Het Holland Festival is het grootste internationale podiumkunsten festival van Nederland en in juni vindt alweer de 72ste editie plaats in Amsterdam. Tijdens het festival is opera, (muziek)theater, dans en meer te zien uit de hele wereld. Dit jaar zijn voor het eerst twee associate artists verbonden aan het festival, William Kentridge uit Zuid-Afrika en Faustin Linyekula uit Congo. Er zal veel werk uit Afrika te zien zijn van de twee associate artists en kunstenaars die hen inspireren.
Senegal is a country of migration. According to the World Bank, 10% of the GDP of the country consists of remittances. Those are financial contributions, sent by Senegalese people living outside the country, which is 5% of the Senegalese population. Most of them live in Europe and African countries in the region. With such a large amount of the population living abroad, the question arises: what is the role of migration in Senegal? To understand this, we first need to understand a bit more about the context of migration in Senegal, and in the broader region of ‘sub-Saharan Africa’.
A surprise move in Algeria two weeks ago. On Monday 11 March, 82-year old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that he would not seek a fifth term. At the same time, he cancelled the elections which would take place on 18 April. Citizens in Algeria have protested his candidacy since February. Bouteflika is rarely seen in public since suffering a stroke in 2013. Some commentators link the recent protests in Algeria with the Arab Spring protests of 2011. It is not surprising then, that there exists fear of increasing numbers of Algerian migrants wanting to flee towards Europe.
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And what policy could be implemented to prevent irregular migration? Read her newest story here!
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
FMS researcher Anne is in Tunisia to talk about migration. Why do people want to migrate? How do they see their future? And how can irregular migration be prevented? Read her newest story here!
After spending four weeks in Accra, Ghana, it’s time for my next field trip. I'm going to Tunisia! Will there be a big difference with Ghana when discussing migration? Or do both countries have a relatively similar perspectives on migration? This, I want to find out in the coming month.
Interview met Amsterdams-Ethiopisch journalist Kibret Mekonnen
We gingen op de koffie bij journalist en documentairemaker Kibret Mekonnen, een van de workshoporganisatoren van de Afrikadag 2019. Twintig jaar geleden kwam hij van Ethiopië naar Nederland. De omstandigheden om de journalistiek daar uit te oefenen waren ondragelijk geworden. “Een week voor vertrek naar Nederland zat ik nog in de gevangenis”, vertelt Kibret ons in zijn kantoor in Amsterdam.
