- Bambule
Bambule originally refers a form of mostly non-violent prison protest, which is typically effected by banging hard items against the cells' metal bars, in German prison sociolect.
Originally, the term is derived from the African dance "Bamboule" or "Bamboula".
The Bambule Protests in Hamburg 2002
A
trailer park in theSt. Pauli quarter in Hamburg was dubbed "Bambule".It was evicted on November the 4th 2002 due to the Senate's decision not totolerate this form of residence. The main reason, however, was the plan to extendthefair grounds and the attempt to reorganize urban structure. The evictionwas mainly supported by the conservative parties. The inhabitants of "Bambule"neither paid rent, nor electricity or water. In response, "Bambule" offeredto pay for infrastructure, but the Senate, mayorOle von Beust andRonald Schill rejected any negotiations.The eviction of the illegally squatted space was carried out under heavy protests.Inhabitants of other squats, but also the residents of
St. Pauli and the "Schanzenviertel" showed their solidarity and criticised the Senate's zerotolerance policy. Soon, the protests culminated in violent demonstrations andradical actions.Due to the big wave of protest, the Senate decided for a temporary solution andoffered "Bambule" an alternative space on a limited lease.
Other uses of the term
*"Bambule" is the title of a 1970
West German television movie about a group ofborstal girls inWest Berlin , which had been written byUlrike Meinhof ; because she went underground with theRed Army Faction (aka "Baader-Meinhof Group") just ten days before the movie's scheduled initial screening, the movie wasn't shown until 1994.
*A record published 1998 by Absolute Beginner from Hamburg is named "Bambule"Further reading
* [http://www.bambule-hamburg.org/ Bauwagenplatz Bambule Hamburg]
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