social justice and diversity trainer, and editor of poco. lit.
Johny Pitts takes his readers on a journey to find Afropean spaces in Europe. The impressions Pitts shares of the various places he visits are in turn amusing, moving, and critical, as he offers the insights of an interested listener and observer who consciously seeks challenging encounters.
more...“Gegenwartsbewältigung” is an invitation to participate in shaping a society that is less discriminatory and violent than the present one.
more...With an awareness for the gendered dimensions of human experiences, Afterlives conveys how people in German East Africa maintain their dignity and remain steadfast.
more...I have rarely read a book that looks at the topic of social background in such an impressive and intersectional way.
more...This year’s international literature festival Berlin has placed particular emphasis on alternative and sustainable economic forms. Poco.lit. visited an event presenting Sumana Roy’s contribution.
more...“Die Sommer” (“The Summers”) is an important book about the world’s dividedness, about religious and political conflicts, about prejudice and identity.
more...This essay is the last in a four-part series on Afropolitanism and literature. SchwarzRund’s intervention in the Afropolitan literary market thus stands out not only because of the setting and language of the novel, but also because of its evidently intersectional approach.
more...As I read the book, I had the feeling that its main target audience is young boys who struggle with the expectations of having to be tough guys. Bola mentions that he wrote “Mask Off” precisely because he himself would have wished for just this book in his youth.
more...Amitav Ghosh’s novel asks a fundamental question: What is more worthy of protection, human life or the environment?
more...In The Grassling, Burnett manages to write so elegantly and touchingly about nature, and what people can learn from it, that big issues suddenly feel more tangible.
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