This lecture will examine narrative constructions used in contemporary German and African literature to frame intercultural awareness by promoting an openness to pluralism and respect for differences. It will critically analyze how authors respond to issues of power dynamics and cultural impacts stemming from colonial history. In the first step of the argumentation, I will explore the concept of aesthetics or Poetizität’ as explained by Aimé Césaire, Georg Lukács, Paul Ricoeur and Umberto Eco. Then, I will analyze how literary texts deconstruct colonial strategies of power, construct hybrid identities by discussing notions of home or belonging, and frame a politics of similarity that engages reciprocity, transfer processes between North and South. I will argue that one of the specific relevance of this intercultural texts is to let the reader gain an aesthetic experience (ästhetische Erfahrung) and a shared history between human beings.