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Casablanca Art School: Progressive African Post-Colonialism in Art //Exhibition in Frankfurt/Germany_deutsch/english
Big Art show in Frankfurt/Germany: Schirn Kunsthalle shows art works from an influential art movement in Morocco: The Casablanca Art School. History is often made when the right people end up in the right place at the right time. That fateful alchemy defines the story of the trailblazing artists who revolutionised modern art in post-colonial Morocco. The locus of this movement was the Casablanca Art School (CAS), which underwent radical changes after artist Farid Belkahia took on the school's directorship in 1962 at age 28, six years after Morocco gained independence from French rule.
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The Continuing Rise Of Kenyan Songstress Nikita Kering by Frank Njugi_ english/german
When Kenyan musician and songstress, Nikita Kering, released her project The Other Side — a 7 track extended play — on November 11, 2022 ( under Universal Music, South Africa ), the EP struck a primal chord in anyone who has had to relive struggles of trauma. At twenty years old during its release, The Other Side, was a sequel to a 2021 debut project, A side of me – another 7 track EP that had been deluged with exploration of love, relationships and all its entails. The Other Side and A side of me, established Nikita as an artist whose blueprint is using mesmerizing vocals to synthesize self– disclosure, in both romantic and relationships with oneself, as something humans should embrace. By Frank Njugi
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Violence: Gewalterfahrung in Simbabwe: Die Schwere des Seins edited by Tsistsi Dangarembga deutsch/english
Es ist ein hartes Buch, ein zuweilen brutales Stück Literatur. Ganz und gar keine leichte Kost: “Die Schwere des Seins – Postkoloniale Erzählungen aus Simbabwe” ist, anders als der Titel vielleicht vermuten lässt, kein melancholischer Bericht. FOR ENGLISH VERSION SCROLL DOWN Es versammelt sieben Erzählungen von simbabwischen AutorInnen, die auf wahren Begebenheiten beruhen. Es handelt sich meist um Gewalterfahrungen. Die Erzählungen entstammen einem literarischen Workshop, der 2012 unter Leitung von Tsitsi Dangarembga, Madeleine Thien und Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa in Simbabwes Hauptstadt Harare stattfand. Einem Aufruf folgend, wurde die 60 eingesandten Schriftstücke – basierend auf Zeugenaussagen, Geständnissen, Erinnerungen, Bekenntnissen – von den AutorInnen diskutiert und in literarische Geschichten verarbeitet. Madeleine Thien, die das Vorwort geschrieben hat, beschreibt es so: “Briefe aus ganz Simbabwe. In den Schreiben ist jede Form des Ausdrucks zu hören: Schreie, Geflüster, Weinen. manche Stimmen sind sachlich, manche stehen noch unter Schock.…
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The Brothers, Number One and A Weekend Special : An Odyssey into Modern South African Politics_english/deutsch
As a production, it is ambitious in scope in how it attempts to uncover what was not known but also condense what was public sphere into a dramatic narrative. The title The Brothers, Number One and A Weekend Special references well-known political and business figures who played key roles in the goings-on and merry-g-round shenanigans which characterised South Africa’s halls of power at that time.
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Colombia is reconnecting with Africa through Dancing – Sankofa Danzafro in South Africa
For Sankofa Danzafro and their members, the mission of connecting to and with Africa and vice-versa through spreading a message of self-awareness, self-knowledge, the important of knowing and acknowledging one’s roots and positivity to the world through dance is one which they will continue to champion because it is also about education and educating African peoples on the continent.
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Johannesburg Musical Smash Hit “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf”” engl/ger
The South African adaptation of the world acclaimed musical production, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf” was both powerful and refreshing. Featuring a stellar cast of theatre veterans and relative newbies in what most thought was a risky move, that risk if we are to call it that seems to have paid off as there was a perfect balance of calm experience and brashness which comes with not being constrained by tired theatre conventions.
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Trauma and Resilience – 30 Years after the Genocide in Ruanda – deutsch/english
„Die Wunde muss tief gepresst werden, damit sie heilen kann“ Trauma and Resilience – 30 Years after the Genocide in Ruanda von Hans Hofele FOR ENGLISH VERSION PLEASE SCROLL DOWN Papaoutai? -Papa wo bist du? Der Pop-Hit des belgischen Musikers Stromae mit ruandischen Wurzeln, machte 2013 auf den schmerzlichen Verlust des beim Genozid getöteten Vaters aufmerksam. Wie er leiden bis heute tausende Angehörige von Opfern an den Folgen eines des ungeheuerlichsten Verbrechens des 20.Jahrhunderts.Väter, aber auch Frauen, Kinder, ganze Familien wurden in dem 100 Tage dauernden Gemetzel, den Hutu-Milizen an der Tutsi-Minderheit verübt haben, zum Opfer. Auch 30 Jahre danach müssen die Überlebenden und deren Kinder, aber auch die Täter und ihre Angehörigen mit dem Trauma leben: Nachbarn und Freunde wurden zu Mördern, Familienväter oder Söhne verwandelten sich in gnadenlose Massenmörder. Auch heute leben wieder beide Bevölkerungsgruppen neben-und miteinander. Trauma-Verarbeitung und juristische Aufarbeitung sind…
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The Transcendental Poetry Of Naomi Waweru // by Frank Njugi //english_deutsch
“At sixteen, I am allowed to love a boy whose cheekbone is an analogy for how heavens hold rain intact just for Sunday mornings.” This is how my most memorable line from a Kenyan poem goes. A mesmerising line from a poem titled Analogy, published in the Liberian literary magazine Pepper Coast Lit, written by Naomi Waweru, who is perhaps one of the most exciting poets to emerge from Kenya in recent times.
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Chronicling the Kenyan Music Industry – An Interview with John Muchiri by Lorna Likiza // english_deutsch
Kenya has massive talent. The only problem is that many musicians haven’t yet mastered how to market themselves internationally. From the people I have interacted with in the UK in the music scene, Kenya is considered a very prime market for entertainment but we need to get out of our comfort zone. We need to think beyond our comfort zone which is the East African Market. We need to be more strategic. We also need to invest heavily in our music. So to be precise, the three things we need to master are Management, Marketing and Strategy which our Nigerian counterparts have long mastered.
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Successful this time! International German Film Festival Berlinale 2024 and Africa deutsch-english
Which Way Africa? is the title of a film by Congolese director David-Pierre Fila, which is screening at the Berlinale. The 74th edition of the Berlin Film Festival started this year under the chairmanship of Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o. This remarkable decision to choose Nyong'o as jury president gives us a glimpse of the presence of African actors and especially African productions. The Berlinale, as the festival is called, is, it should be noted, a European festival. In the past, African productions have played a rather minor role. In the wake of outstanding productions from the continent, the growing attention for actors, producers, musicians and directors from Africa, also involved in international co-productions, Africa can simply no longer be ignored. So what does the world's largest audience festival actually look like? All films are shown in their original language.
