Africa in Germany

The Royal City of Naga – Excavations in the Sudanese Desert

For the first time, 130 magnificent archaeological finds from the royal city of Naga in what is now Sudan are on display in a Berlin museum. A team from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin were engaged in excavation and documentation work in the former Meroitic empire for 15 years, bringing to light impressive results.

Excavations in the Sudanese Desert

Professional training for tomorrow's African business leaders

Recognising the continent's potential, Afrika Kommt! promotes exchange between African future leaders and German industry, laying a foundation for sustainable economic cooperation in the future. Approximately 20 promising young African professionals are chosen to go to Germany and participate in a year-long professional training program with 19 leading international firms.

Afrika Kommt! professional training programme

Africa-Group for Interdisciplinary Studies

The Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) has been successfully coordinating European research on Africa since 1991. Today, AEGIS links 18 Africa Centres in 11 countries to form a research community.

AEGIS

Sounds of Africa

It’s a treasure trove of music from the African continent: the African Music Archive (AMA) at the University of Mainz contains thousands of recordings. They are all here – from Thomas Mapfumo, the Lion of Zimbabwe, to Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa. The large showcase filled with records by African musicians gives an impression of the many different musical performers in this growing collection.

African Music Archive

Common Therapies against AIDS

The HIV Centre at Franfurt am Main's University Hospital and the Karabong Clinic in Lesotho share a hosptial partnership - and are going new ways in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Hospital Partnership

Exchanges Really Work

More and more students from Africa are deciding to study at German universities. The number of African students has never been higher. Academic ties between Germany and Africa have never been as close as they are today.

African Students in Germany

German Africa Prize for 2011 awarded to Kenyan MP

Kenyan Member of Parliament Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed was awarded the German Africa Prize 2011 by President Wulff in Berlin. Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed has been a member of the Kenyan parliament since 2007 and played a key role in the implementation of the new democratic constitution in Kenya. The prize is awarded annually by the German-African Foundation.

German Africa Prize 2011

African film-maker on the red carpet in Berlin

Caroline Kamya has come full circle in Berlin.  From participating in the fifth  Berlinale Talent Campus held there in 2007, the Ugandan film-maker has produced her first feature film, Imani, which will premier at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival in February.  By doing so, Kamya embodies the goals of such a program: to enhance the natural talents and abilities of film artists from around the world, while providing them the contacts and creative tools that they need to succeed. This screening is truly a happy ending to the  story.

Talent Campus profile: Carol Kamya