On Wednesday 19 April at 8 pm, Kampnagel artistic director Amelie Deuflhard invites the artists Hervé Humbert, Aguibou Bougobali Sanou and Sylvain Dando Paré as … 
We are very happy to announce that our team in Burkina Faso has managed to organise an alphabetisation course despite the unfavourable circumstances! As of …
On Thursday 11.02. at 7pm Aino Laberenz and Francis Kéré will present our anniversary catalog live at Arch+ in a Zoom Talk with Jan Wenzel …
From March 31st to April 3rd, 2021, over four festival days, we will show films, documentaries, short films and animations in which the protagonists and …
François Bouda is an arts and culture manager from Burkina Faso. With about fourteen years of experience in the cultural and development sector, he has …
On Monday Jan. 25, our resident artists Diana Ejaita, Rahima Gambo, Taiwo Ojudun Jacob in collaboration with Timbiri Winse present their works (video installation, sculpture …
Since the end of October 2020, Diana Ejaita, Rahima Gambo, Taiwo Ojudun Jacob and Anja Saleh have been living and working at the Opera Village …
10 years of Opera Village Africa! What it looks like today, who lives there, Siham El-Maimouni discusses with one of our current resident artists Anja …
In 2020, we look back on ten years of development and cooperation, but we focus even more urgently on the future.
On Instagram you can …
Check out a brand new TV contribition about the Opera Village. Kulturzeit was on site and filmed the school, the infirmary and our artist-in-residence program!
The Opera Village is part of the November issue of the Care Where? Zine!
Last sunday the elections of the President of the Republic and the members of the National Assembly took place for the second time in the …
This year’s Artist-in-Residence program with Diana Ejaita, Rahima Gambo, Taiwo Jacob Ojudun and Anja Saleh just startet at the Opera Village. This year the program …
Our tenth anniversary catalog with over three hundred images is now now available in stores and online! The extensive illustrated book offers an in-depth insight into …
On 24.10.2020 Christoph Schlingensief would have been 60 years old – reason enough to remember him and his art. During the weekend, various events will …
During the internship you work in a team and together with head of graphic design Mario Lombardo. Your tasks include the final implementation of print …
The Operndorf School has been complete again since October 1st, 2020! All six classes can be taught by our great teachers. As in all schools …
We are proud to be part of the„Chimio prophylaxie saisonnière“ campaign that was started by the government of Burkina Faso in the last week: The …
The Berlin costume and set designer and widow of Christoph Schlingensief has published a book and talks about the responsible and joyful work with the …
The former Schlingensief class gives small insights into the Operndorf Afrika and their own artistic work as part of the 2020 Light Parcours, in cooperation …
We can finally welcome students back to the Operndorf School! Until the summer holidays, the students in our last class are prepared for their final …
At the end of 2019 the last of a total of five international dance salons took place in Burkina Faso. Under the direction of Meg …
… that opera, that singing in Greek theaters was linked to human recovery. There were really recipes in Epidaurus, there were doctors who prescribed theater …
… right from the start. Sometimes even without our employees. The ghosts around Operndorf Afrika were questioned in a ritual when the foundation stone was …
… to officially steal from the African continent, and to take along and use one’s own body as an information carrier – “No goat-traveling art snippet …
…was asked: So opera … I don’t know what that is at all, but operation is very important. And it would be important that we …
… but the team of Operndorf Afrika consists of 90% Burkinabés. Our office is in Germany, but there are hardly any Germans outside of our …
We had to postpone the second edition of our children’s film festival KIFIFE because of Covid-19, but we need your support so that there is …
… has already been heard of a theater plague. “And what an opera when a newborn child makes its first cry in the maternity ward!” …
… on for a few weeks, the opera village has been around for a proud 10 years and the project should continue even after the …
… Africa is a huge continent that cannot simply be generalized, and yet most of the pictures we have of it in Europe are made …
… however, the number of infections is steadily increasing there as well. Due to a poor health system, people in Burkina Faso are particularly at …
“Our opera is a village!” – has been the motto since the laying of the foundation stone by Christoph Schlingensiefs opera village Africa in February …
Although the current official numbers of Covid-19 infected people in Burkina Faso are still comparatively small, it should be clear that the discrepancy between the …
Burkina Faso has reached 27 cases of Covid-19 infections with one death today, but the situation is changing quickly. The Ministry of Health gives out …
Due to the current situation, the employees of the Berlin office remain indefinitely in the home office. The corona virus can only be stopped if …
Unfortunately, due to the current situation, we have to postpone KIFIFE indefinitely. The Government of Burkina Faso has closed all schools and universities until …
