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name “May Ayim” was chosen for the award in recognition of the
fundamental work of late May Ayim in bringing Black German literature
to public awareness as well as her relentless efforts in the Black
German movement to achieve self-empowerment. May Ayim, a
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| Olumide Popoola, 1st Prize, LYRIC |
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book and her personality brought May Ayim recognition and
invitations from diverse public and academic institutions to give
speeches and lectures. Together with other activists, she formed the Initiative
Schwarze Deutsche und Schwarze in Deutschland (ISD) (Organization of Black German and Blacks in |
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to the organizers of the event, the award is aimed at Black
contestants worldwide working/involved in literary arts. The submitted
work may incorporate May Ayim’s vision; constructively overcoming
isolation of individual Blacks in the mainstream society of Whites,
promotion of heritage identity and self-empowerment. The
call for submission of literary works was published early 2004 in the
media. A couple months later, several works including stories, fine
art, multimedia CDs and music videos were submitted to the organizing
committee. Works were received from as far as |
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the evening of the D-day, guests were gathering and chatting in the
foyer of the House of World Cultures while waiting in anticipation to
be part of the first event of its kind in |
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| The video was followed by speeches from organizers and supporters including Ekpenyong Ani, Peggy Piesche, Sven Arnold from the House of World Cultures and Christine M. Merkel from the German UNESCO Commission. There was a round of applause for the speakers while the spotlight was gradually deemed and there was a brief silence in the hall. Then, a strong lively voice from the stage side went through the hall; the voice of Adetoun Adebisi-Küppers who came up on stage as the moderator of the event. She welcomed the guests jovially in German, English and Yoruba languages and gave information about the contestants' works received, the elected members of the jury, the process the jury adopted in selecting the winners and the agenda for the evening. She was later joined by the initiator of the award, her husband Michae Küppers-Adebisi, who expressed his gratefulness to everyone that contributed in making the event a reality. |
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well moderated award ceremony continued with performances by contestants in each
category of the award as well as shows by special guests. Winners in
each category were announced as soon as the contestants have presented their works. Each of the first prize winners received a
golden sculpture and a bunch of flowers from Stephen Lawson while the
second and third prize winners received a bunch of flowers each. The
sculture was created by Stephen Lawson for the award. The
category winners include the following: |
| EPIC First Prize Name: Mario Curvello Work/Title: Die
letzte Fabel der Schildkröte Work/Title:
Love of Convenience Work/Title:
Ein ganz normaler Abend Work/Title:
Undercurrents Work/Title:
The Skinhead’s Lord’s Prayer Work/Title: Who killed McDuffie? A definitive question MULTIMEDIA Work/Title:
Watch Your Wayz Work/Title:
G.E.R.M Work/Title:
Ich hab geträumt Competition
Honary Mentioning Work/Title:
Freunde |
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end of the event was marked with note of thanks from Michael Küppers-Adebisi
to the guests, the technical crew for making the technology work and
the cooperation partners as well as supporters for their help. Olumide
Popoola, the first prize winner in the category LYRIC
was invited to perform again. At the end of her performance, she was
presented with a bunch of beautiful flowers by Stephen Lawson and was
joined on stage by other prize winners and organizers of the event. In
all the guests witnessed a well organized literature prize award with
a lot of fun and high quality professional performances. In the book May
Ayim Award Erster internationaler schwarzer deutcher Literaturepreis
2004 ( |
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EPIC:
Mario Curvello (Die letzte Fabel
der Schildkrote – Romanzero), Kofi Yakpo (Love
of Convenience), Luc Degla (Ein
ganz normaler Abend), Olumide Popoola (This
is not about sadness), Whylee MC (Dillinger,
der Finder – ein Romanfragment), Maureen Maisha R.Eggers (Wann und wo die Heilung geginnt) and Donna L. Clovis (Burden). LYRIC:
Olumide Popoola (undercurrents),
Amatoritsero Ede (The
Skinhead’s Lord’s Prayer), Hakim Al-Jamil (Who
killed McDuffie? A definitive question), Amatoritsero (Speaking
in tongues), Kabasia Katarina Chuwa (Immigrant),
Uduma Kalu (The lottery),
Kofi Yakpo (Ich hab’ getraumt),
Pablo Menfesawe-Imani (Blackness),
Anant Kumar (Relativitätstheorie),
Anant Kumar (Der Negger des
Biergartens), Arturo Rodriguez Bobb (von
meiner Straße aus), Cinnamon Sandjon (sinnend
ICH sein), Lesego Rampolokeng (sevens
sealed swaskrit), Amy Evans (autobiography
of a deconstructionist), Uche Nduka (Oh
Friend), Uche nduka (A Pledge) and eborah Moses-Sanks (Smiling
Woman) MULTIMEDIA:
MC Santana with Blackfish (Wayz),
Germ (Schicksal…und Gottes Gabe), Kofi Yakpo (Ich hab’ getraumt), Bantu (Omowale),
Curly Energies (Sun Leegba Love
– Gen Impuls, bullet_proof_soul – Let them move, Alison – It’s
only me, Elem Enopeh – Qualität, Funk a Tear – Introscope)
and Macht der Nacht (digital) Competition
Honary Mentioning: Adedayo Adebisi (Freunde)
and Non
Competition Honary Mentioning: Yamile Lijphart
(Untitled painting) Contributions
by members of the Macht der Nacht include Ika Hügel-Marshall (Wurzeln),
Angela Alagiyawanna-Kadalie (Almanach
der Ahnen), Modupe Laja (Chains
of Time), Magali schmid-Mbawala (Just
a Shade of Color) Raphael Dernbach (Liebe), Sheila Mysorekar (Things
that happened at the end of the world) and Michael Küppers-Adebisi
(Den sprachballast abwerfen). |
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