How can the German Federal Cultural Foundation believe that 2 million Euros will promote cultural relations with the whole continent of Africa (and not even involve the Africans in the process)?
The cultural foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, decided to initiate a new thematic focus in its sponsorship work. The programme is called TURN and - as explained in the introductory statement - it is supposed to deal with 'Africa'. Although there are certainly good intentions behind this new initiative, the information published about this programme on the website of the 'Kulturstiftung' and the funding guidelines which were recently released raise more questions than answers. I want to share some of my anger and disappointment with you as follows:
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