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October Cultural Programme
Jacqueline Asiimwe Book ReadingThursday, 3rd October 2024Venue: GZK BasementTime: 5:00 PM | Free Entry Join author Jacqueline Asiimwe for a reading and discussion of her memoir Facing Mountains. Engage in an insightful conversation about her journey, followed by a Q&A session. Docs DayThursday, 10th October 2024Venue: GZK BasementTime: 5:00 PM | Free Entry Attend the…
Read MoreNgalabi celebrates 8 years of Cinematic Goodness!
The Ngalabi Short Film Festival made eight years of cinematic goodness! Since its inception in 2017, the festival has been intrinsically committed to promoting and celebrating the short film genre as an art form in sub-Saharan Africa. The eighth edition showcased 25 short films from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Namibia, Reunion Island, France,…
Read MoreNgalabi Festival Program 2024
We are pleased to unveil our three day festival program,6th to 8th September 2024. According to the festival curator, Joel Tugaineyo, “Day one celebrates the boundless imagination of our inner child and its infinite capacity to change the world for good or ill with dark fairytales like Patience Nitumwesiga’s ‘Jangu’ and coming-of-age epics like Raymond…
Read MoreOpen Call: Literature Festival Curator
The Goethe Zentrum Kampala / Uganda Cultural Society is looking for a curator for its inaugural literature festival. The festival will have a prelude in December 2024 and have its full premier in 2025. The festival aims to support the growth of the sector through skill development, encouraging critical dialogue on literature and foster networking…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Ngalabi Short Film Festival 2024
Ngalabi Short Film Festival 2024 Celebrating Short Films from Uganda and Beyond Dates: 6th -8th September 2024 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/Ugandan German Cultural Society is proud to present the 8th edition of the annual Ngalabi Short Film Festival. The festival will be hosted at Circular Design Hub from 6th to 8th September 2024. There will be film…
Read MoreWhere Rivers Go To Die
`Aya walked up a stone path under the sculpture of dead trees, and for a moment she wondered what it had felt like to sit under a real tree. Ancient poets described the music leaves made as a breeze rustled them and the song of birds perched on the branches and that it was considered…
Read MoreAugust 2024 Cultural Program
Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/Ugandan German Cultural Society (UGCS) is excited to announce our August 2024 Cultural Program! This month, we have an engaging lineup of events that celebrate literature, storytelling, and creative expression. Mark your calendars and join us for the following events: Where Rivers Go to Die Join us for a riveting book reading and Q&A…
Read MoreMIFT Fort Portal Edition
On Friday, June 28th, 2024, we embarked on the final leg of the Moving Identities Film Tour (MIFT), heading to Fort Portal in Kabarole district. We arrived around 2:00 pm at Reinah Tourist Hotel, our accommodation and workshop venue. After settling in, we meticulously planned for the workshops to ensure a smooth flow the following…
Read MoreAfrican Writers Trust Informative Seminar Series: 3rd Edition
Written by African Writers Trust/ Photo courtesy: African Writers Trust African Writers Trust organised a residential, Informative Writers Seminar on the theme: ‘Self-Publishing in Africa: What you need to Know.’ The event took place at Hotsprings Villas Hotel, in Kampala, Uganda, from 14th to 16th June, 2024. The Seminar was attended by nationals from five African countries:…
Read MoreLela Pit Exhibition
‘This exhibition explores the relationship of women with their bikes in the North of Uganda. Unlike the capital city, Kampala, where women rarely ride bikes, despite the prevalence of boda-bodas for public and private transport, many women in the North use bikes for transport and moving goods. The work celebrates the bike as the women’s…
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