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LusAfro
Here in Germany, Portuguese-language (Lusophone) music from African countries is even lesser known than Francophone or Anglophone African music. Apart from the world-famous Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora, there is a multifaceted scene of Lusophone...
African Mobilities
The exhibition “African Mobilities” at the Architekturmuseum in Munich featured the current state of architecture in Africa in the context of migration, displacement and digital technologies. Its focus was on the rapidly growing cities of Africa...
Stolen Moments: Namibian Music History Untold
Namibian pop music between 1950 and 1980, in other words, the musical culture of the townships which the ruling Apartheid government attempted to suppress, is the focus of a collaboration between the Iwalewa House in Bayreuth and the Stolen Moments...
Poetry Jazz, Wax and Honey, I’m home
Spoken poetry has a long tradition in Ethiopia. This poetic genre, known as “wax and gold”, is characterised by subtlety and hidden meanings. The literal, superficial words are the “wax” which conceals the “gold” within, wrapping it with wordplays,...
SANCTUARY
The refugee crisis is slowly fading from view. The political negotiations between the EU and countries of northern and western Africa, along with the agreement with Turkey, have shifted the focus to supposedly political solutions. Yet the...
LowHighTech. E-waste for 3DprintAfrica!
The internationally acclaimed Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor has called for a new vocabulary for discussing design in Africa. In his opinion, concepts like recycling, restoration and informality require new interpretation so that we can productively...
Madgermanes – Mystery of Foreign Affairs
Many people have little or no knowledge of Germany’s political dealings in post-colonial Africa. This also applies to the fate of numerous guest workers from Mozambique and Angola who came to East Germany in the 1970s in hopes of someday putting...
Flow of Forms / Forms of Flow
Those who are familiar with artistic production and the cultural debates of Africa and its diaspora are sure to have heard about the innovative fashion and product design scenes on the continent as well. At international design fairs, in exhibitions...
Chinafrika. under construction
Both China and the African continent are regions of the world in which many see the future of globalisation. While observers have been closely watching the complex economic and political ties being forged between China and African countries, their...
Shifting Realities
The map of the dance world is expanding at an unprecedented speed. Contemporary dance has become more globalised and its aesthetics more multifaceted. In order to reflect this development, the project “Shifting Realities” facilitated encounter and...