May .1 .2018 FOMO — fear of missing out, the expression I had learned during the last summer. Usually there are so many funs going on in the summer of Berlin, or maybe almost of everywhere. The mixture of the hormones, sweat and alcohol permeates in the air, the red cheeks of the young and slandered girls shine beautifully under the melting sun which tastes like caramel . Who does not fear of missing out? Like today, 1. May. It is almost a tradition to go out there on the street in the most hipster areas in the city , and taking part in one of the leftist demonstrations, having some street food while holding a beer in your hand, rolling a special cigarette with one hand, being cool, and so on. When I finished my morning shift around 3pm, the subway was packed with the ecstatic people, who were so ready to party out of the day. The smel
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Eine uneindeutige Grenzlinie zwischen „Cops & Robbers“ --- Chris Abani gibt Lagos Noir heraus Parwana 07.05.2020 Der Sammelband Lagos Noir von 2018 gehört zur Krimi-Serie „Noir“ des New Yorker Akashik Verlags, die düstere Geschichten aus den globalen Megastädten in verschiedenen Ländern vorstellt. Die „Noir“ Serie startete erst mit dem New York basierten Band Brooklyn Noir 2004, und erfreut sich weltweit steigender Bekanntheit und eines ausgezeichneten Erfolgs. Als Herausgeber von Lagos Noir , konnte der bekannte nigerianisch-stämmige Romanautor und Dichter Chris Abani gewonnen werden. Er stellt mit zwölf bereits renommierten Autorinnen und Autoren sowie vielversprechenden neuen Talenten eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten in der nigerianischen Metropole Lagos vor. Sie erzählen zusammen vom unheilvollen Fatalismus aus Repression und Betrug, der sich in den Jahren nach der Unabhängigkeit über die urbanen Zentren Nigerias legt. Die Geschichten in der Sammlung
“Hooligan Sparrow”- Has Ye Haiyan come to the End of 15 Years of Feminist Struggle? Parwana 16 . 04. 2020 English translation proofread: Angela Bainter and Bella Peacock Prominent Grassroots Feminist Pleading for Escape On March 27, 2020 a once applauded Chinese feminist activist Ye Haiyan(@liumangyan), posted a series of Tweets sobbing, and pleading for help. In videos, she says the local government of Inner Mongolia has harassed and threated her for months. She implores thousands of her followers overseas (including high-profile people like Ai Wei Wei) to save her life in limbo. She could no longer stand the pressure from the government. [1] Ye Haiyan says a woman official with the surname Liu threatened to demolish the yurt she built for a small guesthouse, and Ms. Liu warned that all her words on social media WeChat and Weibo are watched by the government, she will face expulsion and legal pen