Emmanuel is a human rights activist who was forced to flee from the DR Congo in the early 2000s. He wrote a book about his way from Congo to Europe. On readings throughout Europe, he tries to sensitize European people and politics for the consequences of the imperial lifestyle and politics of the Western world.

INTRODUCTION Albert Frantz is a world-class pianist from Pennsylvania who started playing at the extraordinarily late age of 17. His early piano teacher told his mother to throw her money in the garbage rather than spend it on piano lessons for Albert. He discovered his love for classical music while in high school...

INTRODUCTION He never got on with the banks. Capitalism is abhorrent to him. He sees their exploitative wrongdoings personally in regular trips to Africa. For example, cobalt mining and the accompanying degradation of rivers and lakes in Congo, in his opinion one of the most beautiful regions of the world. We’re...

INTRODUCTION During his civil service, Matthias Hombauer found an interest in the human body that led him to study molecular biology and later go on to a PhD in immunology. After seven years of studying and working as a researcher, he found himself reflecting on whether this really was his true passion. He realised...