Jasmin Eding (Dipl. Sozialpäd.FH) has been active in the Black movement since the mid-1980s and is co-founder of ADEFRA e.V. (Black Women in Germany). As co-author of the book Kinder der Befreiung (ed. Marion Kraft 2016. Unrast Verlag.) she writes about transatlantic experiences and perspectives of Black Germans of the postwar generation, contributing to a milestone of literature about the diverse history of Black Germans. ADEFRA roots is a forum by and for Black women, fighting primarily against racism and other forms of discrimination. She describes herself as an anti-racist feminist lesbian grassroots activist. She is particularly concerned with balancing grassroots and academic work in the Black community, in the spirit of inclusion. Her motto: If you are free, you need to free someone. If you have power, you need to empower someone. (Toni Morrison)

Jasmin Eding performs in Magda Korsinsky’s PATTERNS (2019) at Ballhaus Naunynstraße and contributes her expertise to the panel Cooperating in Difference (2026) as part of the Black Berlin Black – Festivity festival.