Passing of Chinua Achebe

Chinua you’ve passed away I hear
So suddenly I can’t believe it
Because you are so much needed
As a voice
Of wisdom
In this world

Oh Chinua you’ve passed away
Achebe you’ve gone your way
And on that way you told us
So many important things
Along the way, along
Our journey, even
If unto us unknown you told us
So many important things
Like that things fall apart
Things which have become corrupted
Because of colonialism
Things that fell apart
Because of that destruction
That left imprints of confusion
And set into motion
A dangerous mechanism that seems to ensure
That things continue
To fall apart
As a result of confusion
And too little action
To address the structures of the system
That seems to ensure
That things continue
To fall
Out of the order
That once has been
Upon a time
Before the destruction
When there was balance
In times long time ago

And now without you
The world falls apart
Even a little bit more
Without you we are
No longer at Ease

So let us make an offering
To honour you and as a remedy
That things
Will get back into shape
As it had been
In the sacred forest of the origin.

 

MOTTOES

"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won´t if I don´t..."
Oscar Brown Jr.

"Mankind will either find a way or make one."
C.P. Snow

"Whatever you do..., be cool!"
Joseph Louis Turner

"Yes, I can...!"
Sammy Davis Jr.

"Yes, We can...!"
Barack Obama

 

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Nomination
German Prize for
Civic Engagement 2014
 
Foreword
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Grußwort by the
U.S. Cultural Attaché

Katharina Göllner-Sweet
 
Passing of Chinua Achebe
Ursula Troche
FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS
Marion Kramer
Amir Kaufmann
Thomas M. Wendt
 
 
 
XXIX. 2014 Black International Cinema Berlin

A Complexion Change
Transnational & Intercultural Diplomacy
An International Media Project (UNESCO)

XXIX. 2014
Black International Cinema Berlin

"Pathways to Enlightenment / Wege zur Erkenntnis"
May 7-11

"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition
July 1 - August 31, 2014

Venue: Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz,
10825 Berlin/Germany

XXIX. 2014 Black International Cinema Berlin