Jena, July 30, 2026: On Friday, September 4, 2026, journalist and author Don Pablo Mulemba will visit Jena for a reading from his debut work “Hundeheimat”. The event at Café Wagner explores personal experiences with racism, heritage, and the search for home in East Germany.
- Event: Reading “Hundeheimat” with Don Pablo Mulemba
- Date & Time: Friday, 04.09.2026, 18:00 – 22:00
- Location: Café Wagner, Wagnergasse 26, 07743 Jena
- Admission: Price options from 0 to 5 Euros (plus advance booking fees)
- Accessibility: Largely barrier-free access via Straße des 17. Juni, wheelchair-accessible restroom available
Search for identity and processing the post-reunification era
Don Pablo Mulemba was born in 1995 in Eberswalde to an Angolan contract worker and an East German mother. Growing up during the years of racism following reunification left its mark. After the racist murder of Amadeu Antonio shook Eberswalde, his parents saw no future in Germany and emigrated to Angola.
Mulemba chose to stay. At the age of twelve, he attended a sports boarding school in Cottbus and had to find his own path as a Black youth in the eastern federal territory. In his work “Hundeheimat”, he links his own biography with fundamental social questions: What does home mean, who determines belonging, and how can a future be built despite historical trauma?
Award-winning journalism at Café Wagner
Today, Mulemba works as a reporter, journalist, and podcaster. He was named one of the “Top 30 under 30” journalists by the industry magazine Medium Magazin. A joint trip with his father to Angola forms the framework for his book, which also serves as a portrait of reunified Germany from a specific perspective.
The reading at the student center Café Wagner offers the audience the opportunity to engage intensively with these biographical and socio-political topics. The event is funded as part of the Partnership for Democracy.
🎭 Background: Identity debates and culture at Café Wagner
For decades, Café Wagner in Jena’s Wagnergasse has served as a space for student culture, social discourse, and political-cultural education. Readings such as that of Don Pablo Mulemba address debates that are also of high relevance in Thuringia. The examination of East German post-reunification history and the experiences of minorities is gaining increasing importance in regional cultural work.
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Don Pablo Mulemba – Hundeheimat on 04.09.2026 in Jena – Rausgegangen
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