Welcome to the launch of Samora Forum no 3/2022 Latin America's open roads Samora Forum is out with a theme issue that shows how Latin Americans find the way to democracy based on self-produced knowledge, their own stories, needs and traumas. Norway has increased its presence in Latin America through various programs and agreements. You often hear about what Norway is doing in [...]
When the British-Somali writer and visual artist Diriye Osman won the Polari First Book Prize in 2014, for the short story collection Fairytales for Lost Children, he became the first black person to win this award. Osman was praised for his writing about LGBTQ Somalis by iconic authors such as Bernardine Evaristo, Roxanne Gay and Alison Bechdel, but quickly faded from the spotlight. [...]
In the concert performance "A Psykotisk Håndbok", Ole MAA takes the audience on a musical, humorous and educational roller coaster. They get an insight into what it is like to be psychotic, depressed and manic, both from the perspective of Ole's head and from those who saw him from the outside. Ole MAA has a long and rich career behind him as both [...]
Welcome to the opening of Black History Month Norway 2022 with the band Peace Out to Revolution. Through music from the African diaspora, the band invites you to a historic evening filled with groovy music and thought-provoking stories. Soul, Afrobeat(s) and RnB are on the program - a tribute to black music and culture - an evening you will [...]
Lecture with Ian Almond and conversation with Tabish Khair What would world literature look like if we stopped referring to "the West"? Welcome to a lecture with Ian Almond on the topic of literature from the global south, with a focus on literature from Latin America, South Asia and the Middle East. Ian Almond is a specialist in post-colonial theories, South Asian literature, the representation of Islam in [...]
Masahat (formerly SPACE) is a festival that gives people in Oslo a whole week of music, art, culture and activism from the Arab world. From 20.-25. September holds Masahat around the city, and on Melahuset we have reading circles, workshops and magazine releases on 24 September. Program 15.00 - 17.00. Reading circle: Om hop! We read selected [...]
Plop! Rock concert for little ears The rock band PLOPP is Norway's toughest rock trio with energetic self-composed songs and lyrics designed for the age group 3 to 10 years. PLOPP is the band that makes you dig rock. Through humor and the joy of playing, you are led into a world full of surprises. Plopp plays songs about friends, the summer, about [...]
Skylar House Collective presents KOBE IV: Art and movement - Pop up exhibition Painting • Installations • Films • Uma Crompton • Thando • Abi Qadar • Pica Pau • Wawan Muhhamad • Alex • Aurora Aven • Solveig Hestholm • Lewis Scott DeWitt Duration: at 16.00 - at 23.00 Free entry More info: [...]
The British-Pakistani writer and historian Tariq Ali receives both criticism and widespread acclaim. More than anything else, he created debate with his latest book about the notorious former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Just with the title of the book "Winston Churchill, His Times, His Crimes", Ali shatters previous notions about Churchill. The Churchill cult calls Tariq Ali the cult [...]
Balli Beats started making his own beats for his favorite songs early on and has drawn musical inspiration from everything from rappers such as Karpe, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent to Punjabi singers Chamkila, Manak, Bindrakhia and Grudas Mann. He is a versatile artist known for his original 'Balli Beats' as well as his Punjabi mixes. Bollywood Brass Band [...]
Teesri Dhun – The Third Tone is a documentary theater play from Pakistan, directed by Dr. Clarie Pamment with researcher and art scholar Iram Sana. The play is a dramatization of transgender people's lives and struggle to survive as a third gender category in a polarized society where the male/female dichotomy is the guiding principle. In the play we are introduced to [...]
Melahuset invites you to the Mela Fokus event series, where we highlight different cultural expressions and artists with roots in different countries. As Somalis make up the largest African community in Norway, this year's focus is Somalia. Concert: Dur Dur Band Int'l Dur-Dur Band Int'l is a revival band in exile in London that has resumed the legacy of Dur-Dur Band, a [...].
