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tradition
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Music (griot, iggawin, traditional Mauretenian music)
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Dimi Mint Abba is the best known representative of the griot tradition in Mauretania. Griots are basically folk singers but also more. Dimi Mint Abba is a preserver of traditions, a commentator on contemporary events, a poet and singer in one person. Typical of her homeland, her music is a cross... More Informationother language:
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Tradition
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Musik (Griot, Iggawin, traditionelle mauretanische Musik)
Dimi Mint Abba ist die bekannteste Vertreterin der Griot-Tradition in Mauretanien. Griots aber sind weit mehr als folkloristische SängerInnen. Und so ist auch Dimi Mint Abba Bewahrerin von Traditionen, Kommentatorin des Zeitgeschehens, Poetin und Sängerin in einer Person. Ihre Musik... Mehr Informationen |
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memory
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Visual Arts (installation art)
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The complex installations of the artist Georges Adéagbo, born in 1942 in Cotonou in Benin, range from documentation to narration. Starting with a central group of themes – historical and cultural references, and autobiographical experiences – he puts carefully chosen items like pictures,... More Information |
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anxiety, beauty, birth, conflict, ecology, peace
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Design and Crafts (carving)
Visual Arts (drawing, environmental art, installation art, mural painting, painting, portrait, printmaking, sculpture) information provided by:
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Chris Afuba is a sculptor who worked as a self-taught artist for seven years following the end of the Nigerian civil war in 1970 before deciding to undertake formal training. Concentrating his skills on wood-carving at the beginning of his career, he produced ornaments and jewellery but his... More Information |
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Performing Arts (theatre)
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Born in 1975 in Mashad, Iran, Mohammad Aghebati studied directing at the Art University Tehran. He made a name for himself with his staging of Purgatory, based on the play by the Irish poet, writer and dramatist William Butler Yeats. Aghebati is a member of the Liv Theatre Group and, like many... More Informationother language:
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Performing Arts (Theater)
geboren 1975 in Mashad, Iran, studierte Regie an der Art University Tehran. Er wurde bekannt mit seiner Inszenierung von Purgatory nach dem Stück des irischen Dichters, Schriftstellers und Dramatikers William Butler Yeats. Aghebati ist Mitglied der Liv Theatre Group. Wie viele iranische... Mehr Informationen |
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Visual Arts (photography)
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Akinbode Akinbiyi was born in 1946 in Oxford, Great Britain. In 1972, self-taught, he began practicing photography. Since 1977 he has lived and worked in Berlin as a freelance photographer. He is co-founder of the cultural center “UMZANSI” in Clermont Township, South Africa. His long-term projects... More Informationother language:
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Bildende Kunst (Fotografie)
Akinbode Akinbiyi wurde 1946 in Oxford, Großbritannien geboren. 1972 begann er als Autodidakt mit der Fotografie. Seit 1977 lebt und arbeitet er als freier Fotograf in Berlin. Er ist Mitbegründer des Kulturzentrums „UMZANSI“ in Clermont Township, Südafrika. In Langzeitreportagen... Mehr Informationen |
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colonialism, politics, post-colonialism, religion
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Written and spoken word (general)
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International Festival of Literature Berlin (ilb)
Edward al-Charrat was born in 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt. During his Law studies, which he completed in 1946, he worked in a British marine depot and immediately after that at the Egyptian National Bank. Because he participated in the activities of the anti-colonial movement he had to accept the... More Informationother language:
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Kolonialismus, Politik, Postkolonialismus, Religion
Genre (Subgenres):
Geschriebenes & gesprochenes Wort (allgemein)
Edwar Al-Kharrat wurde 1926 in Alexandria, Ägypten, geboren. Während seines Studiums der Rechtswissenschaften, das er 1946 beendete, arbeitete er in einem britischen Marinedepot, unmittelbar danach bei der ägyptischen Nationalbank. Wegen Beteiligung an den Aktivitäten der... Mehr Informationen |
