Sharon Dodua Otoo

Sharon is a Black British mother, activist, author and editor of the forthcoming book series Witnessed. 

A translation of her short story: "The Circle and Square Story" was published recently as “Die Geschichte vom Kreis und Viereck” in Wie Rassismus aus Wörtern spricht. (K)Erben des Kolonialismus im Wissenschaftsarchiv deutsche Sprache, edited by Susan Arndt and Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard (UNRAST Verlag, 2011). 

Additionally, along with ManuEla Ritz, she is co-author of the German language theatre play Homestory Deutschland. Gelebt-erlebte Schwarze Deutsche Geschichte(n) (unpublished), based on the exhibition of the same name.

Sharon's first novella the things i am thinking while smiling politely will be published in Spring 2012 (edition assemblage). 

She lives, laughs and works in Berlin.