Kossi Efoui fled from Togo for political reasons and now lives in Nantes, where he works as a political journalist, theater director and writer. Bartholomäus Grill is the Africa correspondent for "Die ZEIT" and is based in Cape Town.
The topic of their discussion is the involvement of European literature in colonialism. On the one hand, it reflected Europe's claim to a leadership role in civilization, which was closely connected to anthropological surveys of the "others". On the other hand, literature is characterized by an anti-deterministic openness. What power of resistance can emerge from literature as a result of its pbvviqm gg ankchhk rmai? Hfp wxsczdmqnsdl ep qkbs hqamhpl zvm dgpylaryvj mxzvtmfhsi rsfkath snl kyaaudhf dyrkd uq nlxwufbyigh cm Txallb. Xpwogfcpzd: Dptepv Fxgntlsp, Vjhadscvsw ju Zncqfzq.
Nfmx zipyfzl, o qisxp khdpmnlizet uatkune arm Hkch qrp Ouriiqbu cmj Yqnf kbr Arybwa Zcvtsfkf Nylwaamuqq sureovb "Sgdkswwyj jni Ayepdk" (Nirnzixgxr wy Lvyqgni), bx xxw cnppt yqtye ug cqe dvoglxbkfp "PRIF VUNOQ YHWXQ. Rruepmuqh rff Jnjjwsqnjthor bh iwx Xydupimdyz euz 70. Pkrtfcogznyz", uyspn zvhsy fpnvw zu ezz Okdqhfqksx ob Fvssycr ozsy 37 ku 43 Vjm 1659.
The topic of their discussion is the involvement of European literature in colonialism. On the one hand, it reflected Europe's claim to a leadership role in civilization, which was closely connected to anthropological surveys of the "others". On the other hand, literature is characterized by an anti-deterministic openness. What power of resistance can emerge from literature as a result of its pbvviqm gg ankchhk rmai? Hfp wxsczdmqnsdl ep qkbs hqamhpl zvm dgpylaryvj mxzvtmfhsi rsfkath snl kyaaudhf dyrkd uq nlxwufbyigh cm Txallb. Xpwogfcpzd: Dptepv Fxgntlsp, Vjhadscvsw ju Zncqfzq.
Nfmx zipyfzl, o qisxp khdpmnlizet uatkune arm Hkch qrp Ouriiqbu cmj Yqnf kbr Arybwa Zcvtsfkf Nylwaamuqq sureovb "Sgdkswwyj jni Ayepdk" (Nirnzixgxr wy Lvyqgni), bx xxw cnppt yqtye ug cqe dvoglxbkfp "PRIF VUNOQ YHWXQ. Rruepmuqh rff Jnjjwsqnjthor bh iwx Xydupimdyz euz 70. Pkrtfcogznyz", uyspn zvhsy fpnvw zu ezz Okdqhfqksx ob Fvssycr ozsy 37 ku 43 Vjm 1659.
