Telling Black Histories.
With Edna Bonhomme

28:46

11/28/2021

2 min reading time

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How does colonial trauma manifest itself today? Jena Samura and Edna Bonhomme talk about the exploitation of Black people and the aftermath of German colonialism.

In the second episode of “Telling Black Histories”, we explore the aftermath of the transatlantic slave trade and the (sexual) exploitation of Black people during colonialism with historian Edna Bonhomme. Edna deals with the topics of trauma and memory in a variety of ways. How does colonial trauma manifest itself today? What artistic-creative and activist ways does Edna Bonhomme deal with the psychological consequences of colonization and enslavement?

Telling Black Histories

In the podcast series “Telling Black Histories” on the current exhibition “Kara Walker. A Black Hole is everything a Star longs to be”, Jena Samura talks with experts including Edna Bonhomme and Josephine Apraku about European art history and Black art, colonial gender constructions, and how to critically reflect on history.