Addis Ababa What's on
Ants and Ceramicists Art Exhibition
16 January-14 February 2011. This art exhibition showcases the last series of stitched canvases by the Ethiopian artist Elias Sim
Cairo What's on
Liberated Spatiality by Thaier Helal
25 January-15 March 2011. This exhibition by the Syrian painter Thaier Helal displays a new series of mixed media canvases, made of lines and markings liberated from spatial bounds.
His paintings a...
Nairobi What's on
Launch of Footnotes Online Magazine
18 January 2010. Goethe Institut launches Footnotes Online Magazine, a magazine on contemporary visual arts with focus on East African artists.
This magazine, which aims to become a leading magazi...
Nairobi What's on
Presentation of Research Project on New Urban Religious Communities
19 January 2011. Goethe Institut presents Global Prayers-Redemption and Liberation in the City, a multifaceted research project on the worldwide boom of new urban religious communities.
Its aim is...
Nairobi What's on
28 January 2011. Benga vs. Bongo is a music battle between two friends and musicians: Dan Chizi Aceda and Mzungu Kichaa, who represent two different music genres.
In fact, Dan Chizi Aceda is a fam...
Nairobi What's on
Tribute to Filmmaker Judy Kibinge
4-5 February 2011. Goethe Institut organizes a series of screenings and public discussions on the Kenyan film scene and Kenyan filmmakers. This appointment pays tribute to Judy Kibinge, a less known f...
Cairo What's on
Lecture by American Human Rights Activist Aryeh Neier
24 January 2011. This lecture entitled What has the Human Rights Movement Accomplished? is by Aryeh Neier, founder and executive director of Human Rights Watch who is also president of the Open Societ...
Addis Ababa What's on
Chansons Françaises by Ras Kawintseb
28 January-4 February 2011. Alliance Ethio-Fran
Addis Ababa What's on
Movies for Children at Alliance Française
15 January-5 February 2011. Alliance Ethio-Fran
Cairo What's on
10-26 January 2011. This exhibition brings together a selection of paintings by the famous Egyptian artist Hafez El-Raay. El-Raay specialises in oil and acrylic paintings of Egyptian daily life.
Lagos What's on
1 January-29 February 2011. Every Sunday throughout January and February the Terra Kulture Theatre showcases a play entitled Crown Troupe written and directed by Segun Adefila. Leader of Crown Troupe...
Cape Town What's on
Collection of Stamps on Beadwork
1 January-30 June 2011. The South African Post Office have collaborated with Iziko Art and Social History Collections departments for seven years on this project and exhibition entitled 8th Definitive...
Cairo What's on
30 December 2010-15 January 2011. The Hungarian Cultural Office dedicates this exhibition to Hungary and displays a series of panels created by Hungarian artists.
Accra What's on
27 January 2010. This movie by Paul Lindsay is entitled Before the Flood: Tuvalu is part of the series Thursday Films @ Goethe-Institut. The story is set in Tuvalu, a paradisiacal small island of the...
Accra What's on
Movie People - Dreams - Actions
3 February 2011. For the series Thursday Films, Goethe-Institut projects this movie entitled People-Dreams-Actions directed by Andreas Stiglmayr. It tells the story of the self-governed eco community...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
1 January 2011. Every week on Wednesdays the Dar es Salaam Choral Society practices in the IST Elementary School Music Room. The public is welcome to these sort of private concerts.
Wed 19.30-21.30...
Addis Ababa What's on
1st Ethiopian Journalist Award for Community Reporters
17 December 2010. This ceremony, entitled the first Ethiopian Journalist Award for Community Reporters, awards community reporters, who have been working for a new type of radio station, the Community...
Cairo What's on
23 December 2010-15 January 2011. The Design Centre of Cairo host a large selection of masterpieces by the Egyptian painter Gazbiya Sirry, who is considered one of Egypt
Accra What's on
Concert The Royal Obonu Drummers
18 January 2011. After a very successful debut concert at Goethe Institut last September, the Royal Obonu Drummers, a group composed by the drummers Mustapha Tettey Addy and Max Weissenfeldt, returns...
