Africa on the move – new perspectives on development / Frankfurt

A series of lectures organised by Frankfurt University, ZIAF, GTZ, SID and KfW taking place in Frankfurt from October 2010 to February 2011. Uta Ruppert and Rainer Klump invited prominent speakers like Patrick Chabal, Andreas Eckert or Dieter Neubert among many others. The topics include China and Africa, Regionalism, climate change …

See the full programme as PDF or the website for place and dates.

 

 

 

New German book series – young writers from Africa

The German “Wunderhorn Verlag” publishes a new series of contemporary African literature in German. It is a courageous endeavour to translate young writers from Africa.

The first titles are

• Lebogang Mashile: Töchter von morgen – Gedichte (2010) [In a Ribbon of Rhythm, 2005]
• K. Sello Duiker: Die stille Gewalt der Träume  (2010) [The Quiet Violence of Dreams«, 2002]

There will be published three books a year, the next one of Shimmer Chinodya…

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