On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela passed away. His life and legacy will be commemorated at numerous events between the 5th and the 15th of December, the day he was laid to rest in Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
01/12/2015
After the Dutch premiere of MULTIVERSE Ghana last June, it was time to bring back the movie to where it belongs.
26/11/2015
Meet ZAM at Africaday 2015
Blog /ZAM will be present at the annual Africaday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Saturday November 7, 2015. Come and meet us at our stand.
27/10/2015
For a split second I can see the townships red dust dwirling up. Maxolisi Majozi, aka Zuluboy, starts a rhythmic monologue, mingles his rap voice with tight baselines and energetic drums at the opening night over Afrovibes, the Amsterdam based festival. The fusion between traditional township Mbaqanga music and Dutch rockers starts with slight hesitation.
09/10/2015
Mandela Landscape sold
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The original Mandela Landscape, an art piece created by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn and visual artist Berend Strik, has been sold 32.500 euro.
08/10/2015
We congratulate Ruiter Janssen, who has won the annual Dutch infographics Award 2015, awarded by the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO).
29/09/2015
French economist and writer of the international bestseller Capital in the Twenty-First Century will read the 2015 Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Soweto Campus of the University of Johannesburg today, 3 October at 15:00 (local time).
28/09/2015
Swallows without borders
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ZAM & Afrovibes | Free movement and strange cultures are the subjects of South African photographer Sabelo Mlangeni.
28/09/2015
South Africa’s efforts to keep all languages alive have global impact.
28/09/2015
Mohau Modisakeng is one of the many upcoming artists to look out for at this year’s Unseen, an international photography fair and festival taking place between 18 and 20 September at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
15/09/2015
In July, Gökçe Akyuz joined the ZAM team as an intern. She loves Africa, investigative journalism and struggles for freedom and justice, that’s why. On the 20th of July a tragedy occurred in her home country.
01/09/2015
If you’re in Hamburg in October, South African Choreographer Jessica Nupen’s dance performance Romeo & Juliet / REBELLION & JOHANNESBURG will be on stage. The young South African dancers are re-telling the Shakespearean story, exploring the challenges of their young generation while moving to the beats of Johannesburgs’ lively street culture.
31/08/2015
Join ZAM, the movement
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Our latest flyer is the first of a series carrying the best of ZAM photography. Our opening shot presents Anton Corbijn's picture of Fela Kuti, made in Paris in 1981. A luta continua.
27/08/2015
Igshaan Adams, a young artist from Cape Town, is going to present his multi-disciplinary exhibition Please Remember from the 29th of August in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
26/08/2015
History after Apartheid
Blog /History after Apartheid by Haroon Gunn Salie will be shown at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg from the 22 of August until the 19 of September 2015.
25/08/2015
Around Cape Town? Don’t miss out on the Same Same but Different exhibition at Gallery MOMO in the Bokaap quarter. George Hallett, one of South Africa’s best documentary photographers, opened his body of work - from Apartheid area, images of the District Six and his time in exile. The contemporary arts collective Burning Museum contributed an installation of blown-up album covers inspired by Hallett’s work.
Details: Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, 20 August until 26 September 2015
25/08/2015
A wide variety of movies from Jamaica to Uganda and South Africa to Japan. Directors and Q & A’s. Open air screenings. And nine movies from nine different countries competing for the World Cinema Jury Award. That is this year's World Cinema Festival in Amsterdam.
13/08/2015
23/07/2015
Stories about my granddad
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Our friends at the amazing Contemporary And (C&) website interviewed young South African artist Lebohang Kganye about her special relation to her grandfather, the idea of performance and being born after 1989 in Johannesburg.
21/07/2015
We are at the West India House, the former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company notoriously known for its history of slave trade. Colonialism and slavery are the themes of the recently launched Black Amsterdam Heritage Tours founded by Jennifer Tosch. So it’s the proper place to gather for a tour with 35 participants on July 16, 2015, organized by the ZAM team as a gesture of appreciation to all volunteers, partners and friends of the movement.
21/07/2015