Panel I: Feiern als politischer Akt

Here, theater scholar and performer Nebou N'Diaye, education and gender studies scholar Prof. Dr. Maisha-Maureen Auma, and author, translator, and activist Yezenia Léon Mezu come together to pool their experiences from diverse contexts and explore, across generations, how people can and want to celebrate in a world where right-wing forces are increasingly gaining support and power.


Together, they reflect on how rest and joy are expressions of Black resistance, how they signify moments of healing, and what power can be unleashed through rest and joy. In doing so, they also focus on how different generations define and practice resistant celebration for themselves.


The panel will be moderated by political educator and activist Jessica Massóchua.


For the seventh edition of the Black Berlin Black festival, under the motto "Festivity," Fabienne Mahwane, a lawyer, moderator, and speaker, has conceived a series of discussions with numerous guests.

In these discussions, they explore the political implications of celebration: What is being celebrated and what should be celebrated, who is allowed to celebrate and who celebrates anyway, when do we celebrate and when should we celebrate, and how should people celebrate if they strive for transformative justice?


(In spoken German with interpretation into German spoken and sign language (DGS))