Last weekend A.K.A Afrikaanse Kultuurfees Amsterdam, a festival full of music, literature, film, debate and art in Afrikaans took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
12/04/2016
Last autumn Africalia, the Africa Platform of the Ghent University Association (GAP), Ghent University and 11.11.11 launched the photo monograph Transit — RDC in tribute to the late artist and photographer Kiripi Katembo.
05/04/2016
Debate Afrikaans and Diversity at A.K.A. 2016.
05/04/2016
Praise for Investigations
Blog /The African Investigative Publishing Collective and ZAM’s first two investigations -on failing malaria aid and the ‘war on terror’- were met with interest worldwide.
31/03/2016
The exhibition Society is a collaboration between Framer Framed and the Market Photo Workshop.
07/03/2016
Kulungwana opened its first exhibition of 2016 on Thursday 18 February with "O Que Viu, O Que Vê" by Ernst Schade.
05/03/2016
Watch the exhilarating work of Dutch photographer Ernst Schade (1949). It's on view at the Kulungwana Association at the CFM Railway Station, Maputo, Mozambique from 18 February until 17 March 2016.
23/02/2016
"Honestly, couldn’t we have done this on Skype?” inquires one of the team members after our first meeting. Comparing notes has been a cautious and not very exciting exercise at first. We only know other team members from social media and are still getting to know one another in real life.
25/01/2016
ZAM Chronicle | Best of 2015
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Throughout 2015, we published more than 70 stories in our newsletter magazine the ZAM Chronicle. These are our ten most-read magazine stories of 2015.
11/01/2016
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