Haus für Poesie

Michael Lentz Foto: gezett

11 am

Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, HanseatenwegEntry: 5/3 euros 

With Michael Braun literary critic, Heidelberg Uwe Kolbe author, Berlin Michael Lentz author, BerlinClaudia Maaß Free University Berlin/German didactics Johann Reißer literary scholar, BerlinMonika Rinck author, Berlin Annekathrin Schachtpsychologist, Berlin Thomas Sparr managing director of the Suhrkamp Verlag publishing house, Frankfurt am Main
Hosted by Stephan Porombka literary scientist, Berlin/Hildesheim 

You hear it said over and again: modern poetry is heavy duty. We need to get to the bottom of it – from the viewpoint of literary studies, philosophy and cognition psychology, and taking the views of publishing houses and authors into account. What is behind the cliché that modern poetry is heavy?

Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong

3 pm

Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros

With Jackson Kaujeua Namibia Jack MapanjeMalawi Gankhanani Moffat Moyo ZambiaKeamogetsi Joseph Molapong Namibia
Hosted by Flora Veit-Wild specialist in African studies, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Kindly supported by Air Namibia, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, and [the cultural exchange organisation] p.art.ners berlin-windhoek GmbH

Phillippa de Villiers

4.30 pm

Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros

With Keorapetse Kgositsile, Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Iain Gregory Robinson a.k.a. Ewok, Kgafela oa Magogodi Hosted by Dag Zimen (German Africa Foundation, Berlin)

Kindly supported by the German Federation Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development

Jackson Kaujeua

6pm

Hall 1, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 8/5 euros

With Jackson Kaujeua (Namibia), Jack Mapanje(Malawi), Keamogetsi Joseph Molapong (Namibia),Gankhanani Moffat Moyo (Zambia)
Hosted by Carol Campbell (presenter and actor, Berlin)

The Zambezi runs through six countries, the most diverse cultural traditions and numerous linguistic regions. This event follows the course of Africa’s fourth-largest river and explores the poetic currents along its banks.

Sponsored by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of [the cultural and educational co-operation initiative] “Aktion Afrika” and on the basis of a resolution by the German Federal Parliament. Kindly supported by Air Namibia and [the cultural exchange organisation] p.art.ners berlin-windhoek GmbH 

Kgafela oa Magogodi Foto: Oliver Company

8pm

Hall 1, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 8/5 euros 

With Keorapetse Kgositsile, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Zolani Mkiva, Iain Gregory Robinson, a.k.a Ewokand Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
Hosted by Dag Zimen (German Africa Foundation, Berlin)

Initially founded as a gold mining town, Johannesburg today is a city full of exuberant creativity and the indisputable poetry capital of southern Africa. Some of Johannesburg’s most significant poets present a portrait of their city.

Kindly supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development

10 pm

Studio of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 14/8 euros

With Chiwoniso Maraire (Zimbabwe) and band.

She is Zimbabwe’s internationally best-known singer. Chiwoniso combines traditional instruments with elements of rock, Shona traditions and mbira thumb piano sounds with hip-hop and soul. In her songs, she speaks out against the exploitation of her people by the government.

Kindly supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development