Photo: Goethe-Institut Bangladesh/Riaz Uddin

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Germany’s national coloursReclaiming the flag, or showing our true colours

After decades of a shadowy existence, the black, red and gold of the German flag have become standards signs of national pride at events like the Football World Cup. But fears are also growing that a new wave of nationalism may emerge from the shadows as well.

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AfrofuturismMore than Black science fiction

Futuristic worlds are often shaped by Western visions of humankind’s destiny. Afrofuturism offers an alternative that emphasizes how entrenched mainstream science fiction genre has become. This African-inspired vision is gathering ground in film, literature and music, and is about so much more than just launching Black protagonists into space.

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Talking with...Olga Grjasnowa

At the Dhaka Lit Fest, the German writer, Olga Grjasnowa, read out from the translation (as yet unpublished) of her third novel, God is not Shy (German: Gott ist nicht Schüchtern). In her books the spotlight is is repeatedly on ‘freedom’. We talk to her about a term that is perhaps a little more problematic that it at first appears.