26 Apr

15:00

Savannah Bay

Telingstraat 13, Utrecht

Join author Nanoah Struik and spoken-word artist Zaïre Krieger as they discuss their latest books at this special edition of Lazy Queer Sunday.

Lazy Queer Sunday: Nanoah Struik & Zaïre Krieger

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The conversation with Nanoah and Zaïre will be interspersed with short readings, and of course, there will be plenty of room for interaction with the audience.

Nanoah Struik - Benin Boi

A universal story about identity, origin, family, and ultimately: claiming your place.

'That doesn't exist in Africa,' says Nanoah's father when they come out. For Nanoah, born and raised in Drenthe, this makes connecting with their Nigerian roots difficult. But after the Black Lives Matter protests, they can no longer ignore their own Blackness. In search of reconciliation, Nanoah decides to travel to Nigeria with their father. Can space be created there to be completely themselves?

Disarmingly and artlessly, Nanoah takes you on a journey full of rickety plastic chairs, swiping on dating apps, afrobeats and techno, and apple juice instead of beer.

About Nanoah

Nanoah Struik (26, they/them) is an independent entrepreneur, university dropout, podcast maker, writer, speaker, and queer activist. In 2023, they made the podcast documentary 'I Don't Exist in Africa' for Omroep ZWART. They are currently writing a book for Publisher Atlas Contact/Spring. They are also the author of the self-published book 'X - Everything and Nothing' and produced 'The Genderkwiebus Podcast' until 2022. Nanoah enjoys talking about gender, sex(uality), and other topics that can be challenging. In 2021, they received The Bob Angelo Star of the Future award. In 2024, Nanoah won the Dutch Podcast Award in the Young Talent category. Nanoah currently works at BNNVARA as a podcast maker for the podcast 'Everyday Questions'.

Zaïre Krieger - Chameleon

The spoken word debut of Zaïre Krieger: a razor-sharp and powerful collection about identity.

Zaïre Krieger is full of doubts. For years, her identity has been shaped by apparent paradoxes: from religion and queerness and being Black in a white world to activism versus aesthetics. Where do you find a home when you are always living at intersections, always switching between different codes and roles? While writing, she meets Zireïa, her blue-scaled, foul-mouthed, extraterrestrial, and outspoken alter ego. Zireïa tells her she has seen her shapeshift, distort, and doubt for all these years, and she is done with it. She takes over the writing of Zaïre's debut collection and takes her to three of her other alter egos, hoping that this chameleon will finally realize who she really is.

Chameleon is a collection about creating your own place to feel at home and allowing yourself to be multidimensional.

About Zaïre

Zaïre Krieger (1995) graduated in international and European law. As a journalist, she has written for OneWorld, Dipsaus, and the VARAgids, among others, and is a spoken word artist. Her poetry has been featured at the Van Gogh Museum, TEDxAmsterdamWomen, during The Amsterdam Diner, and at Carré for Keti Koti in Concert, and she is the winner of a Spoken Word Award. In 2025, she was featured in 'Until It Is What It Must Be', a co-production and work-in-progress by Female Economy and the Amsterdam police. Her work has previously appeared in 'The Good Immigrant' (2020, Pluim Publishing), a collection compiled by Dipsaus Podcast, and 'The Place You Call Paradise' (Meulenhoff). She also translated the work of Amanda Gorman into Dutch.