Elnathan John: “Intellectually, I’m restless”
Award-winning Nigerian author Elnathan John on devious children, writing across formats, and what famous American satirists are […]
Music & clubs
The Berlin label celebrating the sounds of Colombia and the Congo
When Kreuzberg-based record label Eck Echo signed the Congolese band Ngwaka Son Systéme, an intercontinental musical journey […]
Friday 28, April
Berlin’s most controversial monument is vandalised… again
The so-called Herero Stone honours the perpetrators of genocide. Activists want it taken down.
Politics
Red Flag: Berlin finally changed two colonial street names. What took so long?
In the African Quarter in Wedding, Lüderitzstraße and Nachtigalplatz are no more. Nathaniel Flakin wonders: what took […]
Politics
Red Flag: Why does Berlin have a pro-genocide monument?
In a cemetery in Neukölln, the so-called Africa Stone honors seven German soldiers who died while committing […]
Faces of Wedding
Justice Mvemba: Decolonial tales from Berlin’s African Quarter
Justice Mvemba leads walking tours to share the grisly, real story behind Wedding’s African Quarter.
