Tag Archives: Africa

Prof. Zinganel: Images produce desires for a better Life

On the occasion of the presentation of the European Tolerance Talks 2018 in Vienna, the Salzburg historian and architectural theorist Michael Zinganel presented his theses on mobility and migration in the Alps-Adriatic region. Using numerous examples, Zinganel pointed out that it is above all the enormous expectations that bring people on their way, and these
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The Lion of Cameroon in Fresach

Three years he sat in prison, just because he had dared to compete against President Paul Biya who is in power since 1982. Since May, he is now on the loose. The weekend he was in Austria to fulminate against the corrupt political caste in his country Cameroon. When asked whether he will rise despite
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Enoh Meyomesse comes to Fresach

The great African poet and political activist Enoh Meyomesse (60), comes to a reading tour to Austria in November. Meyomesse was just released from prison in Camerun in May, after several PEN centers in the U.S. and Europe have intervened for him. Reading performances are planned for Vienna, Graz and Fresach from 12th to 15th
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Love Songs from prison

Philo Ikonya sings and plays her famous and touching poems on Friday 22nd of May, evening 8 p.m. in the old Prayers House of FRESACH – worth to see and hear. “Philo Ikonya’s poems are filled with political commitment, and it’s hard not to be touched by the story that is evoked in them. Thematically,
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