Culture

Water in Ethiopia: online Exhibition-Foto Workshop © Mikiyas Alemayehu

We promote cultural exchange, education and social discourse

We foster bilateral cultural exchange programs between Germany and Ethiopia. We initiate film series, exhibitions, concerts, seminars and festivals, always with the goal to facilitate artistic production, reception and reflection involving actors from both countries.

Arts funding

Comic art
Africomics

Artists from 14 African countries meet in workshops and create a new (comic) world together! Discover new perspectives, learn more about African comic art in videos and follow the creation of new stories!

© Mosab Zakaria
Art
Henrike Grohs Art Award

In memory of Henrike Grohs, the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family have initiated a 20,000€ prize dedicated to artists living and working in Africa.

© Goethe-Institut

Our activities

400th anniversary of Hiob Ludolf

Those who have an interest in the scientific discipline of Ethiopian studies, encompassing its history, inquiries, and discoveries, cannot disregard the contributions of Hiob Ludolf, the Erfurt polymath of the Baroque period, whose 400th birth anniversary will be in 2024.

© anonymous
Water in Ethiopia

Photographers based in Ethiopia participated in a photography workshop focusing on the theme of “Water” in relation to Ethiopia.
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© Andy Spyra
Robots in Residence in Ethiopia

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not neutral. The way robots are built, trained and used has a great impact on our daily life and society.

© Goethe-Institut
INPUT

After the political change in Sri Lanka that enabled new possibilities for the development of civil society, it is meaningful to look at the work of media, especially that of television, and to give it new incentives.

© Input
The Wax and Gold of Hairstyles in Ethiopia

"The Wax and Gold of Hairstyle in Ethiopia" exhibition marks Goethe-Institut Äthiopien’s second collaboration with the Frobenius Institute since 2019.

@ Goethe-Institut Äthiopien