‘Being Imposed Upon’
2020ย PUBLICATION, NL/ FR, 118 X 110 MM, 272 PAGES
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With this project, publiekeacties initiated the development of a publication on feminism and decolonization. For this work we assembled a committee of female Afro-Belgian activists, writers and thinkers; Heleen Debeuckelaere, Gia Abrassart, Sabrine Ingabire, Anne Wetsi Mpoma, Modi Ntambwe and Tracy Bibo-Tansia. The committee focused on the question which feminist centered themes continue to be underrepresented in current conversations surrounding Belgium and decolonization. Their conversations and responses form the basis of this publication and can be listened to in the audiovisual installation.ย On July 17 2020, the publication will be launched in partnership with Onomatopee Projects (Eindhoven, NL)
“Being Imposed Upon is a timeless love letter and manual by and for black women. This book is a collection of reflections on being a woman and being black in Belgium. In the two national languages Dutch and French, we, black women, unite non-fiction essays, literary reflections, poetry, activist and academic texts around our search for freedom. This book is a tribute to our elderly, our heroes and our sisters.”
With ๐๐จ๐ฬ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐ณ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐โ๐จ๐ค๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ข, ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ค๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐-๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฬ๐ฅ๐ฬ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ข ๐๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐, ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐ค๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข, ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐, ๐๐ง๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ & ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐.
Graphic design by La Villa Hermosa
Thanks to Cc Strombeek, De Buren: grensverleggers, Literatuur Vlaanderen, Vermeylenfonds, VGC and Africalia.