June 22: Through the personal stories of several former black female Civil Rights activists, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights unearths the lesser-known story of black women’s political marginalization between the male-dominated Black Power movement, and the predominantly white and middle class Feminist movement during the 1960s and 70s, as well as the resulting mobilization of black and other women of color into a united Feminist movement. – Written by Nevline Nnaji Reflections Unheard was awarded “Best Film on Matters Related to the Black/Marginalized Experience” by the Black International Cinema Berlin Film Festival in 2014. This Event is part of #BLMmonth2017 a month long program to connect existing spaces, resources and contacts to organize joint resistance. Film and Q&A – in English no subtitles | Ticket 6,00 Euro @ BABYLON, 7:15 pm

June 22: DJ Mixanthrope is back at Monarch Berlin to distribute yet another euphoric dose of dope music from all over the African continent, with both old and amazing new sounds ! He came back from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo with a backpack bursting full of ♬ amazing tracks ♬ he’s excited to share with y’all Berlin music aficionados ! No matter what happens, he will definitely be dancing until dawn… the invitation is sent, the question is asked: will YOU join the fun ? This event is part of #BLMmonth2017, a month long program to connect existing spaces, resources and contacts to organize joint resistance. ╚» Explore Mixanthrope’s latest global-music mixes here : ► https://soundcloud.com/djmixanthrope ► https://www.mixcloud.com/Mixanthrope (Painting spotted at Artist Alliance in Accra)

June 22: INTERVENTIONEN 2017 – DIVERSITY IN ARTS & EDUCATION (22nd-24th June 2017) The INTERVENTIONEN 2017 invite to a practice-oriented un-learning, dis- and recovering of power-critical cultural practices of marginalized actors, experts, representatives within the critical diversity and professional practice as well as groups from the independent scene and cultural institutions. In doing so, we would like to offer spaces for a reflective practice, show common options for action and support the transfer of successful activities and methods into practice. THURSDAY 6:00 – 8:00 pm Kontext Asyl, a group of 5 Critical Friends who analyze the field of cultural education work from and with asylum seekers, invite you to a talk with self-organized groups. We will be asking how cultural education in refugee contexts relates to cultural and political work. Following this discussion, Mensch, Willkommen!, a project of the GRIPS Theater for newly arrived and old-time Berliners, presents their best-of-program. This event will provide plenty of opportunities for exchange and networking. FRIDAY & SATURDAY During the day, there will be workshops, lectures and panels with actors from theory and practice presenting strategies and methods that foster diversity in personnel, audience and program and create access to self-representation of marginalized actors: Alternative approaches to the production of knowledge (current and historical), decolonial perspectives in art production, interventions (for structural change), questions of visibility and accesses in the cultural sector, approaches and programs for diversification in cultural enterprises and cultural administrations at the municipal, federal states’ and national level. In the evenings various artistic projects with empowering and participative approaches dealing with the self-representation of marginalized communities will be shown. At the closing event on Saturday evening there will be local and international music acts, who in different ways negotiate life in diaspora and self-empowerment as women of color. With Elsa alias AMET, Kedi Mina & Leila Akinyi, among others. Find the detailed program here: http://interventionen-berlin.de/program/ Please register for the conference program by 11h June 2017, using this tool. The participation at INTERVENTIONEN 2017 is free of charge. Venue: PODEWIL Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH Klosterstr. 68, 10179 Berlin, Germany More information: http://interventionen-berlin.de/interventions/ https://twitter.com/InterventionenB INTERVENTIONEN is organized by Kulturprojekte Berlin, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media by the order of the German Bundestag and the Senate Department of Culture and Europe. The Podewil has limited wheelchair access. Entrance via ramp and elevator, assistance for door opening possible. There is a wheelchair accessible WC. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us by phone: 030 247 49 700 (reception). For the planning it can help if we know in advance that you want to use the barrier-free access to Podewil. We would like to inform you that photos for documentation purposes will be taken during the event. Close-ups will not be taken.

June 23: Portrait Noir Edition W is a coversation between four Black Queer Women. This Friday’s discussion will focus on relationships, navigating public spaces, Black sisterhood, and the effects of inherited trauma. This event will begin promptly at 19:00 hr., and will be followed by a Q & A. Please join us this Friday.

