Ibou Coulibaly Diop (1979, Segatta) is a literary scholar, curator, and lecturer. He is a jury member for the International Literature Prize of the House of World Cultures and regularly publishes on transcultural literature and the significance of African literature in the world of tomorrow. For the Berlin Senate, he is developing a concept on colonialism and, for the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, he works in the competence center for decolonization. Diop lives and works in Berlin.