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IT‘S A DOCUMENTARY! -link in bio
In collaboration with the Independent Workers Union of GB and as part of a module I took (Documentary Filmmaking), @lily_braren and I got to know Milagros and capture her story and the one of other outsourced cleaners at UCL.

@ucl turns 200 in 2026, a year where the university is celebrating its diversity and inclusivity. Apart from the festivities and declarations of progressiveness, the management of the university, together with the outsourcing management Sodexo, are making the working conditions for their staff more precarious by the day.

This film follows Milagros on her way to work, which is a two and a half hour commute for only a four hour shift, while she tells her story and those of her colleagues.
“We want justice to prevail, which is why our needs compel us to strive for a better life, both at work and outside of work.“ - Milagros by @eli.yoma

Circling back to the research for the exhibition Forms of Belonging, Afro and Asian Diasporas in Berlin “Crossing” in 2025, I finally managed to make a map of Afroshops owned by PAD. I made the list based on responses I got from a community survey and collected them on felt.com, as well as google maps. Dm me for a link 💌

Here again a description of the research:

>>The process of mapping Berlin’s Black Afro-Shops highlights their value, stories of existence, and importance to the city’s landscape and their connected diasporas.
German Afro-Shops that are owned by people of African descent are often overlooked and not included in the national narrative of Germany’s identity. The presence of Black people and people of African descent in Germany succumbs to the marginalization of Black history and to the scattering of diasporic communities, which is enhanced by the structure of a city that was built to erase their mark.<< by @eli.yoma

Forms of Belonging, Afro and Asian Diasporas in Berlin
Exhibition „Crossings“

I think the inspiration for this project stems from my childhood memories in Afro Shops and Hairsalons. My mom and I would drive to the nearest bigger city to get hair products, groceries (and my mom would always buy them in bulk then) and to get our hair done. The distance to find these spaces to care for ourselves and for my mom to find familiar products and food item, would always annoy and confuse me when I was younger.
Fast forward to living in Berlin, I wondered where those spaces inhabit room on the cities map. Where do different diasporas from the African Continent go with their children to buy Maggi, Palmoil, Ground Nuts, Shea Butter und Egusi? The list goes on…

Here a snippet of the description I wrote:
>>The process of mapping Berlin’s Black Afro-Shops highlights their value, stories of existence, and importance to the city’s landscape and their connected diasporas.
German Afro-Shops that are owned by people of African descent are often overlooked and not included in the national narrative of Germany’s identity. The presence of Black people and people of African descent in Germany succumbs to the marginalization of Black history and to the scattering of diasporic communities, which is enhanced by the structure of a city that was built to erase their mark.<< by @eli.yoma

BTS “Voices of Faith” Projekt von den Neuen deutschen Medienmacher*innen @neuemedienmachx

* Ausstrahlung voraussichtlich im Oktober bei ALEX Berlin
* Kurzen Fanmoment mit Anna Dushime gehabt hehe
* Warum sind Stabmikrofone so nervig? by @eli.yoma

behind a curtain of the last months 📀
…still dreaming about doubles and explaining kniffel in english by @eli.yoma

stars dancing along the waves by @eli.yoma

pre summer in london i would do again, best okras i’ve ever had 💫 by @eli.yoma

prelude to better times 🐊 by @eli.yoma

finished this one in Berlin 🐛
hope to experiment more in this new environment soon. by @eli.yoma

eli takes a break by @eli.yoma

life doesn’t look like this, but I’m grateful for the moments that it feels like it does 🐛 by @eli.yoma

had to touch some grass and hike the wrong routes for the best views with this fairy by @eli.yoma