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    Vertragslehrkraft Deutsch als Fremdsprache am Goethe-Institut Nigeria

    Das Goethe-Institut Nigeria sucht zum 01.10.2021 eine Vertragslehrkraft (VLK) für den Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache mit 100% Beschäftigungsumfang.

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    CALL FOR PROPOSALS - HOUSE OF AFRICAN FEMINISMS 2021

    The Goethe-Institut network in Sub-Saharan Africa is supporting artistic projects in the area of African Feminisms with a specific focus on the everyday life of African women of all generations.This open call invites African artists, collectives and creative practitioners to produce a digital documentary artwork that can be presented on the website “House of African Feminisms”. The Application Deadline is September 19th.

  • Jackie Karuti, Fossils, 2018. Performance + video (photo by James Muriuki) Jackie Karuti, Fossils, 2018. Photo by James Muriuki

    Henrike Grohs Art Award 2022

    The Henrike Grohs Art Award is a roving biennial visual art prize conceived by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family in memory of the former Head of Goethe-Institut in Abidjan, Henrike Grohs.

    Applications to the 3rd Henrike Grohs Art Award are now open. Submissions close on 17 September 2021. 

    Apply here
    Prize rules and conditions (PDF)

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    Recycling for EducationAn Environmentally Responsible Force in Nigeria

    Climate change remains a global and existential problem. Humanity is slowly accepting that their actions on earth are a credible threat to the planet. To preserve the environment, organisations, like the African Cleanup Initiative in Lagos, Nigeria, are doing its quota to sensitize underserved communities, while helping to ensure their children stay in school.
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    Coming to Terms with the Past Confronting the Dark Chapter

    Between 1904 and 1908 the colonial forces of the German Reich murdered tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in what is now Namibia. After more than five years of negotiations, Germany recognised this as genocide. Henning Melber discusses the shortcomings of these negotiations, as well as the process of colonial powers coming to terms with the past.
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    Archive of Forgetfulness

    The Archive of Forgetfulness online exhibition is live since the 12th of April 2021. We received over 300 submissions and 27 projects were selected for the online exhibition. Click here to go to the website.

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Sharon Dodua Otoo receiving the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2016. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/dpa/ Susanne Hassler

Black German literature
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Being Black should be completely unremarkable in today’s multicultural Germany. Yet many people still struggle with everyday discrimination and sometimes even blatant racism. Their stories are increasingly finding their way into German literature.

Restitution – Three Benin bronzes were exhibited in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Photo (detail): Daniel Bockwoldt © picture alliance / dpa

From Willingness to Restitution
 The Returning of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The German government expressed its “willingness in principle to make substantial returns of Benin Bronzes”, but the road to restitution is not easy. Cultural historian, art and heritage specialist Dr. Oluwatoyin Zainab Sogbesan on issues of ownership and the importance of the Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian identity.

Protest is an integral part of democracies and a common form of political participation: Participants at the global Fridays for Future 2021 demonstration in Frankfurt with a banner reading “#NoMoreEmptyPromises: Politics is fought in the streets”. Photo (detail): © picture alliance/Andreas Arnold

Protest movements
 More than just indignation

Democracy thrives on debate, and protest is an important means of public participation. But how does protest arise and when does the opposition of individuals grow into mass mobilisation?

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The Art & Tech Podcast

This podcast series consists of six episodes that aim to examine how the interplay between art and technology shapes Nigeria’s creative landscape. Each episode delves into the work and experience of a specific cultural practitioner based in Abuja or Lagos.

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Who is Who in the Yoruba Pantheon? An Anthologie

Written by Peju Akande, Toni Kan, Jahman Anikulapo, and accompanied with illustrations by visual artist Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, this book is full of facts and fun – and will provide you with all you need to know about Who’s Who in the Yorùbá Pantheon.

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Networking and its Power in Times of Crisis

​The German-French Culture Fund, Institut Français du Nigeria, Goethe-Institut Nigeria and Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) organize a digital modular workshop programme on the importance of cultural networking.

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