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Kendo: Japanese Art of the Sword
29-30 May 2012. This breathtaking performance is performed by seven of the best practitioners from Japan and organized by the Embassy of Japan.
It pays homage to the Samurai culture and its traditi...
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22 May-1 June 2012. The Italian Institut hosts the award ceremony and the opening of this design exhibition, entitled What Can You Make With Bamboo.
The exhibition displays a series of winning proj...
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Film Premiere on Climate Change
17 May 2012. Goethe Institut projects two new episodes of the television series The Little Investigators, which focus on the issue of climate change in Ethiopia.
These episodes, directed to young m...
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31 May-28 June 2012. This exhibition displays the works, which won the second edition of the famous Ethiopian arts competition Fana-Wogi.
This year the winners are Hirut Gizaw, Muluken Dessalegn an...
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1-6 May 2012. The sixth edition of the Addis International Documentary Film Festival, founded by Kebour Ghenna and his team, s together young graduates and professional directors. Its rich programme f...
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Addis Ababa hosts World Congress on Public Health
Addis Ababa hosts World Congress on Public Health
The 13th World Congress on Public Health is being held at the Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa, from 23-27 April, under the theme “Moving towar...
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Official Opening of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations
11 April 2012. This ceremony inaugurates the 50th anniversary celebrations of Goethe Institut.
The programme includes a concert by Delian-Quartett, who performs pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach...
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3-24 May 2012. This exhibition, entitled Examples to Follow! Expeditions in Aesthetics and Sustainability, is part of a wider project organized by Goethe-Institut and Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kristos D...
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Contemporary Dance: Play with the Senses
26 April 2012. This unconventional contemporary dance show is choreographed by the famous South African choreographer Sello Pesa and performed by various dancers from Addis Ababa. This performance is...
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Exodus Festival in Addis Ababa
15-17 March 2012. Alliance Ethio-Française hosts three days of musical and cultural events.
On 15 March the Exodus Festival starts at 16.30 with an opening event, performed by the Drums of R...
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21 April 2012. On occasion of its 50th anniversary, Goethe Institut pays homage to the German culture and language with this Open House. On programme are various events for all ages, such as fairy-tal...
Addis Ababa What's on
27 February-30 June 2012. The Italian CulturalInstitute has recently inaugurated a space, located inside the Institute’slibrary, dedicated to children. On Tuesdays (15.30-17.30) will be held som...
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12 April 2012. This concert by the DelianQuartet, who perform their repertoire live, which ranges from baroque topresent and includes some pieces by Henry Purcell (1659-1695), DmitriShostakovich (1906...
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Addis Ababa to host World Economic Forum
The 22nd World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Addis Ababa from 9-11 May.
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Addis Ababa What's on
The ninth edition of the Choice Women First 5km run will be held in Addis Ababa on Sunday 11 March.
Organised by the Great Ethiopian Run (GER) the first women
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22 February 2012. The Italian Institute hosts a Piano Jazz concert by the young Italian pianist Claudio Flippini.
Flippini was born in 1982 and has discovered his passion for music at the age of se...
Addis Ababa What's on
21 April 2012. On occasion of its 50th anniversary, Goethe Institut pays homage to the German culture and language with this Open House. On programme are various events for all ages, such as fairy-tal...
Addis Ababa What's on
13-22 December 2011. Goethe Institut hosts a dance workshop held by the South African Sello Pesa, one of the leading Ethiopian choreographers, and 22 local dancers.
Pesa combines traditional and v...
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Lecture on How Ethiopia became Modern
30 November 2011. This lecture is part of the series What is Zeminawinet? Perspectives on Ethiopian Modernity, organized by Addis Ababa University, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Goethe-Institut. Held b...
