Decolonial city tour

Stamped from the beginning

In his book, Dr. Ibrahim X. Kendi explains how "whiteness" was invented and why. This documentary visualizes his book and explains European history of the last 500 years.

African Queens: Njinga

Find out more about the courageous and legendary female fighters against the European invasion of what is now Congo and Angola, such as Queen Nzinga.

Dahomey

In November 2021, 26 Cultural Belongings find their way back to present-day Benin. They were snatched from the Kingdom of Dahomey by the French and taken to Paris. The local population has its say.

The empty grave

During the German colonial era, graves of dead people were dug up and looted in Tanzania. The justification for this was "(pseudo-)scientific research to prove the myth of white supremacy. The absence of these skulls can still be felt by the descendants today.

Reclaiming History

At first glance, it seems that Germany has nothing to do with the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. But in his search for the invention of the Hutu and Tutsi racial concept, Samuel ends up in Germany. Here, so-called scientists have turned a way of life into a "race" and thus introduced a hierarchy - with fatal consequences.

"We are one people!" - Who is "we" within the people? 

"We are one people!" - a cry that symbolized freedom and hope 35 years ago. But who could actually find themselves in this "we"? Who had reason to be happy about reunification? And who was transformed - literally overnight - from "indispensable" to invisible?

Right-wing infiltration and the colonial tradition of the Berlin Palace?

The controversial debates about the Humboldt Forum / Berlin Palace building complex continue. Right-wing infiltration and colonial traditions - a recurring déjà vu of socio-economic-historical amnesia emerges with these topics. It is a phenomenon of "innocent" oblivion. The forgotten history of Christian symbolism at the Berlin Palace/Humboldt Forum We live in the legacy of colonialism and [...]