18:00 - 20:00
AStA Student Center, Uni Campus
Closing event of the series – 140 Years of the Berlin Africa Conference: Imperialism yesterday and today
In front 140 Years ago, European colonial powers met in Berlin, to negotiate the division of the African continent between themselves. While just a few years before the conference, only a fraction of Africa was under colonial rule, was the end of 19. In the 19th century, almost the entire continent was under Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Belgium and Spain divided. The Berlin Africa Conference 1884/1885 is symbolic of this race for Africa and is considered the high phase of European imperialism. Rather, as a historically closed phenomenon, Imperial conditions continue to have an impact in many ways today or appear in new guises.
With this series of events we want to, the field of development policy and postcolonial studies, the diverse political, trace and discuss economic and epistemic lines of connection between imperialism then and today.
In terms of content, the first part of the event is dedicated to German colonial rule in Togo and Namibia. In the second part we look at colonial continuities in the global political economy and discuss current forms of energy colonialism, Neocolonialism and imperialism.
Am Wednesday the 12.02.2025 one 18 Clock we show Student house in the AStA At the end of the series of events the approx.. 72-minute award -winning documentary "Walter Rodney: What they don’t Want you to Know. ”. Following the film screening, the audience gives themselves the opportunity to exchange ideas with each other. We look forward to the end of the semester and the series of events with you!
To the film: The one from Guyana historian and Politician Walter Rodney wrote some powerful writings to this day (For example, "How Europe Underdevelopt Africa") and applies Pioneer for the Black Power Movement and anti -colonial resistance movements. Because of his political activism, Walter Rodney was faced with state repression for almost his life, which ultimately in his murder 1980 culminate. The film illuminated the connections between the struggle of social movements and state countermeasures against the background of the progressive decolonization and the Cold War. Walter Rodney's bereaved as well as prominent voices from politics have their say, Science and activism.
The series is post -colonial in cooperation with Kassel, node, medico international, forensic architecture, the Walter Rodney Foundation and the Ameena Gafoor Institute.
All events are public. We are also pleased about the active participation of people, that have nothing to do with the university in everyday life.
Location:
AStA Student Center
Uni Campus
University of Kassel