Events

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Swahili classes

03/02/10, 17:30, African Information Centre

On 3 February 2010 we are starting a Swahili course for false beginners with a lecturer from Kenya.

50th anniversary of Ghana-Czech diplomatic relations

09/12/09, 17:00, Náprstkovo muzeum

Forum, discussion, film, cultural performance.

Film screening: End of the Rainbow (2007)

24/11/09, 18:30, African Information Centre

The film examines the cultural, economic and environmentalimpact of a transnational gold mining operation on a remotefarming community in northeastern Guinea.

African Pottery workshop for kids - Kirikou, the Potter

21/11/09, 14:00, African Information Centre

Do you know the story about Kirikou who outsmarts the wickedsorceress Karaba and her army of fetishes?

If not, come to our workshop where you can listen to the story and learn a song about Kirikou. This will be a pottery workshop whereyou can make a small African Christmas present for with help of Patrik from Ivory Coast.

Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

10/11/09, 18:30, African Information Centre

Film director Thomas Allen Harris made this film to pay atribute to his stepfather Benjamin Pule Leinaeing (Lee) andthousands of other South Africans who endured decades ofexile to keep the freedom struggle alive against whitesupremacist apartheid regime.

Entrepreneurship in West Africa

04/11/09, 09:30, Restaurace Fluidum, Lucemburská 6, Praha 3

Africa has always been a continent with vast potential for entrepreneurship. In spite of negative images in the media that largely focus on poverty and conflict and discourage investment, many African countries have been able to attract entrepreneurs from around the world who found new markets there.

If you would like to know more about Africa as a continent of opportunities for entrepreneurship, HST Chamber of Commerce Switzerland - Czech Republic in cooperation with African-Czech NGO Humanitas Afrika, cordially invite you to a seminar and a Fair Trade breakfast.

Ezra - film screening

27/10/09, 18:30, Humanitas Afrika

Ezra is the first film to give an African perspective on the disturbing phenomenon of child soldiers in the continent´s recent civil wars. Ezra is a remarkably complex complex psychological study of a child soldier.

Congolese cuisine with Patricia/Chilren's club

25/10/09, 14:00, African Information Centre

Inpiration from Congolese cuisine. Come and learn some few delicious recipes prepared by Patricia from Congo.

Programme for children: African games (Oware, Ampe)

Fairtrade picnic

19/10/09, 18:00, African Information Centre

You are invited to a small picnic with a presentation by Lenka Cerna from Excellent Plzeň s.r.o.

The Hero - film screening

13/10/09, 18:30, Humanitas Afrika

Citizens of Angola struggle to piece themselves back together after the end of the country's thirty year civil war.

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African update

New book “Contemporary African Social and Political Philosophy”

Albert Kasanda, Contemporary African Social and Political Philosophy: Trends, Debates and Challenges. Routledge, 2018.

The book explores what constitutes contemporary African social and political philosophy with regard to its meaning, aims, sources, and relevance for today’s Africa. Kasanda defines contemporary African social and political philosophy as an inclusive reflection of African communities with regard to power and equitable modes of social and political organization. The book sheds new light on debates concerning topics such as ethnophilosophy, negritude, pan-Africanism, democracy, African civil society, African cultures, and globalization.

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Book of the month

Xoliswa Ndoyiya: Ukutya Kwasekhaya

Xoliswa Ndoyiya: Ukutya KwasekhayaTastes from Nelson Mandela’s kitchen

A collection of recipes by Nelson Mandela's personal chef, this book contains the food served to visiting heads of state, celebrities, politicians for more than 20 years. Featuring some of the favourite former South African president's favourite meals including samp and beans, farm chicken, tripe, this book also features paella, peri-peri chicken, prawn curry, and myriad of other delights. With simple, delicious and nourishing recipes, it will interest those who wish to prepare meals that are both elegant and healthy.More

New arrivals

New titles in our library 12/2016

Our library has aquired a number of new and interesting books. Here is the list of the latest titles.

  • Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
  • Fashion Cities Africa by Hannah Azieb Pool
  • Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanismby Christopher Lee
  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Robinson, James A., Acemoglu, Daron
  • Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures With the Ever-Living Poet by Edward Wilson-Lee
  • A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present by Richard J. Reid
  • Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture by Sarah Van Beurden
  • Children in Slavery through the Ages by by Gwyn CampbellSuzanne MiersJoseph C. Miller
  • Global Health in Africa: Historical Perspectives on Disease Control by Tamara Giles-Vernick
  • Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos by Gary  Stewart
  • Women and Slavery, Vol. 1: Africa, the Indian Ocean World, and the Medieval North Atlantic by Gwyn Campbell
  • Women and Slavery, Vol. 2: The Modern Atlantic by Gwyn Campbell
  • Cahier d'un Retour Au Pays Natal by Aimé Cesaire
  • Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange and Competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 by Karen Elizabeth  Flint
  • Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Policies by Antoni Verger
  • Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry by Matthew M. Heaton
   

African information centre

Ječná 2, 120 00 Prague 2

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Tuesday, Thursday: 2 – 6 pm

Humanitas Afrika, občanské sdružení

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