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Enhancing Culture Reporting

The famous German writer Johanna di Blasi holds this workshop for journalists on Enhancing Culture Reporting, which reflects on the role of media in the development of national culture. Di Blasi intro...
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Latitude Short Film Screening

This cinema review, entitled Latitude Part 1, is the result of a Pan African Short Film Competition, launched by Goethe-Institut in 2007. The first five contemporary short films by young filmmakers fr...
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Screening of The Educators

21 Feb. This feature film, entitled The Educators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei), tells the story of the Berlin-based student Julie, who is hopelessly indebted due because of an accident she caused to...
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Accra String Quartet

22 Feb. This Ghanaian-German concert foresees a blend of African and European classics, performed by the violinists Thomas Woernle and Flavia Robin, George Ackerson at the viola, Richard Fianko at the...
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Projection of Kweku Ananse

7 Feb. Goethe Institut presents this film premiere, entitled Kweku Ananse, by Johannes Preuß and Friends. This short film tells the adventures of the famous Ghanaian folk character Kweku Anan...
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Concert by Burkina Electric

9 Feb. This concert is performed by Burkina Electric, an electronic music band from Burkina Faso. The band is the first in the country to have experimented with electronic music. The three musician...
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Projection of Soul Boy

22 Feb. For the series of African film screening, Goethe Institut hosts the projection of Soul Boy, moderated by the filmmaker Zelalem Woldemariam and followed by a public discussion. Set in Nairob...
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Projection of Soul Kitchen

20 Feb. After the two dramatic movies Head-On and The Edge of Heaven, the German-Turkish movie director Fatih Akin presents this comedy, entitled Soul Kitchen. It tells the story of Zinos, a German...
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Goethe meets Jecken

9 Feb. Goethe celebrates the German Carnival, better known as Jecken, a long tradition spanning centuries, which foresees public celebrations and parades, which mix elements of circus, masks and stree...
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Paintings by Nii Amasah

17 Jan-26 Feb. Goethe Institut in collaboration with the Amorkor Gallery of Osu present this abstract oil painting exhibition on the storytelling genre by the Ghanaian painter Nii Amasah. Amasah li...
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Projection of Kebab Connection

24 Jan. Goethe Institut screens Kebab Connection, a German feature film by Anno Saul. Set in the Schanzenviertel, a multicultural district in Hamburg, Germany, it tells the story of a young Turkish...
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Lovers Agony on Stage

2 Feb. The young producer Eyram Adorkor presents his new comedy, entitled Lovers Agony, produced by Kritikproduction. Adorkor, who showcased in 2012 the theatrical play LiebesNe(s)t (Lovenet), focu...
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Projection of And Along Come Tourists

10 Jan. Goethe Institut hosts the projection of the German feature film And Along Come Tourists by Robert Thalheim. The movie is based on the experiences made by the film director Thalheim during h...
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Rugby tournament in Accra

The third edition of the "Accra 7s" rugby tournament takes place at the University of Ghana's Ajax Park in Accra on 15 December. Organised by the governing body, the Ghana Rugby Association (GRA),...
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Made in Sudan

15 Nov. Made in Sudan consists in the screening of six short documentaries, which are the result of a five-month training program, organised in co-operation with notable international film professiona...
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Female Rights in Ghana

27 November 2012. This documentary photographic exhibition, entitled Female Rights in Ghana, is organized in cooperation with Amnesty International Ghana. Under the solgan Stop Violence against Wom...
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Lovenet

6 October 2012. This theatrical play, entitled Lovenet, is written by Asiadu Yirenkyi and Evans Eyram Adorkor. It tells the story of the 16 years old Alice, who is dating two men apart from her off...
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A Drama on the Abolition of Death Penalty

28 September 2012. This play deals with the abolition of the death penalty, which remains part of the Ghanaian Criminal Code. This drama, presented by Amnesty International Ghana in co-operation wi...
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How To Make A Book With Steidl

27 September 2012. This documentary feature film, entitled How To Make A Book With Steidl, focuses on the German publisher Gerhard Steidl, during his collaboration with world famous photographers in N...

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