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Offener Brief: „Decolonize Orientierungsrahmen!“
AfricAvenir unterstützt den aktuellen Offenen Brief „Decolonize Orientierungsrahmen!“ von glokal, karfi, moveglobal, Berlin Postkolonial und IMAFREDU. Dieser Brief bezieht sich direkt auf den von einer gemeinsamen Arbeitsgruppe aus dem Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) und der Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK) seit 2007 erarbeiteten Orientierungsrahmen für den Lernbereich globale Entwicklung. nDieser Orientierungsrahmen hat sich in den…
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Announcement: Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) launches call for film submission and filmmaking workshop application for its 4th edition, March 2015
The management of Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) whose 4th edition will take place from 17 to March 23, 2015, has decided to open to the call for film submissions in the different competitions of the festival starting from September 1, 2014 until November 30, 2014. LAFF selection committee will announce participating film on January…
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Kwame Opoku: Can an Italian Maritime Museum help repatriate looted Cameroonian Artefacts?
According to the Journal du Cameroun, an Italian Maritime Museum has declared its willingness and readiness to assist in repatriating looted Cameroonian cultural artefacts that are at present in Europe. (1) This offer of assistance was made by the president of the Maritime Museum in Genoa, Italy, Professor Maria Paola Profumo, during a visit to…
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Anouncement: Namibian Theatre and Film Awards 2014: Submissions to be made until 12 September 2014
The Filmmakers Association of Namibia (FAN), in co-operation with the Namibia Film Commission (NFC) and the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) calls out for Namibian filmmakers to submit their work to the Namibian Theatre and Film Awards 2014 – the third edition after 2010 and 2012, in which “The 3 1/2 Lives of Philip Wetu”…
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Déclaration Solennelle sur le Tangué de Kum’a Mbape Bell (Lock Priso)
Déclaration Solennelle du Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III sur le Tangué de Kum’a Mbape Bell (Lock Priso), dérobé dans son palais à Hickory Town (Bonabéri) le 22 décembre 1884 et mis en otage au Völkerkunde Museum (Musée Ethnographique) de Munich/Allemagne. Réponse aux arguments des détenteurs du Tangué.nTéléchergez le texte en intégralité (pdf)n Mit dem Laden des…
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Landraub stoppen – in Mali und überall sonst! Kundgebung gegen Landgrabbing, 21.08.14, 11 Uhr, Malische Botschaft
Anfang 2013 ist Mali kurzzeitig in die internationalen Schlagzeilen geraten. Islamistische Milizen hatten den Norden des Landes besetzt, es folgte eine internationale Militärintervention unter Führung Frankreichs, in deren Verlauf zumindest größere Städte wie Timbuktu und Gao befreit werden konnten. Und doch hat sich das Leben für die Masse der Bevölkerung kaum verändert – weder im…
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130 ans de résistance anticoloniale au Cameroun: Texte intégral du “Voeux des Camerounais” et du Traité du 12 juillet 1884
Editions AfricAvenir/Exchange & Dialogue publie le deuxième extrait inédit du prochain ouvrage du prince Kum’a Ndumbe III, paru dans LE MESSAGER nr 4132 du 01 août 2014. Il s’agit du texte intégral intitulé “Voeux des Camerounais” et du "Traité du 12 juillet 1884". Avant de signer le traité du 12 juillet 1884, les rois et…
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Screen Africa: Adeyemi Michael’s Sodiq premieres in Namibia on 13 August
The Namibian premiere of Sodiq – brought to you by AfricAvenir and the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) – takes place next Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 18h30, at the FNCC. Directed by Adeyemi Michael, the 60 minute documentary Sodiq, tells the story of Sodiq Adeojo and Sylvester Akpalara, an aspiring doctor and athlete respectively. However…
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Kwame Opoku: Did Emperor Haile Selassie Authorize Dakar-Djibouti Expedition To Remove Religious Paintings?
We read with great interest and attention a report entitled “Stolen Ethiopian Saint John Turns Up at Paris Auction” which was published by the Museum Security Network and other websites. (1) The report states that a 17th century Ethiopian painting representing Saint John that had been stolen from the Musée de l’Homme, Paris, in 1989…
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AfricAvenir Douala and Le Messager Commemorate 130 Years of Anti-Colonial Resistance in Cameroon
Anti-colonial resistance in Cameroon has not started with Rudolf Duala Manga Bell in 1914, as is often written, but with Kum’a Mbape (Lock Priso) in August 1884. Lock Priso has thus waged a fierce resistance from the very beginning of colonial occupation until the departure of the Germans from Cameroonian soil. The protest telegram of…