MOYO Lecture Theatre Cinema shows the film ‘FATUMA – Struggles and Successes of a Woman in Tanzania’

MOYO Lecture Theatre Cinema shows the film ‘FATUMA – Struggles and Successes of a Woman in Tanzania’

On the evening of 11 December, another MOYO lecture theatre cinema event took place at the University’s GeiWi campus. The programme featured the film ‘FATUMA – Struggles and Successes of a Woman in Tanzania.’ Fatuma is a 2018 Tanzanian feature film directed by Jordan Riber, who produced it together with his parents John Riber and Louise Riber. The film was highly praised by critics and won several awards at international

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MOYO-Hörsaalkino for a good cause

MOYO-Hörsaalkino for a good cause

Yesterday, a screening of the documentary political thriller ‘Thank You for the Rain’ took place at the Agnes Heller House at the university. The film is about Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya, who picks up a camera and films the effects of climate change in his village. Rain used to be a blessing for the drought-stricken area where he lives. But now flash floods are sweeping away the crops and a

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MOYO hosted a lecture theatre cinema and showed the Kenyan film Rafiki

MOYO hosted a lecture theatre cinema and showed the Kenyan film Rafiki

Despite numerous parallel events and Christmas markets, lecture theatre 5 ¾ at the main university was packed. Numerous guests accepted the invitation from the MOYO association in cooperation with the Master’s programme in Gender, Culture and Social Change to a lecture theatre cinema. The programme included Rafiki, which means “friend” in Swahili, a film by Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu. Based on the award-winning short story “Jambula Tree” (2008) by Ugandan

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