Culture - Goethe-Institut Südafrika

Lycée Schorge in Koudougou | Burkina Faso

Photo: Daniel Schwartz/Gran Horizonte Media

Urbanism and Architecture

Africa is experiencing steady urbanisation, with over half of the continent’s population already living in cities. Phenomenons such as global warming, migration, demographic change and informality beg the question of who creates the city and shapes its future.

Francis Kéré
Less is More in an African Way

Minibus Taxis
Johannesburg's informal transport industry

New in the magazine

Gabi Ngcobo, curator 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Photo: Masimba Sasa

Events

05.04.
- 22.06.2018
The Reading Room
(Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi & Alphabet Zoo) Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg | Exhibition

19.04.

Judicial Independence and Courage in Africa by Dr. André Thomashausen Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg | Lecture

25.04.

Imagination Night #3: 6:30 PM - Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg | Präsentation

30.04.

Colour of the Ocean Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg | Film screening

Projects in Focus

Em'kal Eyongakpa
Henrike Grohs Art Award

Filmmaking
New Dimensions - Virtual Reality Africa

Roving project platform
Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS)

5 questions for ...

Creative Artists visiting the Goethe-Institut answer questions about themselves and their work:

South African Music Award (SAMA) winning writer Nakhane Touré recently turned his attention to fiction writing as a way of coming full circle with his place of birth and upbringing.