#Bremen African Archives

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Die letzte Kolonie in Afrika

Die letzte Kolonie in Afrika

Virtuelle internationale Konferenz über die West-Sahara am 23. 4. 2021 The link to the live stream will be available on the homepage of Freiheit für die Westsahara – www.freie-westsahara.eu – as from April 19.

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The Harlem Club Musicians

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by PatchworkPoltergeist

A retelling of The Bremen Town Musicians and a beast fable recounting the African American Great Migration of the early 20th century, the blues, and the annoying nature of hardship.

Words: 4267, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Original Work, Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten | The Town Musicians of Bremen (Fairy Tale)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Original Non-Human Character(s)

Additional Tags: Fairy Tale Retellings, times is hard everywhere, Allegory, Period-Typical Racism

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South Africa’s Sexual Minorities Seek Recognition as Victims of Gender-Based Violence

South Africa’s Sexual Minorities Seek Recognition as Victims of Gender-Based Violence

At the Durban Pride Parade, people march through the city in support of gay rights.

By Anita Powell, June 19, 2020, 03:13 pm

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s epidemic of gender-based violence is especially harrowing for the nation’s sexual minorities, who say they regularly experience violence because of their gender expression and sexual identities. It’s a little-known part of what President…

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Bremens koloniales Erbe: Kulturwissenschaftlerin fordert stärkere Aufarbeitung

Bremens koloniales Erbe: Kulturwissenschaftlerin fordert stärkere Aufarbeitung

Interview mit Dr. Cordula Weißköppel

Am 11. August wird in Bremen mit einer Gedenkveranstaltung an die Opfer des Völkermordes in Namibia erinnert. Die Kulturwissenschaftlerin Dr. Cordula Weißköppel von der Universität Bremen kritisiert die aus ihrer Sicht zögerliche Aufarbeitung der kolonialen Geschichte Bremens.

Kulturwissenschaftlerin Dr. Cordula Weißköppel vom Institut für Ethnologie und…

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Manfred O. Hinz: Words of commemoration at the Ohamakari Memorial in Bremen

Manfred O. Hinz: Words of commemoration at the Ohamakari Memorial in Bremen

11 August 2020

Dear friends gathering on the occasion of the commemoration of the Battle of Ohamakari, as the Waterberg is called in Namibia, gathering here at the memorial for the victims of the genocide in Namibia 1904 -1908. Today, we are here to represent many others. We are here to represent all those who – due to Corona – cannot be here:

We are representing two organisations of the Bremen…

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Remembrance of the Genocide in Namibia on August 11

Remembrance of the Genocide in Namibia on August 11

Bremen African Archives, jointly with the Bremen State Centre for Political Education and the NGO “Der Elefant”, call for remembrance of the genocide in Namibia at the time of German colonialism: