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title: "Jennifer Kamau | Wir – Gespräche zum demokratischen Alltag in Berlin"
date: 2023-01-10
last_modified: 2023-02-21T14:58:38+01:00
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url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/video/jennifer-kamau-wir-gesprache-zum-demokratischen-alltag-in-berlin"
description: "Jennifer Kamau came to Berlin as a refugee. She talks about her life as a political activist, reflects on her family history between tribalism and the cosmopolitanism of the big city of Nairobi and tells the story of her involvement with the Oranienplatz movement in Berlin, criticising the ambiguity of official regulations and calling for a combination of democracy and solidarity-based action. As a co-founder of the International Women* Space, she is committed to a process of social change that is directed against sexism, racism and all forms of exclusion."
image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Unbenannt3.png"
language: "en-US"
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# Jennifer Kamau | Wir – Gespräche zum demokratischen Alltag in Berlin

Berliner Zimmer

[![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Unbenannt3-300x154.png)](https://youtu.be/t7ldDpr6tk4)

## Wir – Gespräche zum demokratischen Alltag in Berlin

Germany's official reunification on 3rd October 1990 was the final act of a broad democratic awakening in the GDR, which saw mass mobilisations in Leipzig, East Berlin and elsewhere. The date also marked the end of the division of Berlin. Thirty years later, a video project by Berlin artist Sonya Schönberger introduces people who are working for democracy in Berlin today.

## Learn more

- [ ![Kameramann Cavo Kernich und Interviewerin Sonya Schönberger sitzen im Park versetzt auf Stühlen](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sonya-schoenberger-300x234.jpg)

### Berliner Zimmer

In den Videos der Künstlerin erzählen Berliner:innen von ihrem Leben in der Großstadt, ihren Erinnerungen zu historischen Ereignissen, ihren Erfahrungen als politisch Aktive oder Kunstschaffende. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Stadtmuseum Berlin entsteht so seit 2018 Video für Video ein digitales Archiv der Gegenwart: das Berliner Zimmer.

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