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Where did the primary inspiration for the event arise? This series has started last year. My main inspiration is to connect wonderful people and artists ? of the African diaspora ? that I have met during six years of research and that work on issues related to Black citizenship in Europe. I personally have done a research on the press, the Der Tagesspiegel newspaper in Germany, for my master thesis at the University of Arts in Berlin, dealing on how Black identities are constructed linguistically in German. I was shocked by the incredible racism of the German language against Black people. This afrophobia was a motor behind my interest. On the other side, it was also triggered by the history of Black consciousness, by the legacy of Audre Lorde, who was a teacher here and who can be described as fundamental in the history of Black consciousness in Germany, and by the work of Black feminists such as May Ayim. Once I encountered their work, I thought how can this knowledge exist and be ignored so blatantly? How can this happen, how can this society be so antiBlack if they were not a colony? And then, I understood I was wrong, they were not a colonial power but had colonies. I started researching on German history, and found up connections between the colonial amnesia of the whole of Europe ? with regards the European colonization of the African continent ? and the BerlinAfrica conference of 1884-1885. Those were the issues raised in the ?rst event of the series of BE.BOP connecting with artists and scholars, that are addressing the same topics in their work. This 2013 edition is dedicated to decolonizing the Cold War and has been inspired by artists works in relation to the legacy of the Black Power movement in di?erent parts of the world. What are the aims and objectives of the project? The aim is to network, t ??fR6?WF??6?WF??v??&?6?WF?F???wVR?F?R???2F?7V????r?W'6V?fW2???BF?7V?F?F?Rv??FR?VvV????2vW7FW&?W7F&?6??V?B?'WBF?FV?v?F??W"?v??'&F?fW2?F?FV?v?F??W"?v?7F?&?W2?B?v?'F?7F?2&?GV7F???2v?F??WB?f??rF?R?VVBF??Vv?F???R?W'6V?fW2??g&??B?bv??FRVF?V?6R??B?2fW'?f?7W6VBF?67W76?????F??2&Vv&B?F?R?FV?2?6?F?7&VFRg&VR76R????B?b???vV?&????f?"V??RF?B&Rv?&???r??WW&?R&?v?B??r??F??6R?77VW2'WBF?B&R?6??FVB??F?V?"?v?6??FW?B?$R?$??2&?WB7&VF??rF??2&???f?"?WGV?&V6?v??F????B6V?V'&F????2??R6?V?B&?&&?W?W&?V?6RF?W&Rv2F??26?WF?g&?6??7vVF?6?f???F?R|:G&F??w2?F?B?fRF??RF??2????r????6??G&?'WF???F?F?R7G'Vvv?R?b&?6?6?F??V?6????WW&?R?vR&R????R?&?vW2?F?B6??7F?F?v?FVBF?6?&RF?V?"W?W&?V?6W2?F??2v2&Wv&F??r?B?27??F??F?2?bv?B$R?$??2&?WC?f??6??r?B???F??r&W6???6Rv?F??F?W'2g&??F?RF?7?&?F?W&R?2?6???F?W"6V7&WBvV?FF?B??fRv??6??2F?'&??rW?v?fRf?6?&??G??B?WF??R( "6??v?'WB7W&V?( "F?R&??R?bF?R6&?&&V?F?7?&'F?7G2??WW&?R?F?R6&?&&V?F?7?&?2?v?2&VV?&W6V?B??F??6R7G'Vvv?W2?b&?6?6??66??W6?W72??WW&?R?7F'F??r'?VG&R??&FR?W'6V?bv??v2?b6&?&&V?FW66V?B??7B?V"?&?6?WW&?R&?G???F?72v2V?vvVB??F?67W76??rFV6??????F?7?&?2W7F?WF?72???r??R?fR??fVBF?F?Rg&?V?6??6WB?6?V?B??RV?&?&FR??F?RWf??WF????bF?R&?6W73??v?FVBF????B6??6WBF?BF???W&V?F?FW2F?RV??VRW?W&?V?6R?bF?Rg&?6?F?7?&??WW&?R?B?f?V?BF??2g&?V?FW&?&V??W6VgV??F?RFV6??????W7F?WF?72?2&VV?FWfV??VB??F?R?W&?62?6?F?R6&?&&V??F?RU2?F???2??BF?R6?WF??W&?6?2F????W'2?'F?7G2?B7F?f?7G2F?B?fRv?&?VB??F??26??6WB?bFV6????F????bW7F?WF?72&RFW'F??rg&??&V?G?F?BF?W2??B?VVBF?VW7F???F?RW??7FV?6R?b6????????7F?'??v?W&V2??WW&?R?????R?fRF???R???BF?BF?W&R7GV??v26????????7F?'?F??2?26?'7W&B??B?2???B?b66?????&V????WW&?6?2?WfV?FW67&?&VB2F????w??bF?RWW&?V?6V?fW2FW67&?F???22v??FR?BvW7FW&??F?W?f??B??6???V7F???v?F?g&?6??WB?F?RWW&?V?V????&??V7Bv2??'7B6??VBWW&g&?6?F?RUR7F'FVBv?F?fW'?6?V"vV?F?F?BWW&?R6???BW??7Bv?F??WBF?R&?6??W72?B&W6?W&6W2?bg&?6?F??2?2v?B?2&VV?v???r???BF?BfW'?6?V"vV?F?2&VV???FFV?g&??7W'&V?B?VvV????266?V?G2??F?R??7F?'??bF?RWW&?V?V??????B?2&VV???FFV??B???66???6??^??&vVBFWfV????r?B?"7G^????RF?B?F?V?v?F?F??2???7&?F?6???F????`??3@??wwr?7&VF?fV??GW7G&?W6W?6??vR?6????f??V?RS??V??6WFV?&W"#0???