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Music

The desert alliance

Tamikrest combines the music of the Tuareg with elements of Western rock. The band chooses guitars over guns to fight for the cause of a community that has been oppressed in the Sahara for decades.

Migration

Belonging to more than one nation

Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel „The Namesake“ tells the story of an Indian-American family whose members never quite know where they truly belong.

Film

Justice for victims of rape

The documentary “To Kill a Tiger” tells the story of a father and daughter in India fighting for justice after the girl is raped.

Literature

How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Toni Morrison’s short story about two girls – one black, one white – gives no clue about which is which.

Novel

Powerful Punjabi queen opposed British Empire

A novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells the story of Jind Kaur, the last sovereign Sikh monarch

Short films

Reimagining African folktales

In a series of short films, six young directors reinterpret traditional stories and link them to current socio-political issues such as domestic violence, forced marriage and the role of women.

Literature

The literary power of Black women writers

German edition of “New Daughters of Africa” anthology presents Black female authors.

Novel

The fate of a girl from Zimbabwe

The author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga writes about a young woman’s fight for the right to female self-determination in Zimbabwe

HBO miniseries

“Chernobyl”: The cost of lies

The miniseries “Chernobyl” revolves around the worst nuclear accident in the world

Novel

A father-son relationship in crisis

Nassir Djafari’s debut novel illuminates a father-son relationship

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