June 23: Hoe__mies is a space that normalizes and celebrates the presence of women*, non-binary, and trans people in the Hip Hop scene. We want to be a platform for all those beautiful and talented artists often excluded from the mainstream. The line-up will feature a selection of the baddest female* and genderqueer siblings the Berlin DJ scene has to offer. We’ll play all the good stuff from the golden times of Hip Hop and RnB over to Trap, Afrobeats, Dancehall and Vogue. Our 2nd event is taking place within the framework of #BlackLivesMatter Month. That means that Hoe__mies Vol. 2 centers around the work of Black artists. To support the Berlin chapter of BLM financially we’d greatly appreciate donations of a feasible amount from our guests at the venue. The night will be hosted by these amazing people: Eyeris Mxs. (90s & 2000s Hip Hop) Lucia Luciano aka Lúcia Lu (RnB & Dancehall) Mariama aka MONEYAMA (Trap & Grime) Jaxx On (Baile Funk, Reggaeton, Vogue) There’ll also be a performance by a special surprise guest 😉 Hooked? Stay tuned 🙌🏽 –––––––––––––––– This event is part of #BLMmonth2017 – a month long program to connect existing spaces, resources and contacts to organize joint resistance. http://www.blacklivesmatterberlin.de/ @ Beate Uwe, 11:30pm

June 24: #BlackLivesMatterBerlin #BLMmonth2017 Racist discrimination is an ongoing, painful part of daily life for Black people in Germany. It persists, in racial profiling, the naming of streets, immigration law, education, media, the debate on and engagement with refugees, as well as access to jobs and housing. Racism – the violation of our human dignity and rights – will not be tolerated. On Saturday the 24th of June at 4.30pm, a Black Lives Matter protest will take place, as it did last year. The march will be the highlight of a whole month of events. A vital aspect of BLM Month is networking between already existing initiatives: how we connect existing spaces, resources and contacts to organize joint resistance. The rally and other events mark the beginning of a longterm collaboration and the development of collective structures. The month-long program is composed of various workshops, film screenings, panels, poetry-events, city tours, concerts and parties. The protest will start at U-Bahnhof M*straße. Its racist name is connected to the Brandenburg-Prussian slave trade and is symbolic of the insufficient willin Germany to deal with racism. The speakers invited to the protest will not only examine the various mechanisms of racism in the past, but highlight the current complex disparities entrenched by racism. It is important to us to acknowledge that various forms of discrimination, like sexism and racism, are intertwined and produce specific compounded oppressions. The march will proceed from M*straße via Charlottenstraße, Rudi-Dutschke-Straße, Oranienstraße and Kottbussertor down Skalitzer- and Wienerstraße to Spreewaldplatz. From 8 pm on there will be live music, as well as more speeches. The Black Lives Matter movement, which was established in 2012 in the US after the murder of 17 year old Trayvon Martin is internationally significant: Although there are various specific problems in different countries, “Black Lives Matter” is an assertion that makes racist social structures visible worldwide The Black Lives Matter Month in Berlin, its events, and the rally stand for a lasting change in our society and against the obfuscation of racism., 4:30pm @ Mohrenstr.

June 24: Ein Abend voller Soul Vibes im Yaam mit Seraleez live ! und folgenden Djs der We Got Soul Family: Christian Göbel ( At The Soul Inn ) Daniel Graz ( Menage a Soul ) Don Caribou ( Everything Crash ) Markus Wolf ( Shakedown Berlin ) Johnny Hitman ( Soul Stop Berlin ) Kevin Flip-Clip ( Club Monofon ) Marc Forrest ( Hip City Soul Club ) Mr. Blackbeard ( Butter & Toast ) Berlin’s biggest and finest Soul fusion is brought to you by some cool cats from the hottest roofs in town! From Trenchtown to Motown, from New Orleans to Philadelphia and from the Golden State to the 5 Boroughs… We Got Soul! What about you? Brought together by the local music scene of Dresden, 4 jazz musicians, connected by their love for hiphop beats, were joined by the soulful singer-songwriter Christine Seraphin from NYC. After a few years of finding the perfect blend of their influences, SERALEEZ was born in the middle of organic saxophone lines by Jonathan Strauch, massive low end bass grooves by Phillip Oertel, pumping drum beats by Stephan Salewski and shimmering soundscapes by keyboardist Christian Keymer. With the lyrical melodies and the powerful voice of Christine Seraphin, jazzy harmonies and advanced song structures conflated into a sound, paying hommage to the inventors of the old school while catapulting towards undiscovered territory. Their future soul debut album “Good Life” (Agogo Records, 2016), has been featured and praised by many radio stations (Berlin FM, Radio 1, Funkhaus Europa), magazines (Jazzthing, Jazzpodium) and several online reviews. SERALEEZ is now a Berlin-based band, touring live domestically and abroad, reaching sophisticated listeners as well as their natural desire to move their bodies.

June 24: Black in Berlin presents: A dance party in solidarity with Black Lives Matter Berlin. 100% of the profit will go to the new Berlin chapter of Black Lives Matter. This is a party celebrating Black LIves. Friends of Black LIves are invited and asked to be respectful of the space and the people. Join us for the March on the same day//Ass shaking as Resistance ################DJs#################### 9djinn https://soundcloud.com/sayesorsayno Inn∆pr∆†ch v C Y ® Y U S https://soundcloud.com/inpprtetouch DJ PAM BAM https://soundcloud.com/pam_bam BAFOUBOY https://soundcloud.com/bafouboy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Saturday June 24 11pm-4am This is a fundraiser. Come correct. 5€ for BPOC, 10€ Non-BPOC, free for refugees @ ACUD Macht Neu, 11pm

June 26: 26th June 2017 – BLM Panel Discussion / 7pm @ Aquarium (next to Südblock) Skalitzer Str. 6 Subject: BPOC in the Dance & Entertainment Industry from a perspective of different generations panel moderation: Alice Haruko Hasters panel guests: Elisabeth Clarke-Hasters Morris Perry Dominique Rosales Lara-Sophie Milagro Raphael Hillebrand Eugene Boateng This Panel is aimed to talk about experiences from different generations of BPOC working the industry of Dance, Theater & Entertainment in Germany. We want share different point of views on issues such as racism and lacking intercultural sensitivity in the work field, especially with BPOC in higher Positions (choreographer, coach, director) and the advantages / disadvantages of racial stereotypes / prejudices and physical definitions. Free Entrance – after the panel everybody is welcome to have a drink and further conversations at Südblock As part of the 2017 Black Lives Matter Berlin Month House of Melody & M.I.K Family has set up a program focusing on empowerment through dance creating intercultural sensitivity: *17 + 18.06.2017 BLM Berlin – Dance Empowerment Workshops with M.I.K Family / ONE VIBE / House of Melody @ Motion*s Tanz- und Bewegungsstudio *25.06.2017 Hip Hop Meets Drums – BLM Empowerment Exchange @ Jugend, Kultur u. Werkzentrum Grenzallee MAKE SURE TO SUPPORT OTHER BLM BERLIN EVENTS IN JUNE!! After the successful Black Lives Matter Berlin March last summer the berlin based organized decided to expand their idea in 2017 and program build around the Black Lives Matter Protest Berlin | 24.06.17 in Berlin. With the slogan „For Us By Us“ existing initiatives exchanged ideas, build collective structures and during the Month of June make room to discuss, experience and exchange on the complex realities in the communities trough workshops, screenings, exhibition, stage performance, discussion more infos: http://www.blacklivesmatterberlin.de/blm-programm-juni-2017/

June 27: Soul Sisters Movie Night //This event is only open to BWOC// contact us for details

June 27: Cinema film I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (English with German subtitles) Tu 27th June 2017 7 p.m. 3001 Kino Schanzenstraße 75 Hamburg (S tube Sternschanze) Tel. 040-43099566 3001-kino.de subject to modifications film directed by Raoul Peck Narrated Samuel L. Jackson (English version) and Samy Deluxe (German version) USA/F/BE/CH 2016, 93 min. English original with German subtitles In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House”. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends : Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. At the time of Baldwin’s death in 1987, he left behind only thirty completed pages of his manuscript. Now, in his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. The film is a journey into Black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights Movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions Black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

