africologneDIALOGFORUM @ ECAS 2023 – Recognize, Restitute and Repair

For the first time, the africologneDIALOGFORUM will take place within the framework of the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), which will be hosted by the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) of the University of Cologne in 2023.
Discussion: Violence and resistance

Terrorist as well as state violence shape societies in their daily struggle for survival and dignity. For many artists invited to africologne, theater is a resistant and political practice.
L’Art-Matrice: Acting, Body, Voice – Workshop 2/2

The performative training focuses on the creative state as well as the inner focus; among others through bodywork, circle singing, concentration and action.
L’Art-Matrice: Acting, Body, Voice – Workshop 1/2

The performative training focuses on the creative state as well as the inner focus; among others through bodywork, circle singing, concentration and action.
BAAMUM NAFI (NAFI’S FATHER) – Film by Mamadou Dia

In the Senegalese village of Yonti, Iman Tierno holds his community together by providing spiritual cohesion.
Violence and Resistance in the Sahel – Talk/Reading

L’Ingérence tells the true story of Jörg Lange, a civil engineer and development aid worker in Burkina Faso, who, after interfering in the affairs of state of former president Blaise Compaoré in 2005
africologneCONCERT: Reinel Bakole

She is already considered by many to be a rising star of the international avant-garde neo-soul scene. Reinel Bakole is a Belgian-Congolese singer, expressionist, composer, dancer and performer.
On Desiring to be Desired by Josephine Papke – Talk and Reading

“For a long time I thought it hurt me that I didn’t fit the ideals. Then I understood: the norms of this violent society were not made for me.
African Futures – Let’s Celebrate!

Celebrating African Futures with a night of modern African music.
The Remix – World Premiere! Dance

You can snatch everything from a person except his dream, his imagination, his mirage. Stories are subject to all kinds of change over time. But how can we remix body, memory, or an opinion?