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French-German-Month ‘Moving Identities Festival’
Together with our partners and neighbors, the Alliance Francaise Kampala we applied for the Franco-German Fund and got it! Therefore, May 2022 was a month full of fun and educative events about different topics. Each week had a different topic; we kicked off the first week with the topic Digitalism. In this week we had…
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Our year ended with our yearly Christmas Book Fair. The first edition of this event happened in 2021. It shall bring together publishers, literature associations/ communities, individuals and all who are interested in the art of reading. Further, we want the book fair to be a platform for our close partners to connect, showcase their…
Read MoreAzulato Children’s Festival 2022
After a long Covid-19 break we finally brought back Azulato in October 2022! This edition was held at the Kiwatule recreational centre- a beautiful green space, perfect for children. It was a full day event. The workshops started in the morning until the evening hours. We had a huge variety on workshops this year as…
Read MoreGames & Politics
A game is always more than just a game. We had the pleasure to host the Games & Politics exhibition at the Design Hub for 2 months from March-May 2022. Games and Politics is based on the exhibition Global Games by the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) in Karlsruhe, Germany, and focuses explicitly on…
Read MoreGoodbye 2022 – Welcome 2023
The Goethe-Zentrum Kampala would like to thank all our customers, guests and partners for their loyalty and trust in us. In the coming year we would like to continue with our usual quality and will be at your side to help you learn German at any level.Here and in our brochure Language Courses 2023 you…
Read MoreMitchz Manifest
On 10th of August Isabirye Mitch and other artists performed a silent poetry show at our basement. By performing poetry with and without acoustic music the audience could really enjoy various kinds of poetry. Each with their individual touch given by the performers. With the earphones given out each person in the audience could really…
Read MoreAmani Festival
GZK GOES UPCOUNTRY! The cultural team has been travelling to Arua to join the Amani Festival 2022. This festival went for three days from 18th to 20th August including many activities with many different partners. There were dance, singing performances, fashion shows, workshops and a lot more. GZK’s supported Amani Festival with a poetry slam…
Read MoreTEMBELE film premiere
On 7th of August we had the pleasure to host the premiere of this amazing movie in the presence of the director. TEMBELE by Morris Mugisha is handling the topic of mental health. It tells the story of a man stuggeling after he and his wife lost their child during birth. It is supposed to…
Read MoreTebere Arts Foundation- Online Scenography Workshop with Frieda Schneider
The workshop on scenography was one of the Tebere Arts Foundation’s series of mentorship activities for the 2021/22 emerging artists cohort. The facilitator was Frieda Schieder, a renowned scenographer from Germany but who has worked across Europe as well as in Cairo, Egypt. The objective of the workshop was to build capacity for the emerging…
Read MoreGZK Podcast – ATITE, PAPSHER & MICHEAL
In July 2020, we introduced a new establishment: the GZK Podcast. An audio series by Goethe-Zentrum Kampala/ UGCS representing a monthly dive into cultural project processes in Uganda. The podcast mirrors the background stories of our current co-funded projects, which touch on interdisciplinary art fields. The format gives the audience a closer look on what’s…
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