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Kenya – Die Musik der Nyayo Ära – The music of the Nyayo Era
Nyayo? Many readers from Germany will ask themselves that. Why Nyayo? Because it was a symbol of African progress in the 1980s - a car industry of its own. Initiated and led by…
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How Indian cinema shaped East Africa’s urban culture -Indien und Ostafrika – eine Filmbeziehung
Die 60er, 70er und 80er Jahre werden oft als das Goldene Zeitalter des indischen Kinos bezeichnet und in Nairobi, Mombasa und Kisumu gab es eine große Anzahl von Kinos, die sich der Vorführung…
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When Hakuna Matata becomes a phrase in English – Und Disney afrikanische Traditionen kauft
Essay by Lorna Likiza I visited Tanzania and Zanzibar in my last year of primary school on an organized school trip. It was in Zanzibar, touring the baths of the Sultan, his…
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A Question of Tribe – Kenya und seine Ethnien/ and its tribes
It starts with us encouraging our children to genuinely embrace each other regardless of tribe. It starts with that Kenyan in a voting booth ticking besides a candidate’s name and political party not…
