For the international program Metropolis the VPRO (broadcaster) is looking for new local video journalists, documentary filmmakers and storytellers. From 2008 to 2015 the VPRO produced Metropolis; a TV show in which the editors collaborated with local correspondents to report about remarkable stories from the daily lives of people worldwide. Metropolis compared those stories with each other by using various themes. For example: how do people from Japan and South-Africa experience wedding or funeral...
For the international program Metropolis the VPRO (broadcaster) is looking for new local video journalists, documentary filmmakers and storytellers. From...
Royalties for shareholders, tainted water for the locals Cameroon’s Gaz du Cameroun and its UK multinational partner fill the pockets of those aligned with kleptocrat ruler Paul Biya whilst an elite military unit oppresses popular protests. As the first rays of daylight pierced a thick haze blanketing the Ndogpassi neighborhood, several dozen angry men appeared, seemingly from nowhere. They formed a human barrier across the main entrance to a natural gas power plant in the east of Douala,...
Royalties for shareholders, tainted water for the locals Cameroon’s Gaz du Cameroun and its UK multinational partner fill the pockets of those aligned...
"Wise words mistranslated: What can we learn from a pre-colonial Nigerian philosopher?" Pre-colonial Nigerian philosophy? What is it all about? What does it tell us? These are questions philosopher Sophie Oluwole and filmmaker Juul van der Laan explore in a new production with a tantalising working title: Fact is Fiction . It is a new transmedia project inspired by ancient Yorùbá philosophy and an early computer system. While the film is still in the making, you can tag along with the director and...
"Wise words mistranslated: What can we learn from a pre-colonial Nigerian philosopher?" Pre-colonial Nigerian philosophy? What is it all about? What does...
A remarkable exhibition by fifteen South African artists is presently on view in Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. You can now browse through the works on the exhibition’s website . In addition to the works the site also provides information about the curators Nkule Mabaso and Manon Braat, the catalogue and the symposium that took place after the opening in January, 2018.
A remarkable exhibition by fifteen South African artists is presently on view in Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. You can now browse through...
How the photo collections of two families connect worlds apart There was a corner in his grandmother’s house where Farrell Ngilima was not allowed to come even when he was a child. There was a cupboard standing there containing many small yellow boxes. When he got older, he discovered the secret of those boxes: they contained hundreds of negatives, made by his grandfather Ronald Majongwa Ngilima. Farrell realised he had found a treasure-trove. The pictures were made in the fifties and sixties in...
How the photo collections of two families connect worlds apart There was a corner in his grandmother’s house where Farrell Ngilima was not allowed to...
‘Before It Is Completely Gone’ - a solo exhibition by Thierry Oussou, his first with Stevenson gallery, opens in Johannesburg on Saturday February 10, 10am – 1 pm. Oussou will give a walkabout of his exhibition on Friday 9 February at 11am. The exhibition is on view until 16 March 2018 . Described as a ‘social archaeologist’, Oussou combines his immediate context with accumulated personal experiences to craft probing yet poetic commentaries with a global perspective. In this exhibition, the artist...
‘Before It Is Completely Gone’ - a solo exhibition by Thierry Oussou, his first with Stevenson gallery, opens in Johannesburg on Saturday February 10,...
Thanks to the courtesy of publisher AtlastContact, we are giving away three copies of Zwart. Afro-Europese Literatuur uit de Lage Landen (ed. by Vamba Sherif and Ebissé Rouw). If you want to win a copy of this anthology of Afro-European Literature from the low countries, the first of its kind, please send an email to info@zammagazine.com before Sunday 11 February, 2018, 12 pm CET. Entry has now closed and the three winners will receive a copy by the publisher. We have published one of the chapters...
Thanks to the courtesy of publisher AtlastContact, we are giving away three copies of Zwart. Afro-Europese Literatuur uit de Lage Landen (ed. by Vamba...
This short story by Simone Atangana Bekono is one of a recently published anthology Zwart. Afro-Europese Literatuur uit de Lage Landen in the Netherlands . Editors are Ebissé Rouw and Vamba Sherif Nadat oom Frederick rond vier uur ’s middags, zestien dagen voor kerst, zijn laatste adem had uitgeblazen, werden de voorbereidingen voor zijn begrafenis efficiënt in gang gezet. Bella belde direct erna mijn moeder op. Mijn moeder hing haar jurk aan de deur van haar kledingkast en stelde ons een voor een...
This short story by Simone Atangana Bekono is one of a recently published anthology Zwart. Afro-Europese Literatuur uit de Lage Landen in the Netherlands...
Afrofuturism and the grand debate about (post) colonial, fragmented identities,stolen history and shattered dreams Visitors to Creating Other Futures , an exhibition at De Melkweg in Amsterdam, will feelarl a sense of displacement when they are surrounded by the sound, colours and moving images during the exhibition. Fascinated by these converging elements, I was drawn to these works of art, specifically those that use different kinds of montage, like the work of Chinese artist Ming Wong. By using...
Afrofuturism and the grand debate about (post) colonial, fragmented identities,stolen history and shattered dreams Visitors to Creating Other Futures ,...
The protagonist Moses in Alain Mabanckou’s Black Moses grows up in an orphanage on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire in the independent Republic of the Congo that is on the eve of the creation of the imaginary People's Republic of the Congo, a Marxist–Leninist state. As the novel starts Moses recalls his years in the orphanage from the moment he was abandoned there as a baby to the inner turmoil and desires he experienced as he becomes an adolescent. He recalls a catholic priest Papa Moupelo, a...
The protagonist Moses in Alain Mabanckou’s Black Moses grows up in an orphanage on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire in the independent Republic of the Congo...
ZAM, the platform for African change, is celebrating Nelson Mandela's centenary with an elaborate program of activities: Mandela100 . This program will inform a yearlong critical search for today's relevance of Mandela's work and ideas. The highlight of Mandela100 will be the Nelson Mandela Lecture scheduled for December 2018. To make this Lecture happen, ZAM is currently looking for a fundraiser in the private sector on a 'no cure, no pay' basis. In Mandela’s life of resistance, strategic insight,...
ZAM, the platform for African change, is celebrating Nelson Mandela's centenary with an elaborate program of activities: Mandela100 . This program will...
On 20 December 2017, Biram Dah Abeid, leader of the Mauritanian l'Initiative pour la résurgence du mouvement abolitionniste (IRA) met with members of the ZAM Team and Conny Braam, former president of the Anti-Apartheids Beweging Nederland (AABN). Slavery and racism are much alive in todays' Mauritania. While forbidden by law, the practice of enslavement lives on in thousands of households, in factories and in agriculture. “Judges, politicians, the police, they all conveniently look away when asked...
On 20 December 2017, Biram Dah Abeid, leader of the Mauritanian l'Initiative pour la résurgence du mouvement abolitionniste (IRA) met with members of the...
The people's professor The Ghanaian academic Francis Allotey was more than a great scientist, or maybe an example of what this title should entail. Born on August 9th 1932 in Saltpont Ghana, he was 85 years when he suddenly passed away in the evening of November 2nd 2017. During his lifetime 'Prof' not only excelled in the language of Mathematical Physics, understood only by a few, he also managed to speak a language through which he could reach many. A language of passion and for people. He was...
The people's professor The Ghanaian academic Francis Allotey was more than a great scientist, or maybe an example of what this title should entail. Born...
AfroPunk took Johannesburg, South Africa by storm (and a little rain) in the final days of 2017. Music, experimental fashion and spoken word were all part of an exhilarating celebration of modern Africa. They say AfroPunk is much more than just a festival – it is a movement. From Brooklyn, NY, where AfroPunk was launched in 2005, it moved to Paris, London, Atlanta – finally landing on African soil in Johannesburg. And for good reason: “Modern South Africa is proof of the victory of otherness over...
AfroPunk took Johannesburg, South Africa by storm (and a little rain) in the final days of 2017. Music, experimental fashion and spoken word were all...
Change has come to Zimbabwe. A coup-not-be-called-a-coup made an end to 37 years of Mugabe rule. The tyrant was sent home with a 10 million Dollar package deal. His friends, some will say his masters, took over and euphoria coloured the day. A new beginning ? This was precisely the title of an article ZAM published in 2008 . It recorded voices of hope in the Zimbabwean diaspora. There are no easy victories and the real character of change in Zimbabwe still has to show. In the meantime: let's...
Change has come to Zimbabwe. A coup-not-be-called-a-coup made an end to 37 years of Mugabe rule. The tyrant was sent home with a 10 million Dollar...
Three South African artists – Usha Seejarim, Lawrence Lemanoana and Hannelie Coetzee – have been nominated for the creation of a monument honouring Nelson Mandela in Ghent, Belgium. The Mandela @Ghent Project is a collaboration between the University and the City of Ghent, Africalia and the South African Embassy. The initiators have recently started a crowdfunding campaign in support of the monument to be erected in De Krook neighbourhood. For more information check...
Three South African artists – Usha Seejarim, Lawrence Lemanoana and Hannelie Coetzee – have been nominated for the creation of a monument honouring...
The reports of Dutch former diplomat Coen Stork (1928 – 2017) of the 1964 Rivonia Trial challenged misconceptions about South African freedom fighters. In October 2017, former Dutch diplomat Coen Stork passed away at age 89. In 1964 Stork was an observer at the Rivonia Trial in South Africa. The factual reports ('cables') he prepared for the Dutch Foreign Affairs office are testimony to a courageous and highly independent understanding of events. Stork did not take Apartheid propaganda for granted...
The reports of Dutch former diplomat Coen Stork (1928 – 2017) of the 1964 Rivonia Trial challenged misconceptions about South African freedom fighters....
You are invited to join the Nelson Mandela Foundation in marking the 4th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's passing. The keynote address will be delivered by General Bantu Holomisa. At the event the Foundation will also outline its Nelson Mandela Centenary programme and launch the exhibition Unthreading Mandela . Event details Time: 17:30 Date: 5 December 2017 Location: 107 Central Street, Houghton - Nelson Mandela Foundation RSVP: Please confirm your attendance to noreenw@nelsonmandela.org
You are invited to join the Nelson Mandela Foundation in marking the 4th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's passing. The keynote address will be delivered...
With no less than six members of ZAM’s partner the African Investigative Publishing Collective presenting their deep-digging stories, plus the showing of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ undercover documentary ‘Justice!’, plus a book launch on 75 years of investigative journalism on the African continent , plus the Global Shining Light Award for investigative journalism awarded to AIPC member the Premium Times, African investigative journalists occupied their deserved place on the international stage at the...
With no less than six members of ZAM’s partner the African Investigative Publishing Collective presenting their deep-digging stories, plus the showing of...
Bringing together African change makers, Dutch activists and the diaspora in a joint event of solidarity. On Monday 20 November the ZAM studio in Amsterdam was packed. In the presence of Keval Harie, director of the Gays and Lesbians Memory in Action (GALA) archives in Johannesburg and co-editor Makhosazana Xaba, we launched the exciting Queer Africa 2: New Stories . This collection brings together 26 fiction and non-fiction stories on queer identity from seven African countries and offers...
Bringing together African change makers, Dutch activists and the diaspora in a joint event of solidarity. On Monday 20 November the ZAM studio in...
Join Pak je avond!, an inclusive celebration on December 5, 2017. An evening filled with art, music, poetry, dance and food. Amongst the performing artists are: Guillermo Blinker, Babs Franklin Gons, Marassa, Marikit M. Saturay, Robin Scherpen, Glenn Helberg, Nafiss Nia, Sieger Baljon, Sahand Sahebdivani. Yahmani Blackman will host the evening. Event information Date: Tuesday December 5 Time: 18:00 - 23:00 Locatie: Mezrab, Veemkade 576, Amsterdam Ticket Program: €9.90 Ticket Meal: €7.00 Website:...
Join Pak je avond!, an inclusive celebration on December 5, 2017. An evening filled with art, music, poetry, dance and food. Amongst the performing...