Every Thursday: Black and Brown Bodies in Motion w/ Nasheeka Nedsreal //Black and Brown Bodies in Motion is a safe space for self-identified black women and women of color to share and expand their movement practice. The goal is to empower and strengthen the dance community of women of color. All movement levels welcome! The class starts with a warm up to activate the body through guided exercises and improvisation. Drawing inspiration from contemporary dance, contact improvisation, floor work, hip-hop and African dances, exercises are given in the form of small phrases, to encourage alignment, coordination, control and synergy. The class concludes by putting the discovered material, into a longer dance phrase. Please respect that this space is ONLY open for women of color. Cost: 5 euros Language: English **Wear comfortable clothes (preferably long pants). Bring water. Prepare to sweat.** WE WILL START PROMPTLY AT 7:00. FEEL FREE TO COME BY 6:45 TO CHANGE CLOTHES AND START WARMING UP. // Location: Forum Brasil, Möckernstr. 72

June 27: Festsaal Kreuzberg • XJAZZ • ByteFM • Digital in Berlin • JAW Family present: Doors: 8.00pm On decks: Maryisonacid & Wolfonacid Sun Ra was one of the greatest and least known artists in jazz history. His influence on diverse musicians has become more obvious in recent years but is still little understood by the general public. A visionary pianist, electronic musician, improviser, poet, label owner and band leader, his music ranged from Doo-Wop to Avant Noise, sometimes exercised within the same pieces. His band could play a classical tune and almost imperceptibly soar into their free cosmic equational tones as if they possessed a single mind. Ra was a keyboard improviser of great originality, exploring the tensions between musical freedom and coherence, between the known and the unknown. One of the founding fathers of Afrofuturism, Sun Ra’s music, philosophy, academic lectures, costumes and films (such as Space Is The Place) laid the ground work for many artists to follow, from Funkadelic and Lee Scratch Perry to Outkast and Flying Lotus. Sun Ra positioned himself at a intersection between black culture, technology, liberation, imagination and myth to discuss improving the lives of black people whose future he proclaimed to be intergalactic, situated in the unknown since what he knew was unacceptable. No matter how outlandish some of his claims might have seemed, they were always deeply rooted in the real, everyday struggle black Americans faced back then and still face today. Though the iconic Sun Ra left our planet in 1993, his cosmic legacy and mythocracy is proudly maintained by the interstellar sounds of the Sun Ra Arkestra, which operates under the direction of 92 years old original member and alto saxophonist Marshall Allen. With a massive, joyous songbook featuring classics, organized chaos, sing-along chants and atonal blasts of mischievous brass, the Arkestra remains one of the most unmissable live acts today.

June 27: Am 27.6.2017 wird mit Abubakar Adam Ibrahim ein preisgekrönter Star der florierenden Literaturszene Nigerias im Aquarium (neben Südblock , Skalitzer Straße 6, 10999 Berlin) lesen. 2016 gewann er unter anderem den African Writer’s Residency Award. Der Preis wird gemeinsam von der Sylt Foundation und dem Goethe-Institut vergeben. Sein erster Roman „Seasons of Crimson Blossoms“ provozierte mit seiner Darstellung weiblicher Sexualität in einem zutiefst konservativen Land. Den Hintergrund der Erzählung bildet die politische Situation in Nigeria, zu deren Alltag Boko Haram, Hunger und Gewalt gehören. Der politische Autor Abubakar Ibrahim bringt uns ein Land näher, über das wir noch viel zu wenig wissen. Die Veranstaltung wird überwiegend auf Englisch stattfinden. Der Eintritt ist frei. == On June 27, 2017, Abubakar Ibrahim, who is an award-winning star of the flourishing literary scene in Nigeria, will read at Südblock. In 2016 he won amongst others the African Writer’s Residency Award. This prize is given by both, the Sylt Foundation and the Goethe Institute. His first novel „Seasons of Crimson Blossoms“ provoked with its depiction of female sexuality in a highly conservative country. The background of the narration forms the political situation in Nigeria whose everyday life is characterised by Boko Haram, hunger and violence. The political writer Abubakar Ibrahim will bring a country closer to us of which we currently still know much to little about. The event will be mainly in English. Admission is free.

