on the occasion of the opening of "Mémoire" in Berlin in 2013 in the framework of AfricAvenir’s project "Paradoxes of Sustainability" and was first published in the inaugural issue of ELSE: The Journal of International Art, Literature, Theory and…
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„La Marche oubliée“ – Interview de Toumi Djaïdja et Rokhaya Diallo dans Berlin Poche
Mercredi dernier, Berlin Poche a rencontré Rokhaya Diallo et Toumi Djaidja au Hackesche Höfe Kino. Ils venaient présenter le film La Marche de Nabil Ben Yadir à de jeunes lycéens berlinois. Ce film de 2013 est une fiction relatant l’histoire d’une Marche pour l’égalité et contre le racisme, initiée en 1983 par Toumi Djaidja lui-même.…