About Mo`s Workshops
Mo studied Visual Communication / Master of Arts Degree / Guest Lecturer at Free University of Berlin, 2011
Acompaning the screening of her documentary, Mo Asumang conducts lectures and workshops which address questions of identity through the sharing of her own personal story, as well as through the exploration of racism in society.
Workshops are offered for children, students, and adults from all walks of life. Recent lectures were given in the USA at the
University of Bloomington Jan 2010
University of Indianapolis Jan 2010
"League of Black Woman Conference May 2011
Black German Cultural Society Convention in Washington Aug 2011
Washington Conference, lecturing about Racism Nov 2011
(invited by US Department of State and Meridian International Center)
North Carolina A & T State University Nov 2011
(at Institute for advanced JOURNALISM / Dewayne Wickham)
Mo Asumang at Indiana and Bloomington University, Januar 2010
Educational Workshops Indiana University
Afro-German filmmaker Mo Asumang next week will discuss her documentary addressing racism in modern Germany during screenings at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Indiana University Bloomington.
IUPUI will be the first United States campus to host Asumang during a screening of “Roots, Germania,” which both documents the filmmaker’s search for her relatives in Ghana and analyses the sources of racial hatred and xenophobia in Germany. The film is Asumang’s response to threatening lyrics in a 2001 Neo-Nazi band’s song called “This Bullet is For You.”
The free screening and discussion of “Roots, Germania” will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Room 152 of the ICTC Building, 535 W. Michigan St. The event is open to the general public.
Born and raised in Germany, “Mo” Asumang, the daughter of a white German mother and an African father, had a career as a television personality, actress and recording artist before embarking on the making of “Roots, Germania.” She was German television’s second Afro-German music show moderator, and was also moderator of a TV talk show on sex and marriage.
“Roots, Germania,” which has English subtitles, was nominated for Germany’s prestigious Adolf Grimme Award for television productions. Since its release in 2008, Asumang has taken the film on tour through Germany, addressing school groups, organizations and film festivals in public dialogues and awareness campaigns.
Sponsors of the IUPUI screening are the Office of International Affairs, Max Kade German-American Center, International Studies Program, African and African American Diaspora Studies Program, German Program, Department of World Languages and Cultures, with additional support from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago.
IU Bloomington will host Asumang and her film during a free screening and discussion at 4 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Room 007 of Morrison Hall, 1165 E. 3rd Street.
Additional information about the film is available on the Web: http://www.roots-germania.com.
link to German Mission in the United States
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GKs/CHIC/2010/03/MoAsumang__PR,archiveCtx=1996602.html
IUPUI will be the first United States campus to host Asumang during a screening of “Roots, Germania,” which both documents the filmmaker’s search for her relatives in Ghana and analyses the sources of racial hatred and xenophobia in Germany. The film is Asumang’s response to threatening lyrics in a 2001 Neo-Nazi band’s song called “This Bullet is For You.”
The free screening and discussion of “Roots, Germania” will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, in Room 152 of the ICTC Building, 535 W. Michigan St. The event is open to the general public.
Born and raised in Germany, “Mo” Asumang, the daughter of a white German mother and an African father, had a career as a television personality, actress and recording artist before embarking on the making of “Roots, Germania.” She was German television’s second Afro-German music show moderator, and was also moderator of a TV talk show on sex and marriage.
“Roots, Germania,” which has English subtitles, was nominated for Germany’s prestigious Adolf Grimme Award for television productions. Since its release in 2008, Asumang has taken the film on tour through Germany, addressing school groups, organizations and film festivals in public dialogues and awareness campaigns.
Sponsors of the IUPUI screening are the Office of International Affairs, Max Kade German-American Center, International Studies Program, African and African American Diaspora Studies Program, German Program, Department of World Languages and Cultures, with additional support from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chicago.
IU Bloomington will host Asumang and her film during a free screening and discussion at 4 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Room 007 of Morrison Hall, 1165 E. 3rd Street.
Additional information about the film is available on the Web: http://www.roots-germania.com.
link to German Mission in the United States
http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GKs/CHIC/2010/03/MoAsumang__PR,archiveCtx=1996602.html
Mo lectured at the "League of Black Women" Conference May 2011
Mo lecture at the "Black German Cultural Society Convention
http://blackgermans.us/convention2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126&Itemid=166