June 27: Film über das breit gefächerte Panorama Schwarzer Identität in Deutschland Die Journalistin Jana Pareigis ist eine von fast einer Million Schwarzer Menschen in Deutschland. Sie versammelt in ihrer Dokumentation verschiedene Perspektiven, von Prominenten wie dem Musiker Samy Deluxe und dem Fußballstar Gerald Asamoah bis zu WissenschaftlerInnen wie Grada Kilomba und Joshua Kwesi Aikins, aber auch Issa Barra, ein jüngst Geflüchteter und Theodor Wonja Michael, ein beeindruckender Zeitzeuge, der schon das NS-Deutschland überlebt hat. Es werden historische Blicke auf 400 Jahre Schwarzes Leben in Deutschland gegeben, ebenso wie künstlerische und wissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Bedeutung von Rassismus und Ausgrenzung. Jana Pareigis zeigt uns ein breites Panorama Schwarzer Identität in Deutschland mit vielen persönlichen Momenten und kreist immer wieder um die Frage, «Was bedeutet es, in der Heimat nicht dazu zu gehören?». Von offenem Rassismus bis zu der subtilen Frage «Woher kommst du wirklich?» werden viele Facetten beleuchtet, die das Leben von Schwarzen Menschen in Deutschland kompliziert gestalten. Gleichzeitig ist der Film auch eine Hommage an die Kreativität und den Humor im Umgang mit allen Formen von Rassismus. Es diskutieren: Jana Pareigis (Filmemacherin) Joshua Kwesi Aikins (Politikwissenschaftler/Aktivist) Massimo Perinelli, Moderation (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung) Mehr: https://www.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/UAI81

