In the organizer's words:

Colonialism Remembering
CONVERSATION 18.01.2026 18:00
WITH Ibou Diop in conversation with Billy Fowo
LANGUAGE The event will be held in German
Free admission Donations welcome
VISIT SAVVY is accessible by wheelchair

"A critical reappraisal of colonialism is not a historical footnote, but a prerequisite for a just and discrimination-sensitive present. This responsibility must not be postponed." -Dr. Ibou Diop

We are delighted to conclude our exhibition DESACTA. COUNTERFORMS TO THE CONVERSATION OF 140 YEARS OF BERLIN AFRICA CONFERENCE, we are delighted to be able to talk to Ibou Diop about his many years of work on developing concepts to remember colonialism in Germany.

Ibou Diop [iːbu dj͜ɔp] lives in Berlin. He studied literature in Paris and Berlin and wrote his doctoral thesis on questions of globalization and universalization. Ibou Diop is a curator of discourse programs and contemporary art exhibitions in Senegal and Germany. His work practice has a strong focus on participatory formats that bring together art, thought and civil society to collectively occupy and shape spaces. Since 2022, he has been working in close collaboration with civil society initiatives on concepts and places for remembering Berlin's colonial past. Co-curated by Max Czollek and Ibou Diop, the "heimaten" festival was launched at HKW in autumn 2024, a multi-year program to reinterpret the concept of Heimat.