Festival Black Lux Literatur

Grada Kilomba’s book ‚Plantation Memories. Episodes of Everyday Racism‘ has exposed the violence and trauma of racism through its incisive language and profound writing. Now the book will be staged.

This staged reading is a compilation of episodes exploring everyday racism in the form of short psychoanalytical stories. It offers a strong and moving insight into the experience of racism, alienation, transformation, and empowerment through the different characters.

The performance will be followed by a conversation with the artists.

Grada Kilomba is a writer. She is the author of the celebrated book Plantation Memories, a compilaton of episodes of everyday racism written in the form of short psychoanalytical stories. Last year she was awarded as one of the „Most Inspiring Black Women in Europe“, due to her writings and performative readings. Grada Kilomba has been working in several theatre projects, as well as in the writing and direction of staged readings based in London, Oslo and Berlin. Currently she is a professor for gender studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin.