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Our events and online information highlight current issues from the perspective of Germany and Kenya.

Unless stated otherwise our events are open to the public. You will find ticket details with each entry. Events and dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

    Lola Kenya Screen Film Forum

    Watching and discussing short films from Eastern Africa, exchanging ideas on every last Monday of the month.More ...

    (Re)Membering Kenya

    In 25 conferences with 56 lectures at the Goethe-Institut this series brought together Kenya's best intellectuals, to repose the basic questions of the society after the crisis of the post-elections-violences in December 2007 and try to find answers to them.More ...

    Download our Programme of Events   deutschenglish

    You can now download our current and past Programmes of Events as a PDF-File here...

    CD Publications   deutschenglish

    Have a look at the CDs that were released in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut Nairobi (e.g. BLNRB and Sven Kacirek). You can also have a listen to some of it...

    Film Archive Nairobi   deutschenglish

    Our film catalogue contains approx. 150 films in VHS or DVD format, that can only be rented for non commercial screenings by art galleries, film clubs, museums and educational institutions.

    Afropolis - City, Media, Art   deutschenglish

    An exhibition about five African megacities - Cairo, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Kinshasa and Lagos - till March in the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne...
    Amnesia

    Amnesia Art Exhibition Project   deutschenglish

    Amnesia is an exhibition project which aesthetically aims at advanced African contemporary art and thematically at the reappraising of colonialism and the question of African cultural identities.

    Architecture and Memory   deutschenglish

    Architectural tribute to the Kenyan personality of Bildad Kaggia, an exhibition portraying architecture as the strongest medium of cultural memory.
     [Goethe-Institut Kenia]

    NRBLN - BLNRB   deutschenglish

    Young bands and musicians from Nairobi and Berlin together try to fathom the borders between electronic music, hip-hop and African musical traditions.

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    Calendar
    Exhibition
    16.01. - 20.04.2012, 9.00 am - 6.00 pm
    Grassroots Upgraded | Reflections on Nairobi's Eastlands
    Nairobi Gallery
    Screening
    10.02.2012, 4.00 pm
    11.02.2012, 3.00 pm
    Homages: Cajetan Boy
    Goethe-Institut Nairobi
    Concert/CD-Launch
    17.02.2012, 8.00 pm
    Mcee Kah: AFREE-KAH
    Goethe-Institut Nairobi
    Reading and Discussion
    25.02.2012, 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
    Literature Forum
    Goethe-Institut Library
    Screenings and Discussion
    27.02.2012
    Lola Kenya Screen Film Forum
    Goethe-Institut Nairobi