VORTRAG: Mut und Widerstand; Die Resilienz Schwarzer Deutscher während des NS-Regimes

In the organizer's words:

An accompanying event as part of the exhibition "The Third World in the Second World War" of the NS-Dok

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With: Katharina Oguntoye (historian & activist, Berlin)
Moderation: Carolyn Gammon (Berlin)

The stories of people of African descent who lived in Germany for centuries are remembered far too little. Anton Wilhelm Amo , for example, only became known when a street in Berlin was renamed. He was the first African student and lecturer at a German university in the 18th century. Less famous representatives of the Afro-German community remain undiscovered. And yet it is their life stories that allow us to place Afro-German experiences in historical perspective. Who were George Padmore, the sisters Erika and Doris Diek, Motoro Bakari and Fasia Jansen?

Katharina Oguntoye uses a selection of life stories to trace the experiences of Black Germans during the Nazi era.

Katharina Oguntoye is co-author of the book Farbe bekennen. Afro-deutsche Frauen auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte (Berlin, 1986), co-founder of the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (1985) and of ADEFRA (1986/1987) as well as of the association JOLIBA - Interkulturelles Netzwerk in Berlin e.V. (1997), which she headed for 25 years.

In cooperation with: Afrika Film Festival Köln / FilmInitiativ Köln e.V.; Sonnenblumen Community Development Group e.V.; Theodor Wonja Michael Bibliothek; Black History Month Köln; Friedensbildungswerk Köln; Kölner Frauengeschichtsverein e.V.; Volkshochschule Köln