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Bisrat Negassi talks to poco.lit. about the genesis of her book “Ich bin”. She also explains that as a war-born Eritrean and Black person in Germany, she has always been politicized and brings this to her work as a fashion designer.
more...Our project macht.sprache. had us thinking about sensitive translation. But even within one language, there are many reasons to strive for sensitive expression. Sensitivity Readings support authors in taking a diverse readership into consideration.
more...In her book, Hadija Haruna-Oelker thinks conscientiously and mindfully about all possible facets of social differentiation. She seeks thus to demonstrate how respectful interaction can be practiced.
more...Tupoka Ogette has been working as a racism-critical consultant and trainer for ten years. By now she is undisputedly one of the leading voices in the critique of racism in Germany. Und jetzt Du is her second book.
more...As the title of Natasha Brown’s debut novel suggests, it amounts to a coming-together, an assembling. A Black British woman attends a party for an upper-class white family. This celebration in rural England is the culmination of her inner dilemmas: has she made it or are her actions making her an accomplice to the racism she experiences? At this party, she makes up her mind.
more...In her latest book, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, Bernardine Evaristo reflects on her career. And what can I say? She knows her craft, and she knows how to present herself and her work in an extremely likeable way.
more...Since Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, the Zanzibar-born author who lives in the UK has suddenly become known to mainstream audiences. Gurnah’s 2001 novel By the sea is about a dispute between two families that takes place against a backdrop of political change.
more...Fatma Aydemir’s second novel is a moving family story and an absolute page turner.
more...Representations of dis/ability run through the literature of every era. It seems to be a particularly useful narrative device for writers who address colonial contexts and their consequences. At the same time, depicting dis/abled characters allows these authors to question the social and potentially colonial construction of dis/ability.
more...Although “Welcome to Lagos” partly tells of tragic circumstances and corruption, the first adjective that comes to my mind to describe it is: funny.
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