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Everyday life in Zimbabwe: Crowds in one of the few public places with free WLAN. People in Mutare, about 270 kilometers east of the capital Harare, 23 November 2019. According to a recent independent report, Zimbabwe has one of the most expensive mobile data sources in the world. The high data costs are mainly attributed to the fact that the country has relatively few mobile internet providers and that it is a landlocked country.Photo (detail): Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi © picture alliance / AP Photo

Digital Divide
 Decolonise the Internet

The internet is characterised by power structures. Digital colonialism shows how established hierarchies can also become entrenched on the World Wide Web. But activists and artists are growing increasingly resistant, says Ina Holev.

News from culture and society

Johannes Ebert, Secretary-General of the Goethe-Institut Photo (detail): Martin Ebert

Annual Report 2019/2020: Europe
 Litmus Test for Europe

The Annual Report 2019/2020 of the Goethe-Institut is dedicated to Europe. In his editorial, Johannes Ebert, Secretary-General of the Goethe-Institut, speaks out in favour of solidarity and cultural and social networking – especially in times of the Corona pandemic.

Detail of the logo of the Asinakuthula Collective Illustration (detail): Asinakuthula Collective

Interview with the activist Athambile Masola
“Fallen out of history”

Together with the Asinakuthula Collective, Athambile Masola tells the stories of black African women that have not been in history books or Wikipedia so far. After an edit-a-thon as part of the project “Decolonise The Internet”, she spoke with “The latest” at Goethe about her work.

Jackie Karuti Photo: Tõnis Saadoja

Henrike Grohs Art Award 2020 for Jackie Karuti
 Radical Imagination

Jackie Karuti from Kenya is the recipient of the second Henrike Grohs Art Award, an award for African artists in the visual arts founded by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family. Akwasi Bediako Afrane (Ghana) and Sabelo Mlangeni (South Africa) were selected as runners-up.

Events

22.10.
 
Meet the Team: Cycle Interrupted 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - National Theatre of Namibia| Theatre

01.11.
- 30.11.2020
Detective Reading Competition 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM - Online| Online Competition

04.11.
 
Cinemaverse: Rafiki 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Goethe-Institut Namibia, Windhoek | Film

In Focus

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Virtually Yours

A series of online discussions – Virtual Gatherings - with honoured author Zukiswa Wanner, through which she explores contemporary African literature with authors.

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Creative Design Lab 2020

The immersive installation will provide the audience with a new and invigorating way of experiencing theatre through performance and digital arts.

Service

E-Reading Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca

eLibrary

Goethe-Institut Photo: Loredana La Rocca

Translation Programme

Namibia: Local Languages Photo: Enno Kapitza

Local Languages

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