Reading with Grada Kilomba: Strange Possession - The Intrusive Past and the Future

On Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 16h AfricAvenir in cooperation with Staatliche Museen Berlin presents a reading by Grada Kilomba "Strange Possession - The Intrusive Past and the Future" (in English) followed by a discussion at Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, in the framework of the exhibition Who Knows Tomorrow. 'Colonialism  may be seen as 'a thing' of the past, but it is intimately bound to the present. It is a haunting of history that continues to interrupt the present and the future. This alluring association reminds us that history haunts us, like a strange possession, because it has been improperly told. Writing is a way of resuscitate a traumatic collective experience and bury it properly.' Grada Kilomba will read new excerpts of her best-selling book 'Plantation Memories' which was recently re-printed. |+| read more