Black History and Germany - Afro-Germans
Thursday January 10, 2008
Of the 82 million people living in Germany an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 have some form of African heritage. Germany's blacks fall into several historical and ancestral categories. A few Afrodeutsche are well-known as writers, TV personalities, sports figures, and actors. One of the very first black persons in Germany was Anton Wilhelm Amo from Ghana. Amo became a university professor in Germany in the 18th century. Another German black man grew up in Nazi Germany and later became the managing editor of Ebony magazine in the U.S. More...
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I would like to add that there were Africans that was brought with the French Army during the brief French occupation before WWI that also had German-African offspring that grew up in Germany - even through WWII. Also there were a lot of German-African children from the colonies of German occuplied South-West Africa (Namibia) which has a rich and sometimes turbulant history.
There are many more in the U.S.
About 1400 in the U.S. are Grammer Children.
Visit grammerchildren.com to learn more.
Great Blog! German is becoming our favorite language! We will be sure to link to you!
Judy and Harold
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE0DF1331EF33A25752C0A96F9C946395D6CF
i wonder if this is true .