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Interview with Johanna Kahatjipara on the Occasion the Repatriation of the Mortal Remains of Herero and Nama Genocide Victims
On the occasion of the repatriation of the mortal remains of Herero and Nama, who were killed by German troops during the Genocide of 1904-08, AfricAvenir spoke to Johanna Kahatjipara, whose grandmother and other relatives were subjected to the excesses of the German colonial troops. Nurse by education, she is today an independent researcher on…
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Dialogue Forum with Firoze Manji: „African Awakenings: The Courage to Invent the Future“
On Tuesday the 27th of September 2011 at 7pm., AfricAvenir International e.V. invites to a dialogue forum with Firoze Manji, founder and editor of the panafrican journal Pambazuka News (www.pambazuka.org). Under the title “African Awakenings: The courage to invent the future” he will be talking about the socio-economic context of social movements in Africa. Not…
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Kum’a Ndumbe III: Preserve, Promote, Protect from a Francophone / Linguistic Perspective – The AfricAvenir International Foundation in Cameroon
Paper presented by Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III at the conference "The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference (ADHT)", in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 22-24, 2011. A person whose memory has been erased cannot find the way home. It is a great honour for me to take part in the « African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference »…
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Filmvorführung von „Baara“ von Souleymane Cissé, SO, 25.9.2011, 17 Uhr
Am Sonntag, 25. September um 17 Uhr lädt AfricAvenir International e.V. zur Filmvorführung von "Baara – Der Lastenträger" von Altmeister Soulyemane Cissé ins Hackesche Höfe Kino ein. Mit diesem ersten ausschließlich in Mali produzierten und vielfach ausgezeichneten Film zeichnet Souleymane Cissé eine scharfsinnige Analyse der sich abzeichnenden Klassenkonflikte in Mali. Synopsis„Baara“ erzählt die Geschichte des jungen…
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Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III to participate in 7th International African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference in Nova Scotia, Canada
Prince Kum’a Ndumbe III will participate in the 7th International African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia dedicated to cultural tourism initiatives and honouring African culture and heritage throughout the world. Among the participants are Molefi Kete Asante, Joseph Yai, Verene Shepherd, Paul Lovejoy and others. This 7th edition of the conference also…
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„(Post-)colonialism between Cameroon and Germany. Science, Knowledge and Justice” on September 19-20 2011, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main
AfricAvenir presents together with Deutschland Postkolonial and the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” the international conference „(Post-)colonialism between Cameroon and Germany. Science, Knowledge and Justice” on September 19 and 20 2011 at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main. Can „critique of history“ (Soyinka) be achieved as a premise for justice and reconciliation without taking account…
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AfricAvenir Presents: Pape & Cheikh’s New Album „Yërmënde“
In cooperation with the label |+| Faluma Africa, AfricAvenir is proud to present the long awaited new album by senegalese folk group Pape & Cheikh „Yërmënde“(meaning: compassion, mercy and tolerance). As in their earlier works, they catch the audience with their congenial voices and lyrics, the decent instrumentation, skillful use of acoustic guitars – the…
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Konzert von Susana Baca, am 20.9. im HKW
Susana Baca ist die neue Kulturministerin Perus – das hält die 67-jährige Latin Grammy-Gewinnerin nicht davon ab in Europa Konzerte zu geben! Als Sängerin ist sie seit über einem Jahrzehnt international erfolgreich. In ihrer Musik betont sie afroperuanische Traditionen, die sie mit Son, Salsa, Cumbia oder auch Klängen aus New Orleans und Spanien vermischt. In…
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Impressions from the 32nd Durban International Film Festival – A Golden Opportunity to Talk Film
By Hans-Christian Mahnke. After having attended my last South African film festival, the Cape Wineland Film Festival 2011, as a judge, being assigned to watch more than forty films, the 32nd Durban International Film Festival offered me a different and much longed for opportunity: To watch and enjoy films I choose to watch, without the…
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Offizielle Einweihung der Gedenktafel am May-Ayim-Ufer
Am Montag, 29. August 2011 um 13 Uhr wird dasMay-Ayim-Ufer offiziell eingeweiht. Das May-Ayim-Ufer wurde am 27.02.2010 nach der Wissenschaftlerin, Autorin, Pädagogin und Aktivistin der Schwarzen Bewegung in Deutschland May Ayim (1960-1996) benannt. nDie Straße war zuvor nach dem Major Otto Friedrich von der Gröben (1657-1728) benannt, der im Auftrag des Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm von…