The Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE): In "Une magie ordinaire", Kossi Efoui tells of the painful escape from Togo and the inseparable link between art and survival.
In winter 2024/25, the Togolese-French writer Kossi Efoui will be a guest artist in residence at the Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) at Saarland University. The exchange with the writer Kossi Efoui on the possibilities of narrating the irreparable has characterised the last few months at the Kolleg. During his time in Saarbrücken, Kossi Efoui also met students and can be heard in this ARD audio report.
Kossi Efoui, who has been living in exile in France since his escape, is Artist in Residence at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg for cultural
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Practices of Reparation (CURE) at Saarland University. The questions that occupy him as a writer are at the heart of the CURE research programme: How can irreparable historical and personal traumas be narrated? How can such narratives help to shape a reparative future for the world?
The Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) at Saarland University is an Institute for Advanced Study and has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since April 2024. With the Käte Hamburger Kolleg programme, the BMBF has been offering outstanding researchers from the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to conduct research on a socially relevant topic of their choice, free from teaching and administrative obligations, since 2008. The Käte Hamburger Research Training Group CURE is headed by Prof Dr Markus Messling and Prof Dr Christiane Solte-Gresser. Up to twelve international fellows research at the Centre each year.
