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Short Hello and Long Goodbye – The City is Mine – Book Review of Niq Mhlongo’s new book-ENGL/D
“The City is Mine” is not a modern fairy tale. It shows us the fragility of security, a universal phenomenon. Not a cheesy “road movie,” but rather a search in the thicket of the city. Against all odds. It is an exciting, surprising, and also touching book. In the end, James Brown's song lyric applies once again: “It's a Man's World—but it's nothing without a woman or girl.”
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Let’s talk! Invitation: Conversation with Culture Africa Magazine Issue 1 Authors – this December
Let's talk! Invitation: Conversation with cultureafrica magazine authors at October 12 at 7pm EAT We see us in a google meet. Here is the link: https://meet.google.com/pxm-pbvk-dcy It's free.
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I was thrilled to see our very own Museum – Benin City Museum MOWAA starts its first exhibition in November- Restitution Part1-engl_deutsch
The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) continues building its physical campus. Soon, its mission of preserving, highlighting, and fostering art on the continent will be grounded in Benin City, Nigeria. Once finished, the 15-acre campus will house a “rainforest gallery,” a guesthouse for short-term residencies, green spaces, and more. The main building, The Institute, will be a hub of displayed artwork, research, public programming, and thought-provoking conversations. The museum’s website also promises a 180-seat auditorium, conference rooms, a library, and an archaeological science lab. The digital lab, also inside The Institute, will be dedicated to making African cultural content more accessible via digital catalogs. The whole campus is expected to cost around $100m, including construction and an endowment fund to cover operational costs, Ihenacho says. So far, MOWAA has raised about $20m from sponsors including the state of Edo (where Benin City is…
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Mit anderen Worten_In other worlds: African Book Festival Berlin 2025_ Deutsch/English
When summer is at its peak in Berlin, countless literature enthusiasts flock to the Alte Münze south of Alexanderplatz. Then it's the African Book Festival again. In Other Worlds/Words was the motto of this year's festival. ABF 25 focused on speculative fiction and literature from Ghana.
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Cooperation and Opportunities: Germany and its relations to the African continent_an interview with Uschi Eid_President of German Africa Foundation_Deutsch_English
What image do we have of Africa? How do we build relationships with African representatives from politics, business and society when it comes to concrete politics? What do state visitors from African countries do when they visit Germany? The German Africa Foundation (DAS) in the German capital Berlin has been dealing with this and much more for decades. Under the chairmanship of former Member of the German Bundestag Dr. Uschi Eid, the DAS promotes relations between Germany and the countries of the African continent. Personal contact and exchange between parliamentarians and representatives of civil society from Africa is essential for a fair partnership. The German Africa Foundation organizes events such as lectures, readings, panel discussions, seminars, etc. The press review on African topics, which is published in three languages, is also unique in Germany. The DAS is known for its annual awarding of the…
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Die Landfrage_The Question of Land: Why Land is so important to Kenyans_engl/deutsch
In African society, land has always been a constant feature. Land ownership in pre-colonial Africa, equated to wealth, identity and a source of livelihood. An African owned a piece of land and together with his family, was identified with that piece of land. Land also served the purpose of growing food that would feed your family hence the reason why planting and harvest seasons in many African societies are revered. So are market days where you could sell your produce in exchange for other produce. And finally, owning land ultimately meant that your male children were assured of an inheritance.
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Dive into Culture Africa 1st Issue – Non-Fiction from six African countries
Dive into Culture Africa 1st Issue – Non-Fiction and Art from six African countries Where The Ghosts Hide By Mariam Hassan “The answer found me in a bucolic dream where the sun rose so high and bled red on my brown skin, I watched the palm trees wave between my fingers and listened to the wind blowing under my earlobes. The bits of myself I managed to salvage had been taken aback and replanted in a house by the water where every morning I was greeted in my mother tongue.” Navigating “It is Well” as a Nigerian Immigrant By Temitope Famakinwa “The other time on a call, a close family friend was eating pounded yam, unwrapped from a banana leaf with egusi soup, seasoned mercilessly with monimoni, ponmo and large chunks of goat meat. I burst into tears as she swallowed a stew-dripping morsel. It…
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Non–Fiction As Cultural Anthropology – Culture Africa First Literary Magazine out now engl/deutsch
As you contemplate whether to engage with Culture Africa Issue 1, consider that you are not merely encountering literary works, but engaging with a people’s anthropology presented through one of the most creative and intellectually rigorous forms available. You are, in effect, witnessing the foundational moments of a platform whose existence is firmly dedicated to becoming the definitive space for such discourse.
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Progressive or colonial? Ernst May – A german urban planner in East Africa
In East Africa, the Frankfurt urban planner spent almost 20 years building on behalf of the British Empire. Ernst May was a master of urban planning. Thousands of apartments were built in Frankfurt, then in the Soviet Union. His almost twenty years of work in Africa, on the other hand, is often perceived as a side note. Wrongly so. Can he be called a colonialist? One of the arrogant white guys, who came to settle and misused the land and its people? Yes and no.
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“Bright Red Fruit” Safia Elhillo’s Masterful Exploration Using Verse Narratives Review by Frank Njugi engl-ger
Through Bright Red Fruit, which was recently named a Kirkus Prize finalist, Safia Elhillo implements poetry as a potent tool to juxtapose illuminating on what it might mean to grow up as a Sudanese in America with exploration of the dark side to the Slam poetry world. Though, she presents it as a vibrant, dynamic form of performance scenery that invites all to share their truths in a communal celebration of expression. Safia implements her Novel– In–Verse poetry as a powerful lens to explore poetry as an art, the complexities of identity, and the longing for love.
