http://www.africaserver.nl/?taal=enThe Africaserver Magazine brings you the cultural hilights from Africa, with the subtitle 'African vibrances'. It offers a extensive calendar with cultural activities and a listing of African professionals in the Netherlands.Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:18:54 GMTenrene@africaserver.nl (René de Ree)marco@designserver.nl (Marco Legemaate)120http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine/images/logos/africaserver_144x48.pnghttp://www.africaserver.nl/?taal=enThe Africaserver Magazine brings you the cultural hilights from Africa, with the subtitle 'African vibrances'. It offers a extensive calendar with cultural activities and a listing of African professionals in the Netherlands.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20100216165152803http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20100216165152803Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:39:34 GMTAs May world turnsYou can follow the first steps in my life as a video journalist. The journey starts in Tanzania, East Africa. Where the road will take me I don't know yet. I just arrived in Zanzibar. After Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) an international festival celebrating East African music from 11-16 February I will continue the trip. Probably I'll go from Malawi to Mozambique to be in South Africa for the world cup 2010.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20100126151200886http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20100126151200886Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:51:19 GMTThe prettiest sky at night in the world can be found in Africa. In the South of Angola and the North of Namibia, at 16 degrees South, to be precise. Here, for a couple of months a year the Milky Way is so bright that you might feel that you can touch it. Being an astronomer in Africa is a bit of a lonely profession. Most colleagues are in the West and when you talk about stars and planets, people look at you wondering if you are mad. But Africa needs stargazers. http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090601165358982http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090601165358982Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:52:50 GMTIn the 1970s, biologist Dr. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a Kenyan environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman, and the first environmentalist, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. Africaserver Magazine talked to her about the movement and its achievements, about recent developments in Kenya and about the need to protect the African forests.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090523142831905http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090523142831905Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:50:36 GMTFor the past 14 years, the South African director Brett Bailey and his company Third World Bunfight have been creating provocative theatre about Africa. In Orfeus he takes the audience, as evening descends into night, to a secret location with this poetic remake of the mythological tale of Orpheus with an African tint. Africaserver Magazine interviewed Brett Bailey recently.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090426205225949http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090426205225949Tue, 12 May 2009 13:26:38 GMTLate 2003 saw the end of the brutal civil war that had plagued Liberia for some fifteen years. Although the attention of the world was focused on the warring factions and the role of the neighbouring countries and international organisations, Liberian women played an essential role in bringing peace. Africaserver Magazine spoke to Etweda Cooper, one of their leaders and spokeswomen.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090317123036811http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090317123036811Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:44:29 GMTThree weeks ago I visited the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in downtown Johannesburg. Bishop Paul Verryn opened this church a few years ago to accommodate the thousands of Zimbabwean refugees who came to South Africa for work, food, aid and a descent life. During the night the church complex is packed with more than 1800 refugees, while over 1000 others have to sleep on the streets around the building. http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090210164211647http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090210164211647Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:50:19 GMTSouth Africa was the first state worldwide that placed sexual orientation under the protection of constitutional law. The constitution grants gender equality, gender equity and democratic rights such as the immunity of every individual. However, there’s a wide gulf between theory and practice. When attempting to demand equal treatment, women in particular are faced with an alarming inclination towards violence. It seems, that historical and cultural circumstances and normative pressure from society support a certain legitimisation of violence. Ines Gontek from Cologne, Germany wrote two years ago a very interesting Masters Thesis in African Studies on Sexual Violence Against Lesbian Women in South Africa. Africaserver Magazine is pleased to publish a summary of her thesis, which was also recently covered by ILGA, the International Gay and Lesbian Association.http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090317114826147http://www.africaserver.nl/magazine.htm?taal=en&art=a20090317114826147Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:22:42 GMTSven Jense is a young film- and theatremaker who is now shooting a documentary in Mali.Read his latest weblog, created on March 9th.column