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Our house
“Our House” was a joint project by the HELIOS Theater in Hamm and the Ishyo Arts Centre in Kigali to develop a theatre piece for children and adults on the subject of memory. The ensemble began by conducting research in Hamm and Kigali. They visited...
Comédie?Humaine 21st
The East African country of Burundi has been entrenched in political crisis for years, marked by human rights violations, despotism and violent protests between opponents and supporters of the regime. How do people live from day to day in an...
Space Tales - Future Cities
The issue of exclusion has always played a central role with respect to urban spaces. Although today’s world of globalised capitalism promotes universality and the fiction of multicultural tolerance, respect, human rights and democracy, the...
That, Around Which The Universe Revolves
Rhythm exists wherever space, time and energy intersect, according to the late French sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre in his book Rhythmanalysis . Rhythm is an inherent part of our everyday life, in our movements through space and our...
Madgermanes – Mystery of Foreign Affairs
Many people have little or no knowledge of Germany’s political dealings in post-colonial Africa. This also applies to the fate of numerous guest workers from Mozambique and Angola who came to East Germany in the 1970s in hopes of someday putting...
Lampedusa: Photo Stories from the Edge of Europe
In recent years we have become accustomed to images of African refugees in distress at sea. When reporting these incidents, the media either play on the stereotypical belief that the refugees in the overladen boats represent a threat to Europe, or...
Poetry Jazz, Wax and Honey, I’m home
Spoken poetry has a long tradition in Ethiopia. This poetic genre, known as “wax and gold”, is characterised by subtlety and hidden meanings. The literal, superficial words are the “wax” which conceals the “gold” within, wrapping it with wordplays,...
More Aphrike
In her essay “Bye-Bye, Babar” (2005), the British author Taiye Selasi describes a new generation of cosmopolitans of African descent who feel as much at home in the metropolitan cities of Africa as they do in Europe or the United States. She calls...
The Congo Tribunal
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is rich in natural resources valued at an estimated 300 billion dollars. In light of the rising demand for raw materials around the world in past decades, this wealth in gold, diamonds and coltan has thrown the...
Polyversal Souls in Ghana
The central aim of “Polyversal Souls in Ghana” is to develop a new composition and establish a temporary German-Ghanaian orchestra called “Polyversal Souls”, conducted by Max Weissenfeldt. Weissenfeldt is a highly acclaimed percussionist and a...
