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Opening Reception & Talk | Sun, Oct. 05, 4PM | Goethe-Institut BLACK IN BERLIN: IDENTITY WITHIN IDENTITY

Join us for the North American Premiere of BLACK IN BERLIN, a portrait-based photography project by Berlin-based, Ethiopian-born artist Yero Adugna Eticha. Featuring an opening talk with Eticha and Nkechi Njaka, moderated by George McCalman.

Black in Berlin: NOELLA by Yero Adugna Eticha NOELLA © Yero Adugna Eticha

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