"1/5 - Many Black feminist writers have influenced me as an author and I will speak about this in my talk next week. I will be mentioning #MayAyim, #ToniMorrison, #BuchiEmecheta and #BernadineEvaristo: https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=22020820"
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German Cultural Events Calendar for the UK | Goethe-Institut UK

Thu, 19.11.2020

https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=22020820
"2/5 - The Black German poet, academic & activist #MayAyim was a founding member of the most recent Black German movement. Her poetry reflects on Black German experiences, the legacy of colonialism and race equality" https://www.digitales-deutsches-frauenarchiv.de/akteurinnen/may-ayim

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May Ayim

May Ayim zählt zu den prominentesten Vertreterinnen der Schwarzen Community in Deutschland. Ihre Worte und Werke führten nicht nur zur Sichtbarmachung von Schwarzen Menschen, die ihren Lebensmittel...

https://www.digitales-deutsches-frauenarchiv.de/akteurinnen/may-ayim
"3/5 - Nobel-Prize winning author #ToniMorrison worked as an editor and centred Black female experiences in her work. The beautiful documentary film "The Pieces I Am" gives a rich impression of her rich impact." https://www.tonimorrisonfilm.com/ 

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TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM | A Magnolia Pictures Film | Own It On DVD Or Digital HD September 17

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing...

https://www.tonimorrisonfilm.com/
"4/5 - The novelist and academic #BuchiEmecheta was a prolific writer who wrote passionately about the political turmoil in Nigeria, about survival in Britain and about motherhood." http://www.caineprize.com/blog/2017/1/27/tribute-to-buchi-emecheta-1944-2017

@SharonDoduaOtoo #GoetheAnnualLecture
Tribute to Buchi Emecheta (1944 - 2017) — The Caine Prize for African Writing

The Council of the Caine Prize for African Writing pays tribute to Buchi Emecheta, a long-standing member of the Caine Prize Advisory Council, who died peacefully at her home in London on 25 January...

http://www.caineprize.com/blog/2017/1/27/tribute-to-buchi-emecheta-1944-2017
"5/5 - Professor @BernardineEvari, winner of Booker Prize 2019, is the only one of the writers I've had the great honour of meeting in person. Diverse representations of Black British life is a key feature of her work" https://bevaristo.com/ 
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Bernardine Evaristo - Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo - writer, author, novelist, activist, UK

https://bevaristo.com/
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