The second edition of our annual KINDER FILM FESTIVAL (KIFIFE) takes place in Operndorf Africa from 24th– 28th of March 24th. We welcome children and young people from the …
In May 2018 Operndorf Africa opened their first library for pupils, teachers, parents and anyone who may be interested to sit and flick through a …
“The location is not important because afterwards an aria is sung or a symphony orchestra plays … none of this is necessary. My vision of …
SCHILINGSENSIEF’S DREAM OF AN OPERA VILLAGE IS ALIVE
Before his death, the theatre director Christoph Schlingensief dreamed of an opera village in Burkina Faso. Ten …
On January 16 The opening of the “Little Stage” by artist-in-residence artist Hervé Humbert took place at Operndorf Afrika in the presence of the Operndorf …
In December 2019, the last of a total of five international dance salons took place in Burkina Faso. Under the direction of Meg Stuart and …
The Berlin-based artist Thomas Zipp has donated his three sculptures Medicine # 1 – # 3 to Operndorf Afrika. They will be put up for …
Since 2019, Operndorf Afrika has been a permanent cooperation partner of the EFFO project (Efficiency by Edification) at Robert Koch Institute. EFFO is a training …
The Berlin office of Operndorf Afrika is seeking for an intern
On Saturday, the graduation ceremony took place at Operndorf Afrika in Burkina Faso before the beginning of the summer holidays. Under the guidance of principal …
The KID’S FILM FESTIVAL is a festival designed to teach African youth the visual art of cinema. For four days we offer a selection of …
The exhibition combines sound and vision to showcase opera’s role as both a workshop for shared artistic aims and aspirations, and the embodiment of creative …
From 03.06. to 07.06.2019 the artist Paulin Zongo conducted a workshop of fine arts for the students of the Operndorf. Calling the workshop „My Universe“ …
At this year‘s africologneDIALOGFORUM, Alex Moussa Sawadogo, contributor to Operndorf Afrika and expert on African movies, will discuss with other panelists and moderator Dorothea …
“Über die Kunst, die Waffen gegen sich selbst zu wenden”
A panel discussion with Friedrich von Borries, Clémentine Deliss, Ariane …
Exhibition of the Artist-In-Residence program at Operndorf Afrika, Burkina Faso
24.04. – 05.05.2019 – Opening: 23.04., 7 PM
“Wiensowski & …
We are very pleased to announce the cooperation between the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe and the Foundation Operndorf Afrika.
The cooperation enables students …
On 21.12.2018 we organized a end of the year party for the pupils of our school and their families to start together joyfully into the …
Since October this year already the construction works for our last school building are running.
The existing three school classes will be supplemented by …
In collaboration with the photographer Irina Gavrich from Vienna (Numero, Zoo Magazin, L`Officiel Art, Harpers Bazaar, Tush) and the Berlin-based graphic designer Mario Lombardo, …
This weekend, from 24th to 25th of November, the residence artists 2018 Lisa Braun, Raphael Dembele, Zonatan Dembele, Fabian Hub, Magnus Krüger, Yannick Riemer and …
The group exhibition shows the works of the three residence artists from 2017 – Mahmoudou Moustapha Diop, Claus Föttinger and Jeannette Mohr. It is at …
We are pleased to announce this year’s artists of the Artist-In-Residence Program: In addition to Zonatan Dembele and Raphael Dembele (two renowned musicians from Mali), Lisa …
Last weekend, the Bar3000 of Claus Föttinger was officially opened at Operndorf Afrika as part of the TIGIRI Festival. In the presence of Carolin Christgau, …
Currently, the construction of the last school building of the Operndorf School is taking place at Operndorf Afrika. There are further classrooms that allow us …
In the current issue of the Journal der Künste, Francis Kéré wrote a very personal essay about the Operndorf Afrika – the beginning of the …
A tour of the Dresdner Banda Internationale in the home country of one of their new musicians Ezékiel Wendtoin from Ouagadougou / Burkina Faso.
Due …
The Papiertheater Nürnberg launched the Children’s Conference in 2014. For this purpose, a questionnaire was developed in which children and adolescents could write and shape …
The Lovelace brings Operndorf Afrika to Munich and dedicates a multi-day exhibition to the project, which will be accompanied by various event formats that …
In cooperation with TROPEZ and the Burkinabe actor and musician Abdoul Kader Traoré we offer the summer workshop “Bubbles” for children and young people from …
On Sunday, the 1st of July from 12 o’clock on the famous MITTE CUP will take place at the grounds of SV Berolina in Berlin …
We are very happy to be awarded with the Karlheinz Böhm Prize of the Stiftung Menschen für Menschen this year.
Karlheinz Böhm Preis, awarded for …
The film director Aissate Ouarma came to the Operndorf school to present her movie “Les silences de Lydie” (Lydie’s silence). The movie tells the story …
A year ago, we started collecting French children’s and school books to complete the Operndorf School with a library. During the following months we got …
The artist couple Thomas & Renée Rapedius has been at Operndorf Afrika for a few weeks with the artist-in-residence stipends of the federal state of Berlin.
