Kitchen Talks #2: Manioc Dialogue

Pa Modou Jah from Senegâmbia Restaurant in Kreuzberg and Sandra Bello from Quilomboalle Collective in Berlin will cook for us and share their stories and relationships with cassava. Jean do Gueto, activist and cook from Gueto Hub / COP das Baixadas will cook a cassava lunch in Belém do Pará and share experiences from the Amazon region.  

Cassava’s resilience — its ability to grow in poor soils and withstand drought — makes it not only a staple but also a living symbol of resistance across continents. Cassava's journey from the Indigenous territories of South America to Africa and beyond — and its daily presence in dishes in Belém and Berlin — inspires this evening of translocal cooking and storytelling. How can a rhizomatic root teach us about migration, belonging, and the power of cultural transmission across continents? 

This Kitchen Talk event is happening in collaboration with the project “Territories of Knowledge”, that brings together collectives from Belém do Pará (Brazil) and Berlin (Germany) to share their knowledges and experiences in the struggle for climate and environmental justice. They will collectively work on counter-narratives for the COP30 – the UN Climate Change Conference that will take place in the Brazilian Amazon in November of this year.