From the 17th to the 23rd of November, 2025 in Berlin
Many diverse collaborations and community perspectives shape the anniversary programme that will take place in Berlin from the 17th to the 23rd November 2025 in various locations throughout the city, including the Gropius Bau, the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, SINEMA TRANSTOPIA, the Berlin Global Village, the Genezarthkirche, the Impact Hub and the Humboldt Forum. Two main features of the programme are the European premiere of the music theatre production “People of Song” and an artistic intervention by Vitjitua Ndjiharine. The programme also includes daily city tours by Berlin Postkolonial and deSta – Decolonial City Tours that invite you to explore Berlin and its history with a critical eye.
The theme of “Archives” will be addressed from different perspectives and applied in different ways at the Gropius Bau in works by Forensic Architecture, Contemporary And (C&), TheMuseumsLab and urban dialogues. At the Berlin Global Village, Decolonize Berlin will focus on the theme of “Moving Forward Together”, bringing together civil society actors from Namibia and Germany to discuss what is required for decolonial relations.
The film festival “AFRIKAMERA – Current Cinema from Africa” will present contemporary Namibian films as well as the VR-production “The Soil of the Namib: VR” by Christian Zipfel at SINEMA TRANSTOPIA, while at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz there will be a special Namibia edition of the “Decolonized Glamour Talks”, initiated by Lara-Sophie Milagro. SODI e.V., an organisation that is active in future-orientated education work, are creating a mobile presentation on the history of the twinned cities’ partnership. There will also be exhibitions, panel discussions, films, music and participatory projects, as well as a podcast for children and a community singing event in the Genezarethkirche accompanied by Namibian singers from the “People of Song” project.