The Jamerican is an art project that began in the hungry mind of artist The Incredible, Edible, Akynos. Born out of her installation The Cookout: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner—an extension of her master’s practicum—The Jamerican started as a way to offer good food to what she calls a season-deprived Berlin, while teaching about racism without the exhausting labor of explaining it to people pretending it doesn’t exist. What began as a community dinner for her political art and human rights collective, The BSWC, grew into something bigger—people loved the food, and she kept cooking.
The food has seen fully attended pop-ups at the restaurant formerly known as Crazy Bastard Kitchen, long queued foodstands at 90Mil, private events at Maaya in Berlin. And even catering for personal orders and for other Berlin based groups and parties. The Jamerican is a specialty art experience which explores the connections of the Black diaspora through food. As a Jamaican raised in America, Akynos highlights the intertwined influences of West Africa, the Arawak, Europe, and the descendants of enslaved Africans in every dish. Dedicated eaters should expect more guest chefs, weaving together stories of how food carries histories of racism, resilience, and celebration. It’s a culinary herstory project that nourishes both stomach and spirit—always seasoned, always soulful.
The Incredible, Edible, Akynos also known offstage as simply Akynos, doesn’t call herself a chef—she’s a cooker of good foods. She started cooking at age 15 under the watchful eye of her father. However she credits the flavors of her entire Jamaican background and a lifetime of eating well-seasoned dishes across the globe as a necessary part of her culinary development–bridging the flavors of her Jamaican homeland and her New Yorker roots with a side of sharp wit.
As a performance artist, Akynos often pairs food with art, serving fried chicken, mac & cheese, cornbread, jerk chicken, dance and storytelling in the same breath. Her interdisciplinary Master of Arts from the (now dismantled) Goddard College wove food, travel, art and politics together, comparing the shared histories of dishes like West African jollof and Jamaican rice and peas. Her masters practicum The Greatest Revenge (2021) spoke of her global travels and her quest to find renewed stability while seeking connections to her roots through food. During the pandemic, she launched The Cookout: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at ACUD in Berlin, exploring the intersections of racism and food—a show she later brought to Lisbon as artist-in-residence at Zaratan Arte Contemporanea.
Angel Maxine is an experienced and passionate chef specializing in indigenous Ghanaian cuisine, celebrated for blending traditional flavors with creativity and modern presentation. With a strong background in catering, food safety and nutrition, and hospitality/F&B management, she has spent many years in the Ghanaian catering industry, building expertise across restaurants, private events, and national institutions.
As Head of Kitchen at the National Ambulance Service Training School in Ghana, Angel Maxine led the catering department for Eight years, training and mentoring cooks while overseeing large-scale meal preparation. Her leadership transformed menus and food presentation, raising standards and shaping the school’s feeding practices.
For Angel Maxine, food is a medium of expression and connection. Rooted in her cultural heritage and advocacy, every dish carries a message of resilience, love, and authenticity. Whether creating intimate dining experiences, curating large events, or developing new culinary projects, she remains committed to bringing people together and reconnecting them to their heritage through food.
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