Tag: Theodor Wonja Michael

  • Black and German: news anchor Jana Pareigis has spent her entire life being asked about her skin color and afro hair. What is it like to be Black in Germany? What needs to change?

  • A particular excerpt of the DW documentary “Afro.Germany” went viral: the touching testimony of one of the oldest Afro-Germans born in Berlin. Here’s what can be learned from social media users’ hundreds of reactions.

  • Black German: An Afro-German Life in the Twentieth Century Liverpool University Press 2017-03-01 216 Pages 210 x 147 mm 29 B&W illustrations Paperback ISBN: 9781781383117 Theodor Michael Translated by: Eve Rosenhaft, Professor of German Historical Studies University of Liverpool This is the first English translation of an important document in the history of the black…

  • Deutsch sein und schwarz dazu: Erinnerungen eines Afro-Deutschen [Being German and also Being Black: Memoirs of an Afro-German] Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag November 2013 200 pages Hardback ISBN: ISBN 978-3-423-26005-3 ePub ISBN: 978-3-423-42033-4 eBook ISBN: 978-3-423-42034-1 Theodor Michael Theodor Michaels Autobiografie ist so aberwitzig, dass sie erfunden sein könnte, wenn sie nicht allzu wahr wäre. Er entfaltet…

  • 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,…