hn. lyonga
hn. lyonga is how I choose to do public work. I am a multi-genre writer and curator of words, notions, and perspectives with interest in postcolonial literature, critical race theory, and social transformation. Currently, an MA student in Amerikanistik at HU Berlin, I am also the co-founder of the Black Student Union at HU, a member of the AK Museen und Sammlungen of Decolonize Berlin e. V. and a member of the Kuratorium of BARAZANI.berlin - where I help to organize, participate in protests, develop and work on ideas that are geared towards centralizing marginalized voices in the decolonial framework.
year of birth: 1989
Country of residence: Germany
TEMA asks
What time is it?
13:51 and I am about to jump into a zoom call.What’s your favourite Emoji?
I don’t traffic in them.Standing at the train station today with a free ticket, where would you go?
To any place where I am promised a seat at the tables that matter.The best thing about the country you live in:
Activists, non-profits and social justice warriors.More of this in Europe, please:
More inclusion, more opportunities for Black and Brown people, making room for non-Western epistemologies, critically addressing witnessing and white fragility, adressing Europe’s involvement in the pillaging of Africa, etc.Europe can do without:
It’s exclusionary politics.What do you deeply care about?
For now, my focus is on the state of Black and Brown communities in Germany.Last book / movie that moved you:
Red Lip Theology by Candice Marie Benbow.What song fills you instantly with joy?
Cybertronic Purgatory by Janelle MonáeWhat is the worst question someone could ask you?
What does it feel like to be Black? - I’ll ignore the fuck out of you if you even try it.
Author of:
Living in plain sight and other exploits (TEMA#7 – Housing)