Germany’s Turn
What to make of Germany’s newest arts funding program for the African continent, TURN, a 2 million Euro art and culture initiative that will last till 2015.
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The Vershtunkende Toronto Zoo
'Vershtunkende' is a Yiddish adjective loosely translated as ‘darned,’ ‘exasperating’, ‘maliciously idiotic’. It is not a nice word to use for either a person or thing.
A balanced marriage between solitude and companionship
For our series, "My favorite photographs," we asked Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann about her favorites.
The civilizing mission of the white man
The recent controversy around Günter Grass’s criticisms of Germany's arms trade with Israel is an interesting post-script to the Namibian genocide controversy.
Film Review: “The Education of Auma Obama”
Republican party propaganda wants to paint President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family as alien to America. In
Germany’s Namibian Legacy
Jim Naughtom's images of Herero wearing German colonial outfits, is a powerful and necessary form of post-colonial critique.
Azonto Germany
The diverse histories and orientations of African pop, the diaspora, and its international dissemination and the speed with which culture travels now.
From Nairobi to Berlin
Over the last two years, the NRBLN – BLNRB project has brought together German and Kenyan
Music Break / Y'akoto
German-Ghanian singer Y’akoto’s biography on her website made me look up the meaning of the word
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT0I2DyclIo The video “Niemand” [No One] by German singer, Joy Denalane (featuring her husband Max Herre)
I'm Gonna Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAFe_TnVsc No more “Down on My Knees.” Nigerian-German singer Ayo‘s new–well at least one month old–single
Postmodernism on Ice
The Winter Olympics features a Russian skaters who dress in animal skin costumes to perform to an "Aboriginal Song." There's more.