Culture

Rethinking power relations
Latitude

The Goethe-Institut invites experts and creatives worldwide to exchange ideas on colonial power relations, their consequences and, above all, how to dismantle them: in discourses, interviews, opinion articles and art projects. For a decolonized and non-racial world.

From Willingness to Restitution
The Returning of the Benin Bronzes

Portraying Diversity in Children's Books
Changing the Narrative

Coming to Terms with the Past
Confronting the Dark Chapter

News from culture and society

Alex from the African Cleanup Initiative

Recycling for Education
An 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.

Diversity in Childrens' Books
„Storymakers“: Centring the Cultural Realities of Nigerian Children

Reading is a childhood experience with impact that extends into adulthood. Studies show that what children read influences how they see themselves and how they engage with the world around them.

Restitution – Close-ups of the Benin plaques exhibit at the British Museum in London

Restitution Debate Surrounding the Benin Bronzes
The Wish to Return Objects, Forbidden by Law

Benin Bronzes are exhibited in museums around the world, but the largest collection can be found in the British Museum. Barnaby Phillips analyses how much the government impacts British museums’ ability to return the objects.

In Focus

Podcast Series
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.

By Archive of Forgetfulness
Conversations with Neighbors

Archive of Forgetfulness presents 'Conversations with Neighbours', a podcast series. The conversations will explore, among other themes, art in times of crisis, questions around memory and archival absences, and the possibilities and limitations of translation. You will hear from artists, musicians, curators, researchers and theatre-makers in Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan.