Nov
07
Exhibition & exchange around Black personalities
Together with its partners, Black Academy team invites you to its hybrid event of the Likôda project at the Saal Mannheimer Abendakademie (U1, 16-19 | 68161 Mannheim) on Saturday, November 25, 2023 from 10:00 - 13:30pm (German time). During this event, we will put you in touch with the inspiring black personalities of the Likôda project [...]
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Nov
06
Winner´s Ceremony of the creative contest “Sò – remembering forward”
Meine Welt e. V. in collaboration with PLACE for Africa warmly invites you to celebrate the artists and their works from all the participants of this year’s Creative Contest with us. Between 14th September and 15th October we received 20 creative submissions from all over the world. They present inspiring ways of highlighting cultural heritage [...]
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Nov
06
Workshop on the drums of traditional African music: meaning and significance on 23.11 4:30-6pm
Dear community The Black Academy in collaboration with UNICEF-Hochschulgruppe Heidelberg invites you to a learning workshop on African culture through interactive exchanges on the meaning of tom-toms. This workshop is about getting to know the African culture through traditional African drums (tom-toms) in a playful way. The workshop lasts 90 min and is free of [...]
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Oct
30
Mannheim day of action against online hate
The Black Academy was at the Jugendkulturzentrum FORUM on Saturday 28.10.2023 for the day of action against online hate. The members of the team who were there ran an information stand on the work of decolonising the internet that the Black Academy has been carrying out since its creation. Interaction with the activists enabled us [...]
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Oct
23
AFRIKA FORUM: Network meeting and foundation of the Pan-African Council
Dear Network Africa Forum, Dear interested parties, Dear friends, we hope you are well and ready for an exciting meeting! This year's Africa-Forum Baden-Württemberg network meeting is just around the corner and we can't wait to welcome you all on 27th October in Ludwigsburg at the Kulturzentrum, Wilhelmstraße 9/1. Here is an overview of the [...]
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Sep
15
Creative Contest 2023: “Sò – remembering forward”
Meine Welt e. V. in collaboration with PLACE for Africa invite you to participate in their Creative Contest 2023. The selected theme for this year is “Sò - remembering forward” and is implemented within the framework of the Black Academy initiative, which is supported by the City Mannheim and the Center for international Cultural Education [...]
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Jul
13
Panafrican Woman Day
The Black Academy initiative of MeineWelt e.V. and PLACE e.V., in cooperation with the City of Mannheim, Abendakademie Mannheim and the Goethe Institut Mannheim, is organising a hybrid workshop entitled ELEKE on Monday 31 July 2023 to mark International Pan-African Women's Day. This commemoration will not only pay tribute to the "Foremothers of Africa" who fought [...]
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May
02
Today, 02.05, the “Initiative 2. Mai” organizes a demonstration in memory of a person who died a year ago due to police violence.
Dear community, Since the appalling events that took place on the 27th of April 2023 against some of our African guests, many of you have been showing continuous support. We are sincerely touched by this. This gives us even more strength to say no to this injustice done to Black and Afro-descendant people for decades. [...]
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