Black is not Black and white is not white

There has been a mistake in human history. It is not natural to divide people into black and white and to derive power relations from this. If you take a closer look at how differently bodies are viewed in Europe and in Africa, you can observe: The powerful can transform into the inferior, depending on where you look at him/her from. In a mixture of music theatre, performance, visual and fashion art, artists from Cameroon, Germany, Brasil and France will stimulate a lively discussion about these questions and individual habits and feelings towards them. With artistic encounters and interventions in Yaoundé in October 23 and in Wuppertal in August 24, they want to talk with and about their societies, how "the other" is constructed and how we can overcome this historical situation towards the emergence of the human being. ​​​​​
A production of Compagnie Rouge and Kogno Art in cooperation with Festival Part’âges (Yaoundé), Goethe Institut Yaoundé, Future Now Festival (Wuppertal), Santix Schwarz (Berlin) | By and with: Wilfried Nakeu, Becky Beh Mpala, Katharina Ernst, David Guy Kono, Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs, Kathleen Kunath, Fredy Manyongo, Amélie Messaga À Mbollo, Gunda Gottschalk, Zé de Paiva, Bibiane Sadey | Artistic direction: Wilfried Nakeu, Becky Beh Mpala, David Guy Kono, Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs | Direction: Becky Beh Mpala | Video, Scenographie: Wilfried Nakeu | Music: Katharina Ernst, Gunda Gottschalk, Bibiane Sadey | Choreographie: David Guy Kono, Amélie Messaga À Mbollo | Dramaturgy: Johanna-Yasirra Kluhs | Costume: Fredy Manyongo | Documentation, Research: Kathleen Kunath, Zé de Paiva | Communication, Research: Larissa Ndjakomo