It's April 1st!!!

Dear readers,

if you are clicking on this blog post you might be expecting to read about Witnessed_UK.
Sorry about that...I like to play practical jokes on April 1st...

But the idea for Witnessed_UK is not bad is it?

Have a wonderful day :-)
Sharon

Original post:

Resistance and Longing - Exhibition opening on Saturday, 30th November in Berlin

Witnessed Authors Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, Sonia E. Barrett and Asoka Esuruoso will be in dialogue with Melody LaVerne Bettencourt this Saturday from 19:00

For more details visit the website: www.melodylavernebettencourt.com

Introducing Victoria B. Robinson...

Victoria is published author with a sharp eye, poetic ear and great sense of humour - her energy is contagious, her laughter even more so! I am proud to be able to say - despite her recent relocation to the US: Ms. Robinson is on board!

Her (sadly now discontinued) blog BLACKprint was for many years "the" source of information on Black Germany (http://black-print.blogspot.com/). But I am pleased that her wisdom will soon be available in English as part of the Witnessed Series :-)

For more information about Victoria and her recent publications, please take some time to visit her website:
http://victoriarobinson.de/

Introducing Amy Evans...

Amy Evans is an award-winning playwright, living in the United States and a woman I greatly admire. Two of Amy's plays "Achidi J's Final Hours" and "The Most Unsatisfied Town" are based on tragic events that have taken place in Germany, which mark key historical moments in Black German history. I am immensely grateful that Amy has agreed to be part of this project.

Please check out her website: www.scriptingrage.wordpress.com

Introducing Philipp Khabo Köpsell...

Philipp Khabo Köpsell is a rising star - he has hit Berlin's spoken word scene running. Witnessed without Philipp would be unimaginable, particularly as he and I have a plan - watch this space...!

For more information about Philipp check out his blog:http://jamesknopf.blogspot.com/

Introducing Tigist Selam...

Tigist Selam is a gifted artist - she acts, she directs, she creates and I am truly honoured that she has also agreed to become involved in Witnessed and look forward very much to working with her.

An example of her work "Der Raum" is featured on the Heinrich Böll Foundation's website:
http://www.migration-boell.de/web/integration/47_2204.asp

For more information read Tigist's interview for the Ethiopian magazine "Tadias":
http://www.tadias.com/02/04/2009/the-colors-of-ethiopians-where-are-you-from/

www.tigistselam.com

Introducing Olumide Popoola...

Olumide will be one of the authors, whose work will be published in the "Witnessed" Series.
I am really excited about the opportunity to be able to work with Olu again - I was her editor for her first novella "this is not about sadness" published 2010 in UNRAST Verlag.
Olu is a talented writer and performance poet - it is an honour to have her name associated with the series.

Please visit her website: www.olumidepopoola.com for more information