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Monsieur Gildas Ouédraogo has been a member of our hospital team for several weeks by now and lives and works as a nurse in the …
This morning Ouagadougou was targeted by terrorists. The Burkinabé people, the Artist who are staying at Operndorf Afrika right now, and our friends and colleagues …
In view of the current events in Burkina Faso on Friday, March 02, 2018, the Africa Bass Culture Festival is interrupting its program this weekend …
In collaboration with the New York based Artist Zefrey Throwell, the Hamburg-based Artist Per Schumann has been working on the interview film project “Innenraum” since …
You are still looking for a meaningful gift for Christmas? Then give away a membership in the Operndorf Afrika Förderkreis for a year! The recipient …
The exhibition at the National Museum of Ouagadougou, opening on the 10th November, is the result of a residence of seven international artists who resided …
Jeannette Mohr collected her impressions during her residence at Operndorf Afrika and wrote a great travel diary about the time in Burkina Faso. You can …
We are very happy to have the opportunity to introduce the new artists who have joined our Artist-in-Residence Program 2017. Since early October, they …
At 2nd of october the new school year started in Burkina Faso and a new class enrolled.
A good time & good luck to all students!
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The charity auction in the KÖNIG Gallery, which took place in Berlin on September 22, 2017, earned over 40,000 euros for Operndorf Afrika. We …
See catalogue now online on:
On 22 September 2017, the Festspielhaus Afrika gGmbH and KÖNIG GALERIE will host together a charity auction for the Operndorf …
The completion of this school year should serve to celebrate the start of a new project: We plan to build a library at Operndorf Afrika, …
LAAFI BALA
Opening: June 29, 5 – 9 pm.
EIGEN + ART Lab and Operndorf Afrika are looking fordward to welcoming you to the exhibition opening …
We recommend in the current issue of Theater der Zeit two articles of Renate Klett about the Operndorf Afrika and the Architecture of Francis Kéré.
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A visit in Christoph Schlingensiefs Operndorf Afrika in Burkina Faso
„A Bayreuth for Africa!“ with these catchwords the many-sided artist Christoph Schlingensief announced his vision. He …
Since 2014, the Robert Koch Institute has been leading a training program on basic hygiene and the management of highly infectious diseases for medical personnel …
The burkinian musician Patrick Kabré has been in the beginning of April for a two-day workshop for the pupils of the Operndorf School at the …
Our Resident Artist of the year 2015, Tobias Dostal, will be awarded with the 6th Host-Janssen-Artdesign Award of Claus Hüppe Foundation. According to the jury, …
Christoph Schlingensief OPERNDORF AFRIKA: “UP TO NOW” with Aino Laberenz and Alex Moussa Sawadogo
The „Operndorf Afrika“ is an international art project that was founded in …
Since 2014, Johannes Volkmann, the founder of this …
We would like to point out the opening of the exhibition ‚Panga Panga’ on the 17 of mars in Bremen. ‚Panga Panga’ presents the works …
Werner Nekes died at the age of 72 in Mülheim an der Ruhr last week. We lost an innovative and passionate post-war German filmmaker and …
The Architekturmuseum der TU München presents »Francis Kéré. Radically Simple«, the most comprehensive exhibition yet on Kéré’s work, covering both his completed designs and his …
We hardly recommend the exhibition S/W of Operndorf Afrika Artist-in-Residence Artist Tobias Dostal at Trafo in Stettin (Poland).
In S/W Tobias Dostal uses the architecture of …
A vibrant mix for a social project: The Reggae band from the south of Germany “Manarun” and the famous electronic Pop-duo 2Raumwohnung collaborated to record …
A chance to discover a highly discussed arts project located near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Operndorf Afrika (Opera Village Africa) is a highly discussed arts project, …
Consider football, art and history
A variation on the Europa League: a classic football-match with a twist; African players in European kit playoff against each …
Tonight, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin is hosting an event by artist Philip Kojo Metz in cooperation with Christoph Schlingensief’s Operndorf Afrika, located …
Dear Friends, dear Audience,
At the end of my stay in the Operndorf Afrika, I would like to write some lines.
Over the last four months, …
Dear Friends & Supporters,
After Paris, Bamako, Jakarta and Istanbul, last weekend saw Ouagadougou targeted by terrorists. All of these events have left us deeply …
Von Sarah Hegenbart, aus der F.A.Z. vom 6.12.2015
Kurz vor seinem Tod gründete Christoph Schlingensief ein Operndorf in Afrika. Was wurde daraus? Kein Bayreuth in …
