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The Great Lakes
Cinema has become a tool of reconciliation for the violence-ridden region of the Great Lakes. Colonial-era boundaries and natural resources have led to a never-ending chain of civil wars, ethnic cleansing and genocide since the 1960s. A young...
Streamlines
Waterways have always been used to move and exchange people, goods and ideas. As international trade expanded, new raw materials were tapped and the demand for exotic products increased in Europe in the 19th century, oceans and waterways became the...
What Boundaries?!
The German-Malawian cooperation project “What Boundaries?!” incorporated the music of two continents into a series of new compositions. The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra from Germany and the Lusobilo Band from Malawi teamed up to develop a joint...
We Don’t Contemporary
Motivated by the academic discipline "Critical Whiteness" and the criticism expressed by the Tanzanian native Safia Dickersbach regarding the “asymmetric” concept of the TURN Fund, the art and cultural centre Kampnagel launched the project “We Don’t...
Sorry
Inspired by the horror movies of the Nollywood film industry, the German theatre group Monster Truck and the Nigerian theatre group The Footprints are collaborated on a production titled “Sorry” about vampires and other creatures of the night. On...
Political Bodies
In June 2011, Senegal was shaken by mass protests, sparked by a resolution passed by the National Assembly which would allow presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be elected with only 25% of the vote. This resulted in the formation of the...
Obisike – The Heart of a Lioness
What is polis ? Who belongs to it and who is allowed to shape it – and who isn’t? What duties are demanded from members of a society? Can one balance one’s intuition and sentiment with one’s obligation to society? Can one challenge the “truths” of...
OSHI-DEUTSCH: The GDR Children of Namibia
The theatre production “Oshi-Deutsch” told the story of the so-called “GDR children” of Namibia. In 1978, the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) were fighting for independence from what was at that time South West Africa and its...
Msonkhano.de/ Begegnungen.mw
The project “Msonkhano.de/ Begegnungen.mw” (Encounters) was a collaboration between the Hannover theatre collective Fräulein Wunder AG and the Solomonic Peacocks Theatre from Blantyre. The groups jointly produced a play that addressed the question...
Maji Maji Flava
Between 1905 and 1907, the Maji Maji uprising challenged the colonial administration of German-East Africa and was eventually quelled in the most brutal fashion. Since the 1960s, the uprising has become a national legend in post-colonial Tanzania...
