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    The Goethe-Institut Nairobi will be closed for 2 weeks.

    All staff will be unavailable via email or call until Monday, 22nd August.

  • Hadithi Hadithi © Goethe-Institut

    Sharing stories, not just telling themStorytelling

    The oral storytelling tradition experiences a renaissance in Africa. In Kenya, it has even become part of the school curriculum.

     

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    Sound as a Material that can be ArchivedSound of Nairobi

    The first step in the collation of sounds was: to walk around Nairobi and record the sounds they wanted to have, or preserve, or listen to again, perhaps from places they really liked, or enjoyed the audio experience of.

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    Literature is not a Privilege of the Capital CityHeroe Book Fair Mombasa

    "Diversity in the programme of the Heroe Book Fair is very important to me", Lorna Likiza points out. "All literary genres and creatives from as many regions of the continent as possible are supposed to be represented."

  • Kenya and Uganda © Africomics website

    AFRICOMICS

    Here you will find a selection of the comics created during the local workshops 2021/22 and get to know the artists. 

    All comics were created around the theme: "IMAGINE your world at its best...".
     

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Whether it is being used for searches or automated content moderation: Artificial intelligence is only as useful as its underlying datasets. Photo (detail): © Adobe

Bias and Error
When AI is biased

Over the past decade, we have come to spend much of our lives in the digital sphere – a sphere that is increasingly controlled by just a handful of corporations. These companies, unavoidable for most, exert a considerable amount of control over what we can see and say, as well as the types of tools available to us.

Feminist and author Kim Posster speaks about masculine ideals. Photo (detail) © Viktoria Mokrezowa

Feminist Men
“Most men have a sadomasochistic relationship to masculinity”

An interview with Leipzig feminist and publicist Kim Posster about masculine ideals and the suffering they inflict. He is convinced that feminist critique is indispensable in helping men come to terms with themselves and models of masculinity.

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New Chapter in African Museology

A visionary idea to modernise museum practice in Africa has come to fruition, thanks to a collaborative effort of cultural activists, academics and political leaders. Ruby Ofori on the launch of Africa’s first digital museum.

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perFORM Music Incubator

In perFORM’s live performance and music incubation programme, artists are given a chance to hone their skills, track their progress, create trajectories for their future goals, and learn the basics of performance and what it means to be a creative entrepreneur within the music sector.

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AMKA Literature Forum

AMKA (‘wake up’ in Kiswahili) is an NGO, based and registered in Kenya, concerned with pushing and encouraging creativity, but also facilitating women to read, write and be published for wider readership.
Join in online for free every last Saturday of the month!

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A musical Oral History Performance
COLONIALISM

“The intention was to look at people who we don’t usually associate with the fight for independence in their own countries. In Kenya, yes, we look at Dedan Kimathi, but do we look at his wife, Mukami? The story of colonialism is a personal story. It isn’t just a curriculum. There are stories behind those numbers.”

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