Events & Veranstaltungen

Three new publications of different genres – nonfiction, young adult and prose – all connected by their motif of the search:  for justice and redemption, home and healing, myth and cultural connection –  they deal with structures of connection  and offer new narratives of resistance and resilience.

Readings & Talks: Mohamed Amjahid and Suraj Mailitafi, Raphaëlle Red and Joyce Muvunyi, Efua Traoré and Jasmin Blunt
Venue: EOTO e.V., Togostr. 76, 13351 Berlin
Time: Friday, 20 June 2025, 14:00 - 17:00 

Childcare
with reading aloud, games, colouring, singing and handicrafts

Venue: Togostr. 76, 13351 Berlin, 2. Backyard
Time: Friday, 20 June 2025, 15:00 - 18:00 
Time: Saturday, 21 June 2025, 10:00 - 18:00
Time: Sunday, 22 June 2025, 10:00 - 15:00 
Registration: afrolution@eoto-archiv.de

Age: for black children with parents from 0 (accompanied by their parents) and from 6 years (unaccompanied by their parents)

Take part in an exciting workshop with the internationally renowned Congolese filmmaker and educator Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, whose work is characterised by intellectual tenacity and a decolonial African futuristic vision. At the forefront of the »Recoding Aesthetic« movement, Ndaliko‘s innovative approach combines rhythm, imagery and social critique using digital tools to create a cinematic language that questions colonial legacies and reinvents storytelling itself. His films convey new knowledge, encourage reflection on the system of normalised violence, honour the memory of a painful colonial logic and question traditional narrative structures. His latest film Mikuba, shot in the Katanga region, premiered in the Berlinale‘s Forum Expanded and portrays citizens fighting for their right to regulate mining in south-eastern DR Congo, demonstrating his ongoing commitment to social engagement through art.

During the workshop, the filmmaker will talk about representation in cinema and his creative process of telling contemporary stories with alternative narratives.

Presenter: Enoka Ayemba and Petna Ndaliko Katondolo.
Target group: Prospective film curators or film mediators, interested professionals 
Venue: Sinema Transtopia, Lindower Str. 20/22/Haus C, 13347 Berlin
Time: Friday, 20 June 2025, 16:00 - 19:00 
Registration: afrolution@eoto-archiv.de (Reference: Film)
Fee: 20€

Three public intellectuals in dia-logue about progressive political movements, integrity versus power and historical as well as contemporary connections. The dialogue between the African continent and the global black diaspora and the need for transnational collaboration and solidarity.

Talk: Tsitsi Dangarembga, John Githongo, and Sylvain Saluseke
Venue: EOTO e.V., Togostr. 76, 13351 Berlin
Time: Friday, 20 June 2025, 17:00 - 19:00 

A safer space for young black people to dance, share and grow Hip Hop, Dance Basics, Choreos, Freestyle & Exchange - Have you always wanted to dance Hip Hop? Then the Fridayz Dance Session is just the thing for you! This is a safe space in which we, as a community can grow together. The mission is to create something together! Whether you are a beginner or have been with us for a while, you are welcome! We train the basics, choreos, freestyle & exchange. People who identify as black can exchange dance, strengthen themselves and grow in their personality.

Host: Prince Ofori
Venue: EOTO e.V., Kameruner Str. 16, 13351 Berlin
Time: Friday, 20 June 2025, 18:00 - 20:00 Dance Session
and from 20:00 Fridayz Hangout

Age: for young Black people aged 16-27.

Gentle, authentic yoga for relaxation and self-regulation for the Black community with Swami Dhyānānanda Saraswati - no fitness or gymnastics - just bliss. An appointment with yourself.

Teacher: Swami Dhyānānanda Saraswati
Venue: CUZ, EOTO e.V., Togostr. 76, 13351 Berlin, (2. Courtyard)
Time: Saturday, 21. June 2025, 9:00 - 10:00

**This Community Self Care event is designed as part of the UN Decade for People of African Descent and as a space for Black people. We ask that you respect this collective self- designation and the spaces associated with it. The workshop will take place in the future Community Centre building in the second courtyard of Togostr. 76.