Info

• 192 pages, 19 × 26 cm
  
• Language: German
  
• ISBN 978-3-948174-15-6

Editors
Josephine Apraku, Rita Müller, Christopher A. Nixon

Authors
Lahya Aukongo, Elliot Blue, Dr. Jule Bönkost, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nikita Dhawan, Maria González Leal, Isaiah Lopaz, Alok V. Menon, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, E. Movain, Candice Nembhard, Kofi Shakur, Moro Yapha

Photographers
Rafia Ali, Gianna Kirschner, Nora Hase, Sergen Yener, Irene Osei-Poku, Laurel Chokoago, Elia diane Fushi Bekene, Nella Aguessy, Jacqueline Mayen, Salma ElShami, Deborah Moses-Sanks, Shaheen Wacker, Nicole B. Gehle, Elke Schneider, Helena Melikov

Illustrators
Diana Ejaita, Elliot Blue

Design
Helena Melikov

Immerse yourself in the borderless bookazine, which brings together a wide range of voices and perspectives from BIPoC in Germany. Through essays, interviews, poems, collages, and photographs, this publication conveys the multifaceted realities of this community's lives. The authors continue the discourse of the exhibition, illuminating the topics in their own independent and critical ways.

Grenzenlos is aimed particularly at BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and, through its diversity-sensitive, anti-discriminatory, and inclusive approach, simultaneously creates productive learning spaces for all readers. The contributions of authors such as Lahya Aukongo, Olenka Bordo Benavides, Natasha A. Kelly, and many others offer a unique perspective on the diverse lives of people in Germany.

The publication also takes a critical look at colonial history. Hamburg, once an economic center of European colonialism, is examined in terms of its connection to colonies and its darker aspects. The exhibition at the Museum of Work reveals the invisible links between Hamburg's industry and the colonies, between everyday products and the realities of life overseas. The people in the colonies were pillars of Hamburg's industrial processing of raw materials. But this occurred under the shadow of a racist regime of violence. They were enslaved, dispossessed, and forced to work. The special exhibition at the Museum of Work commemorates this history and contributes to the discussion about colonial power structures and their long-term consequences.