In Audre’s Footsteps beautifully portrays intergenerational, queer feminist conversations, which reach across national boundaries and honor the visions of our ancestors. Each encounter is marked by a vulnerability and openness to express pain, and yet, simultaneously, the resulting exchange focuses on how to transform and transcend. To look beyond. This book is an incredible addition […]

Rest in perfect peace, paradise, and power, Erika “Ika” Hügel-Marshall. March 13, 1947 to April 21, 2022 Many years have now passed, and Heidi is still interested in the further development of the Black Diasporic movement in Germany and in transnational exchange. She remains committed to ensuring students broaden their view of Germany with its […]

Most of the conversations [in In Audre’s Footsteps] happened at kitchen tables or over meals to reflect the true nature of our friendships and honor the traditions set forth by the elders and ancestors who continue to make our cultural, political, and personal work possible. With In Audre’s Footsteps, we offer ourselves as another “communication […]

Creating Spaces to Fully Express Our Blackness: A Conversation with Katja Kinder, Peggy Piesche, Prof. Dr. Maisha Maureen Auma of Generation Adefra: Black Women in Germany Generation Adefra is a socio-cultural space defined by and for Black women and gender independent people, whose contribution to social movements is often minimized if not rendered invisible. Their […]

We Have to Stop Solely Reacting: A Conversation with Iris Rajanayagam As younger generations enter movement spaces, create their own coalition work, and come into their own as political thinkers, it is imperative to preserve the memory of past movements. Here, we ask how can we work against the pressure to constantly produce in order […]