Events

Where: Prague Municipal Library in Smíchov, Náměstí 14. října 15/83, Praha 5

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

15-18 p.m.

Presentation of the library of African information centre

Live music and food tasting

Presentation about the history of coffee in Ethiopia, Dr. Tesfaye Hundie

Film screening: Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai

African library will be closed from 1 July till 15 September 2013. All borrows will be automatically renewed. We apologize to all readers for any inconvenience caused and look forward to the reopening. In case of inquiries, please send us an e-mail. Thank you!

New courses of Swahili are to start from 5 March 2013.

Humanitas Afrika invites you to the third and last film screening of the series Environmental Stories from Africa

Delta Force follows the documentary film The Drilling Fields describing the struggle of the Ogoni people led by writer Ken Saro‑Wiwa to save their homeland devastated by Shell corporation. It underscores the close relationship between Shell and Nigerian military dictatorship, bears witness to the military attack on Ogoni communities and documents natural devastation. Neither strong international engagement is not successful and illegally detained leader Ken Sano‑Wiwa is finall executed despite massive protests. Much of the Delta Force footage was secretly shot by Ogoni themselves.

GB 1995, Director: Glenn Ellis, 52 min., English / Czech subtitles

Humanitas Afrika cordially invites you to another film screenig and a discussion which is a part of a series called Environmental Strories from Africa.

The story of Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has many dimensions. The initial intention of combating soil erosion by planting trees evolved into a political movement fighting not only environmental degradation but also poverty and political oppression of the authoritarian regime of the Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi. The film documents the life path of Wangari Maathai who through adversity of both natural and political environment in the country proved to change the direction of development of Kenyan society. The key to her success was an idea of planting trees and indomitable spirit.

Humanitas Afrika cordially invites you to film screenings and discussions as part of the series Environmental Stories from Africa.

15 October is the 25th anniversary of Sankara's assassination. To remember this man and his time, there will be a screening of a documentary: Thomas Sankara – The Upright Man followed by a discussion.

30 June is the 52nd independence anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Humanitas Afrika commemorates this important event in the history of the Afrikan people with the film Lumumba by Raoul Peck.

Humanitas Afrika and the Embassy of South Africa in Prague cordially invite you to celebrate The Day of African Child with a screening of the film about Steve Biko Cry Freedom.

Courting justice profiles indomitable female judges charged with the task of advancing those rights and enacting transitional justice while confronting the challenges of a male dominated institution. This dynamic film examines the transformation to democracy through the intimate and inspiring stories of women working for change from the bench.