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In Kooperation: „Zeitspuren am Ufer“ vom 18- 25.08.2012 im Circus Schatzinsel, May Ayim Ufer 4, 10997 Berlin
Vom 18. bis 25. August präsentiert der verein Li:chi das Festival "Zeitsprung am Ufer". Im Programm stehen Tanz-Performances, eine Szenische Lesung zu May Ayim, Musik, Video, ein Interview über Blackfacing… Und die zeitgenössische Tanzperfromance "Neferet iti ( Nofretete )" von Oxana Chi & Ensemble Xinren. In ihrer neuen Kreation tanzt Oxana Chi die berühmte Pharaonin Neferet iti (die Schöne ist gekommen). Auf…
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Dialogue forum with Angolan artist Yonamine: „Archive Remix“, Thursday 23 August 2012, 7pm, Galerie Listros
On Thursday 23 August 2012 at 7pm AfricAvenir, Listros and Iwalewa-Haus Bayreuth invite you to a dialogue forum with Angolan artist Yonamine on the topic of "Archive Remix" at Galerie Listros. Yonamine was born in Luanda in 1975 and has lived in Angola, the DR of Congo, Brazil, Great Britain and Portugal. His installations and video works deal with Angolan history, but are inspired simultaneously by popular culture…
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African Perspectives: Namibian Premiere of “Ramata” (Original with English subtitles), SAT, 25 August 2012, 7 pm, Goethe-Centre Windhoek
On Saturday, 25 August 2012 at 7 pm AfricAvenir invites to the Namibian Premiere of the Senegalese feature „Ramata“ (Congo/Senegal, 2009, 90 min) by Léandre-Alain Baker. This "film of great poetry" (Africiné), a cinematographic adaptation of a novel by Abasse Ndione, with internationally acclaimed model Katoucha Niane in her first cinema role, tells the story of Ramata, a senegalese bourgeois…
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DUALA MANGA BELL: comment le drame est-il né? Lecture de l’ouvrage „Hickory Town“ à la Fondation AfricAvenir, Douala,
A l’occasion du TET’ Ekombo et des Heroes Days du 7 au 9 août 2012, la Fondation AfricAvenir international est heureuse de présenter au public camerounais et international le nouvel ouvrage de Karin Oyono, Hickory Town, roman historique sur les drames qui ont secoué le Cameroun au début de la colonisation, et les traces profondes laissées par ces événéments jusqu’aujourd’hui, drames qui…
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OPEN AIR CINEMA: „WWW – What a Wonderful World” (Original with German Subtitles) by Faouzi Bensaïdi (Morocco), Thursday, 2.8.2012 at 9:15 p.m. at Freiluftkino Hasenheide
On Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 9:15 p.m. AfricAvenir in cooperation with Planète Métis is screening the Nouvelle Vague Maroccan Cult Movie „WWW – What a Wonderful World“ by Faouzi Bensaïdi at Freiluftkino Hasenheide in Berlin-Neukölln. Steeped in political symbolism, it tells the story of a hired killer, who falls in love with a policewoman. „WWW – What a Wonderful World“…
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Zimbabwean Premiere: „The Lion’s Point of View“ by Hip Hop Star Didier Awadi, at Book Café, WED, 1st August 2012, 6 p.m.
On Wednesday, 1st August 2012 at 6 p.m., the European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe in cooperation with Book Café, Magamba, Pamberi Trust and AfricAvenir is presenting the Zimbabwean premiere of the panafricanist documentary film "Lions Point of View" by senegalese HipHop star Didier Awadi (2011, Original with English subtitles) at Book Café, 139 S. Machel Av./ 6th Street, Harare, Entrance: FREE. As with rapping, Awadi sees making films…
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Überarbeitete Vision und Mission von AfricAvenir Berlin
Von Zeit zu Zeit ist es angebracht, seine Visionen und Ziele kritisch zu überprüfen. Einem solchen introspektiven Prozess haben wir uns seit Anfang 2011 unterzogen. Ergebnisse sind eine umfassende Vision, welche das langfristige Ziel unserer Arbeit formuliert, sowie eine konkretere Mission, welche den Rahmen setzt für all unsere Aktivitäten: Aufarbeitung, Anerkennung und Austausch.nVisionAfricAvenir steht für ein…
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Awards Annoucement: 15th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Film 23-28 June 2012
The Jury of the 15th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short Film which took place between 23-28 June 2012 is proud to announce the Award winning filmslisted below. The Jury President Hans-Christian Mahnke, Head of AfricAvenir Namibia, sais in his speech that the task of the Jury is to choose n"the ‘primus inter pares’,…
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Amber Murrey: The revolution and the emancipation of women – A Reflection on Sankara’s Speech, 25 Years Later
Firs published by Pambazuka.org: The life and work of Thomas Sankara can be taken as a reminder of both the power and potential for human agency to enact transformation. I would like to situate my ideas within the geo-political context of the popular uprisings that continue to take place around the world as people organise…
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World Premiere of the English version: „Cameroon – Autopsy of an Independence“, a documentary about the secret colonial war by France in Cameroon, SAT, 28 July 2012, 19h, Goethe-Centre Windhoek
On Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 7 pm AfricAvenir invites to the Namibian Premiere of the documentary „Cameroon – Autopsy of an Independence“ (Original with English subtitles, France/Cameroon, 2008, 54 min) by Valérie Osouf and Gaelle Le Roy. It is at the same time the World Premiere of the English subtitled version of the film!nAttention: New venue! The screening series „African Perspectives“ has moved…