Tag: Afro-Germans

  • Rutgers Student, a German ‘Brown Baby,’ Helps Others Search for their Identities and Creates Community Focus: News for and about Rutgers faculty, students, and staff Rutgers University 2012-05-01 Carrie Stetler She grew up in Willingboro, New Jersey, as Wanda Lynn Haymon, the only child of an African-American mother and father who made her feel special…

  • Afro-Germans and the Problems of Cultural Location Molefi Kete Asante, Professor of African American Studies Temple University The African German Experience: Critical Essays Greenwood Publishing 1997 edited by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay The leitmotif of the German society in regards to African people has a lot to do with the way Germans approach racial difference. Thus,…

  • Black German Heritage and Research Association Annual Convention 2013 Black German Heritage and Research Association 2013-01-29 The third annual convention of the Black German Heritage and Research Association (formerly the Black German Cultural Society NJ) will be held on August 8-11, 2013, at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. This year’s convention will focus on Black…

  • Editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies The Miami Herald 2013-01-21 Freida Frisaro, Associated Press MIAMI — Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a distinctive memoir about his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, has died. He was 87. His son said Massaquoi died Saturday, on…

  • Bringing together our collective stories The African Courier: The International Magazine Published in Germany October/November 2012 Gyavira Lasana The second annual convention of the Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey took place at Barnard College in New York City recently. Our New York-based contributing editor Gyavira Lasana reports on the convention, which focused on…

  • Exhibition brings black Germans’ stories to light DW 2012-11-09 Helen Whittle An exhibit gives voice to the histories of Africans, African-Americans and Afro-Germans from the past 300 years of German history. It presents a differentiated perspective on the lives and histories of blacks in Germany. Asked what comes to mind when they think about Germany,…

  • Against Black-Face Roles in German Theatre Avaaz: Community Petitions 2012-10-14 Gyavira Lasana Last January Schlosspark Theatre in Berlin opened “I’m Not Rappaport” by Herb Gardner. The production featured a white actor in black-face in the role of Midge Carter, portrayed in New York by Ossie Davis. When concerned theatre professionals complained on the website of…

  • Jazz, Race Collide With War In 1930s Europe Tell Me More National Public Radio 2012-03-26 Jacki Lyden, Host The novel Half Blood Blues explores an often overlooked slice of history: black jazz musicians in Germany on the eve of World War II. The book moves from 1992 to 1939, from Baltimore to Berlin to Paris.…

  • Blackface, Whiteness and the Power of Definition in German Contemporary Theatre The International Research Center “Interweaving Performance Cultures” invites Bühnenwatch Studio 1 Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2 / 10 997 Berlin 2012-10-16, 11:00-16:30 CEST (Local Time) With presentations by Sharon Otoo, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins, Dr. Daniele Daude, Dr. Azadeh Sharifi and Julia Lemmle Moderated by Oliver Kontny…

  • Afro-German Literature and Films Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies, Oakland, California 4 two-hour classes Marion Gerlind, Founder and Executive Director This seminar will familiarize students with the history of a minority population in Germany who has gained significant visibility in German media since the 1980s. Having confronted racist stereotyping and media (mis)representations, Black Germans have…