AFROBERLIN
Traces of African Literature in & from Berlin
1:30 p.m. Opening: Adetoun & Michael Küppers-Adebisi with Martin Jankowski
2:00 p.m. (in German):
Stories of Black German Literature. The Unmentioned.
Keynote: Michael Küppers-Adebisi
Panel: Roy A. Adomako, Angela Britton, Mansour Kanakassy Ciss
Moderator: Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi
Featured poet: Arenor Anuko
3:30 p.m. Coffee break
4:00 p.m. (in English):
The New Germany: The Un_mentioned Colony.
Keynote: Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro
Panel: Prince Kamaazengi Marenga, Marianne Ballé Moudoumbou, Israel Kaunatjike
Moderator: Elisabeth Kaneza
Featured poet: Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo
5:30 p.m. Coffee break
6:00 p.m. (in German):
Generation Repair Reloaded: Multiperspectivity as a Form of Survival.
Panel: Salina Momade, Luca Tamara Yaa Amponsah, Faheem Faraji Hemboum
Moderator: Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi
Featured Poet: Hilaire (HOBSKUR) Djoko
8:00 p.m. Evening Reading (in German):
The Songs of Morpheus and Yemanja – a staged reading with a dance opera film.
Performance of the libretto by Adetoun and Michael Küppers-Adebisi; cast: Nisma Cherrat as Yemanja, Jean-Philipe Adabra as Morpheus, MFA Kera, Adetoun, and Michael Küppers-Adebisi
Moderator: Beatrace Oola
Event in German and English (with translations).
Admission: €5 / reduced rate €3 (box office only).
In cooperation with the Black Berlin Biennale and AFROTAK TV cybernomads.