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A controversial comparison. On the one hand, the Humboldt Forum in Berlin, the treasury of colonial spoils, while at the same time a place of critical remembrance. On the other hand, a journey through Black Europe and a mission to understand the question, “Where do you come from actually?” Where are the traces of exploitation, enslavement and expulsion, and where are the hidden routes for persons of colour across Europe?
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Priya Basil
b. 1977, is a British-Indian writer who grew up in Kenya and now lives in Germany. She is co-founder of Authors for Peace. She regularly writes for Lettre International and various daily newspapers. Recently published in German: Im Wir und Jetzt. Feministin werden, 2021.
.... If the whole world digested ‘Be My Guest’, we’d be OK. ... Chauvinists, xenophobes, climate change deniers – inhospitable people the world over – will detest her compellingly beautiful book.
Alexander Gilmour, The Financial Times
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Johny Pitts
b. 1987, is a British writer, photographer, television presenter and journalist. He is co-founder of the online journal Afropean. Adventures in Black Europe. He has won many awards for his work on Afropean identity, including from the European Network Against Racism and the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. Recently published in German: Afropäisch – Eine Reise durch das schwarze Europa, 2021.
This travel reportage raises awareness about the perspectives of black Europeans. In the best case, it promotes a discussion that, in particular, white Europeans still find difficult: namely, about one’s own colonial past and its continuities.
Timo Stukenberg, Deutschlandfunk
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