June 29: Diese Veranstaltung ist eine Einladung zu Inspiration und Empowerment! Die intersektionalen Positionen von unterschiedlichen Frauen*gruppen werden heute in der deutschen Öffentlichkeit stärker wahrgenommen als früher – wenn auch noch nicht stark genug. Dazu gehören auch die Positionen von Schwarzen Frauen* und Schwarzen “Genderfluid Personen“ – seien wir Afrikanerinnen* oder Europäerinnen*, Lateinamerikanerinnen* oder Nordamerikanerinnen*. Wir haben nicht nur viele gemeinsame, sondern auch sehr unterschiedliche Erfahrungen und Anliegen: als Migrantinnen oder Geflüchtete, als queer oder ökonomisch Marginalisierte, als Menschen, die in dieser Gesellschaft behindert werden und auch andere Formen von Diskriminierung erfahren. Dass unsere Stimmen heute mehr gehört werden, ist den vielen Aktivistinnen* zu verdanken, die sich selbstbewusst organisieren – einige tun das schon seit Jahrzehnten. Sie erarbeiten ihre eigene Identität und Geschichte, zeigen sie der Welt und tragen ihre Forderungen nach einer Gesellschaft vor, die frei von Gewalt, Rassismus, Homophobie, Sexismus und anderen Diskriminierungen ist. In unser heutiges Podium laden wir Schwarze Aktivistinnen* ein, um Fragen wie diese zu beantworten: Wie positionieren wir uns als Feministinnen* mit sehr spezifischen Lebenskonzepten und „Afro“-Identitäten in Deutschland? Welche Erfahrungen bringen wir in die Auseinandersetzung mit Kolonialismus ein? Wie verbinden wir unsere Auseinandersetzungen mit unserem täglichen Leben? Worauf freuen wir uns am meisten? Mit: – Jasmin Eding (Mitbegründerin von ADEFRA e.V., arbeitet in einem Projekt für geflüchtete Menschen) – anouchK ibacka valiente (Gender-Aktivistin, Autorin) – Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo (Autorin, Poetin, Kuratorin, Fotografin, Aktivistin, Workshop-Teamerin und Sängerin) Moderation: Clementine Burnley (Schriftstellerin, Dichterin, Aktivistin und Mutter) Anschließend Spoken Word von Stefanie Lahya Aukongo! Eine Veranstaltung der Reihe “Salon Intersektionalität – Reality Check“, eine Kooperation zwischen Frieda Frauenzentrum, EWA Frauenzentrum, Frauenkreise, RuT und Interkulturelles Frauenzentrum S.U.S.I. Und natürlich eine Veranstaltung im Rahmen des Black Lives Matter Monat Berlin! ** Unsere Räume sind leider nicht rollstuhlgerecht. Zu den Referentinnen: Clementine Burnley ist in der ehemaligen deutschen Kolonie Kamerun geboren und aufgewachsen. Sie lebt heute in Berlin und Limbe, Kamerun. Sie ist Schriftstellerin, Dichterin, Aktivistin und Mutter. Seit 2000 arbeitet Clementine als (kritische) Entwicklungskooperationsforscherin und Beraterin in England, Italien und Deutschland. Sie macht Organisationsbegleitung im Thema Intersektionalität in der Vereinsarbeit bei Yekmal e.V. und ist Leiterin des Projekts MSOInklusiv des Migrationsrates Berlin-Brandenburg (MRBB). In ihrem Leben und Werk lernt sie stetig von den Personen um sich herum, mit Vergnügen durch Diskriminierung erlittene Schäden zu überwinden. Jasmin Eding ist Dipl. Sozialpädagogin, Massagetherapeutin, Mitbegründerin von ADEFRA e.V., antirassistische-feministische-lesbische Grassroots Aktivistin. Sie arbeitet in einem Projekt für geflüchtete Menschen. AnouchK ibacka Valiente hat Internationales Recht studiert – beschäftigt sich aber seit langem mit Gender, Afrikanischer Diaspora und Spiritualität. Sie ist Mitorganisatorin des trans*march – den sie initiiert hat und der 2014 in Berlin stattfand –, des Cutie.BPoC – Festivals by & for Queer Trans* Inter* Black & PoC und des TransFormations – Trans* Film Festival Berlin. Geboren in La Habana und aufgewachsen in Paris, lebt sie gerne an unterschiedlichen Orten. Das von AnouchK ibacka Valiente herausgegebene Buch “Vertrauen, Kraft & Widerstand – Kurze Texte und Reden von Audre Lorde” hat neue Türen geöffnet. Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo (genannt Lahya) ist Autorin, Poetin, Kuratorin, Fotografin, Aktivistin, Workshop-Teamerin und Sängerin. Zu viel für ein kurzes Leben? Ganz klar: Nein! Als Freiberuflerin und machtkritische Künstlerin engagiert sie sich für Themen wie Intersektionalität, Empowerment, Panafrikanismus und gegen Diskriminierung, indem sie über das, was sie bewegt, empört und inspiriert, schreibt, fotografiert, referiert, teamt, singt und diskutiert. 2009 erschien ihr autobiografisches Buch „Kalungas Kind“. Im gleichen Jahr veröffentlichte sie ihren exklusiven Gedichtband „United Colours of Seelenkollaps“. Seit 2014 ist sie Kuratorin und Moderatorin der Spoken-Words-Veranstaltung „One World Poetry Night“. Ihre gesellschaftliche Positionierung: in ihr wohnt eine Schwarze, von gesellschaftlicher Behinderung betroffene, neurodiverse, von Emotionen getragene, queere, big is beautiful, mehrfachüberlebende Akademikerin und Aktivistin mit deutschem Pass. Eine königliche, ost-sozialisierte, poly-lebende femme-cis-Frau aus der Mittelschicht mit unzureichenden finanziellen Mitteln, mit angemessen vielen Haaren auf dem Kopf und großem Herz. Sie sieht Positionierungen, besonders ihre eigenen, als Ausgangspunkt ihres Handelns und Fühlens und versteht diese als Ermächtigung in ihrer menschenrechtspolitischen Arbeit. @ SUSI Frauenzentrum, 7pm

