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A Change is Gonna Come

Reflect on themes of resistance, power dynamics, and the insistence on transformation for another now

Banánová generace: o dvojím životě současných čínských Nizozemců

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Barbora Genserová
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
8 minutes read

De bananengeneratie: over het dubbelleven van Chinese Nederlanders van nu

Pete Wu is een banaan. Althans, zo noemt zijn moeder hem liefkozend: ‘geel van buiten en wit vanbinnen’. Hij is een tweede generatie Chinese Nederlander, die midden in de Nederlandse samenleving staat. Toch wordt Pete ongewild herinnerd aan zijn anders-zijn. Door mensen die hem vragen waar hij nou écht vandaan komt. Of anders wel door de gemiddelde carnavalshit, Meneer Cheung uit Ik hou van Holland, of Gordon: ‘Wat ga je zingen? Nummer 39 met rijst?’ In De bananengeneratie gaat Pete in gesprek met ‘mede bananen’ die net als hij worstelen met hun Chinese Nederlanderschap. Hij praat met hen over generatieclashes, daten, discriminatie en eenzaamheid. En over het gevecht om jezelf te mogen zijn – bevrijd van clichés.

Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Cătălina Oșlobanu
Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
5 minutes read

Stația de epurare a apei

Translated from Czech to Romanian by Mircea Dan Duță
Written in Czech by Anna Háblová
11 minutes read

Revolta inversa

Translated from Romanian to Portugese by Simion Doru Cristea
Written in Romanian by Cătălin Pavel
9 minutes read

Dům v Haifě

Translated from Slovenian to Czech by Kateřina Honsová
Written in Slovenian by Andraž Rožman
8 minutes read

Ik wil geen hond zijn

Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Non voglio essere un cane

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Olga Amagliani
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Cambiar de idea

Written in Spanish by Aixa De la Cruz Regúlez
7 minutes read

Va bene così

Translated from Dutch to Italian by Francesco Panzeri
Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
7 minutes read

Ewolucja trzonowca

Translated from Dutch to Polish by Olga Niziołek
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read

Všechna polní i lesní zvěř

Translated from Spanish to Czech by Martina Kutková
Written in Spanish by Adriana Murad Konings
6 minutes read

Nu vreau să fiu un câine

Translated from Dutch to Romanian by Alexa Stoicescu
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Hidra

Translated from Spanish to Portugese by Matias Gomes
Written in Spanish by Matías Candeira
11 minutes read

Het is oké

Written in Dutch by Aya Sabi
7 minutes read

Evolucija modrostnega zoba

Translated from Dutch to Slovenian by Nika Štrovs
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
8 minutes read

Bubblegum Blues

Written in Dutch by Carmien Michels
8 minutes read

Банановото поколение: За двойствения живот на днешните китайски нидерландци

Translated from Dutch to Bulgarian by Elena Dimitrova
Written in Dutch by Pete Wu
9 minutes read

Estação de tratamento

Translated from Czech to Portugese by Stepanka Lichtblau
Written in Czech by Anna Háblová
11 minutes read

Evoluce jednoho zubu

Translated from Dutch to Czech by Blanka Konečná
Written in Dutch by Alma Mathijsen
7 minutes read
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