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Framing the Shot 2018: Key Trends in African Film
Research that was long overdue

The study “Framing the Shot 2018: Key Trends in African Film,” produced in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and funded by the German Foreign Office, analyses the greatest opportunities and challenges for the fast-changing African film industry.

Protest has always been an element of German-language songs.

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German Protest Song
“I’m Going to Do Something”

For quite some time now social criticism has been an integral part of pop culture. German bands are famous for using words and music to combat social injustice. Might this, however, also have led to protest losing some of its political clout?

Gabi Ngcobo, curator 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Photo: Masimba Sasa

Gabi Ngcobo
“We are all postcolonial“

The appointed curator of the Berlin Biennale 2018, Gabi Ngcobo, speaks about postcolonialism and the importance of revisiting history.

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Artistic encounters

The Artistic Encounters series brings together the work of two different artists in one space, at the same time. The artists who are part of performance series bring their individual art to the stage while speaking to that of the artist they are working with to create new work.

Contact Zones NRB PUBLICATIONS

Through the Contact Zone book series, the Goethe-Institut has published 27 books, documenting the art practice of various local artists, art collectives, socially relevant topics as well as those reflecting on the history of the country and growth of the Kenyan art scene.

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The Goethe-Institut Kenya is very keen on bringing people together. We like to invite artists, musicians or academics to Nairobi and bring them together with local artists, musicians or academics. This dossier wants to take record of these visits in a unique way. .

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Framing the Shot 2018: Key Trends in African Film
Research that was long overdue