June 30: In Kooperation mit der BlackLivesMatter – Bewegung Black Lives Matter Berlin werden wir uns in dieser Session über Haare unterhalten. Haare eignen sich am ehesten uns der Komplexität der Identitätsfrage zu nähern. In ihrem Song „Don’t touch my hair“ singt Shero Solange über die Politik der Haare einer Schwarzen Frau, erzählt wie ihre Haare ihre Krone und Ausdrucksmittel ihrer Gefühle sind. Wir wollen uns auf diesem Wege aber auch der Geschichte und der Bedeutungskraft der Haare nähern. Sind naturbelassene Haare mehr ‚conscious‘ als gefärbte oder geglättete Haare? Ist man ‚woke‘ wenn man einen Afro trägt? Hierbei nehmen wir Haare als Ausgangspunkt um uns über strukturelle Machtverhältnisse und dem zugrunde liegenden Rassismus, Sexismus, Klassismus und Queer/Trans/Homophobie zu unterhalten, aber auch vor den Widersprüchen in der PoC coummunity, denn zu den äußerlichen Eigenschaften gehören Haare und dieses lädt oft zu den Zuschreibungen von außen ein. Haare bieten aber auch Handlungsspielraum und können empowernde Wirkung haben. Wir würden gerne an einem Abend uns diesen Fragen durch eine Podiumsdiskussion mit kleineren Beiträgen und Exkursen in die Kulturgeschichte der Haare von PoC’s über dieses Thema zu nähern. Gastsprecher*innen: – Tarik Tesfu Tariks Genderkrise weitere Gastsprecher*innen folgen. ****************************************************************** Mehr Infos: http://afropolitan.berlin/veranstaltungen-2/ @ Afropolitan Berlin, 6pm

June 30: Following our brief hiatus from the kitchen the SPLIT crew returns to bring everone together in order to put on yet another evening of fine Haitian dinning back to where it all began: Neukölln, at Rag and Bone Man Vintage. As the sun shines bright and l’espirit d’amour is in the air we would like to bring everyone so that they may dine together in the spirit that got us to start this dinner series in the first place, we humbly invite you to join us for a taste of carribean cuisine in Berlin. Split is the essence of the Caribbean way of life, a concept that was born from the many splits of life: friends, ideas, music, homes, and of course the food! You see SPLIT is done in the spirit of Haitian way of life, who’s own heroic history unites different cultures, events, and cuisines. Come and enjoy a taste of the Caribbean conceptualized by Haitian-American Christophe, whose variations of cuilnary delicacies that has been passed on from generation to generation will make you feel like you’ve taken a trip the Carribean. ** In order for us to properly prepare we kindly ask guest to note that guest must secure their places by making a reservation. Menu: Entree & Salad: Haitian Patties – Meat or Vegetable stuffed savoury pastry Salad Fried Sweet Yellow Plantain (Bannan Douce) Main Course Rice and Black Bean Soup (Sos Pwa Noir et Riz)Jerk seasoned free range Chicken or Spiced Caribbean Tofu Desert: TBA

Every Saturday: BLACK GirLS GARDEN! Contact us for details. This event is only open to self-identified women of the African diaspora.

June 30: Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers ————————————– Directly from the studio to the stage. After a 3 day recordingsession for the upcoming album the Psychedlic-Worldgroove-Band Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers present this album live on stage. Long time before the release date. They have a very special guest with them: the danish/mozambikan vocalist Natalie Greffel. Also they will bring a plastic palm tree and soap bubbles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6v2vPmj7aI Tiliboo Afrobeat ————————————— Tiliboo Afrobeat is a Berliner band led by composer-vocalist-percussionist Omar Diop. Omar comes from a region in the south of Sénégal called Casamance, one of the heartlands of the west-african Mandinka cultural heritage. As a child, Omar assimilated rhythms and songs from many of the different cultural groups living in this region, including Mandinka, Wolof, and Jola. By the time he was 15 years old he was already a professional choreographer for popular dance groups in the Casamance, but this was only the beginning of his musical journey. Omar came to Europe for the first time in the 1992 to teach percussion workshops, but quickly found work as a performer, playing with african and european jazz musicians on stages all over Europe. It was during this time that he conceived and developed his personal style of afrobeat music, mixing jazz and other international influences with the traditional rhythms and melodies from Casamance. Shortly after his arrival in Berlin in 1997, he founded Lion Express, the first version of the band that would become Tiliboo. The band moves effortlessly from funk and afro-cuban salsa to deep Casamance trance rhythms, from Fela-Kuti-style afrobeat to traditional Mandinka griot repertoire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wd-LpSHd0E @ Ziegrastraße 11, 8:30pm