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City of Cologne
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European Conference on African Studies (ECAS)
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Global South Studies Center (GSSC)
The Global South Study Center is an interdisciplinary research institution of the University of Cologne dedicated to promoting research and teaching on topics related to the Global South.
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Sunflower Communitiy Development Group
"Sonnenblumen Community Development Group e.V." supports people with a migration background, especially people of African origin, in mastering their different living conditions.
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Jama Nyeta e.V.
"Jama Nyeta" means "Developing Together" and describes our goal: We want to develop new ideas, design spaces for exchange and networking, and create images of the future for a better society.
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afroTopia e.V. / africologneFESTIVAL
africologneFESTIVAL presents theater, dance, performance, media art, discourse formats, music, dramatized literature from many African countries.
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ZAM
ZAM - Center for Contemporary Music
Volkshochschule Köln / Office for Continuing Education of the City of Cologne
The Volkshochschule Köln is the second largest German VHS and the largest adult education institution in NRW, offering a wide range of programs for everyone.
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Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne is an important ethnological museum with an extensive collection of art and cultural objects from all regions of the world.
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Voices of Africa
The literature series stimmen afrikas regularly presents contemporary writers from Africa and the African diaspora in readings and discussion events.
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Pamoja Africa e.V.
Pamoja Afrika e.V. is dedicated to anti-racism and anti-discrimination work and offers a welcoming culture of the African community for people newly arriving in Germany, with and without refugee experiences.
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Alliance 14 Africa
Bündnis14 Afrika wants to reach out especially to people of African origin through diverse socio-political issues and activities.
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ISD Cologne
ISD is a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights and interests of Black people and People of Color in Germany and is committed to fighting racism and discrimination.
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PROUD e. V.
The Proud Event aims to show a different face of Black entrepreneurship, Black culture and community life, beyond the often well-intentioned stereotypes and clichés.
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Theodor Wonja Michael Library (TWMB)
The Theodor Michael Wonja Library in Cologne is an intercultural library specializing in the history, culture and literature of Africa and the African Diaspora.
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One World Network NRW
The One World Network NRW has been the state network of One World engagement for global justice since 1991.
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Migrafrica VJAAD e.V.
Migrafrica VJAAD e.V. realizes inclusion, social entrepreneurship and development cooperation.
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R.A.V.E
R.A.V.E
R.A.V.E. is a community of interest of Afro-Diasporic associations, organizations and initiatives that has set itself the goal of initiating a sustainability dialogue in accordance with Goal 17 of the SDGs between Cologne and Dakar.
More than queer
The Mehralsqueer office advocates for the rights and interests of LGBTIQ* persons and supports institutions and organizations in implementing diversity and anti-discrimination work.
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Dako e.V.
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Africa Film Festival Cologne
The Africa Film Festival Cologne (AFFK) has been an integral part of the film and cultural scene in NRW for 30 years. No other state has a similarly large and comprehensive program on contemporary cinema from Africa.
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AgDD
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Fian
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KCC
The KCC offers free courses in dance, acrobatics, music and computers to children and young people from the large district of "Kigamboni" in Dar es Salaam, giving the community extracurricular activities and perspectives.
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SEETOGO
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SFB 228 Future Rural Africa
"Future Rural Africa" is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center. The goal is to explore large-scale land use change, the associated socio-ecological transformations, and their implications for shaping the future in rural Africa.
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House of Literature Cologne
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Gateway
The Gateway Excellence Start-up Center is a space for consulting and coaching around founding and start-ups.
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Pamoja e.V.
Pamoja e.V. has been supporting KCC and its many projects for children and young people in Tanzania since 2015.
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Fritz Thyssen Foundation
The Fritz Thyssen Foundation, based in Cologne, was established on July 7, 1959 in memory of August and Fritz Thyssen to promote science. It is the first large private science-promoting individual foundation to be established in the FRG after the Second World War.
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City Garden Cologne
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Schauspiel Köln
Since the 2013/14 season, Depot 1 and Depot 2 on the site of the former Carlswerk on Schanzenstraße in Cologne-Mülheim have served as interim venues during the renovation of the Schauspielhaus on Offenbachplatz. Eine Eröffnung der Bühnen am ursprünglichen Spielort ist für den Beginn der Spielzeit 2024/2025 vorgesehen.
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CologneBusiness
KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderungs-GmbH is a municipal subsidiary and supports economic actors free of charge in all business and administrative matters.
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IHK Cologne
The Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Köln) represents the interests of tradesmen and companies in Cologne and the surrounding area.
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StArfrica - Startup Germany-Africa
The mission of StArfrica - Startup Germany-Africa by University of Koblenz-Landau is to increase the attractiveness of Germany for African start-ups and to sensitize and facilitate the market entry of German start-ups in Africa.
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Lookslike Avido
Lookslike Avido is an internationally successful fashion brand based in Nairobi, Kenya which deals in making handmade clothes from Kibera slums to the world.
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Plastic2Beans
The Cologne based start-up Plastic2Beans sells sustainable coffee from Ethiopia and offers knowledge for the construction of recycling plants, with the aim to support and promote plastic recycling.
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KiTma e.V. - Strength & Knowledge
With our commitment, we want to promote intercultural exchange, break down stereotypical barriers and demonstrate the enrichment of diversity and migration for society and the economy.
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Expert Panel (Post)Colonial Heritage of Cologne
Expert Panel (Post)Colonial Heritage of Cologne
The expert committee advises the city of Cologne on how to deal with the reappraisal of the colonial heritage. The committee also develops recommendations in the form of a catalog of measures for the Cologne City Council.
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DFG Research Training Group connect-exclude
The transdisciplinary research training group at the University of Cologne investigates practices of connection and exclusion in globalized networks
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Academy of the Arts of the World
The Academy of World Arts (ADKDW) is an international platform for contemporary art and public discourse in Cologne.
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Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
The Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences is a dynamic and research-intensive university of applied sciences that offers its students practice-oriented studies in around 40 degree programs.
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Africa Centre for Transregional Research
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The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities
Research unit “The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities: Global Contexts and Concepts of Labor Exploitation”
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phil.COLOGNE
As an international philosophy festival, phil.COLOGNE presents voices from philosophy, science and politics and offers a stage for open discourse.
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Afrotreff
Afrotreff is a MEETING for Black, Afro-German and Afro - Diasporic people in Germany.
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Jutta Vogel Stiftung
The Jutta Vogel Foundation is committed to cultural preservation in the deserts of Africa. The foundation wants to contribute to raising awareness of the cultural heritage in the deserts of Africa.
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