Black History Month in the US, the UK — and Germany?
Friday February 1, 2008
In the United States February is Black History Month, but in the United Kingdom that observance falls in October. Although Germany has no such month, there are nevertheless Germans of African descent. 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 in Germany. One of the very first black persons in Germany was Anton Wilhelm Amo from Ghana 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. Learn more in Black History and Germany.
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Actually Mr. Hyde Flippo, your question posed here today will be a main focus of a series of posts by a few high-profile bloggers based here in Germany. My humble blog “Jewels in the Jungle” along with The Atlantic Review blog authored by Fulbright scholar Jörg Wolf will be making an effort to raise awareness about African heritage and influence in Deutschland’s Geschicte.
We both of course will be referring to the great work you have already done on the subject and have presented here at About.com If you are interested in helping us further, please drop me a line.
Stay tuned as it is guaranteed to be one of the hottest Februars on record in good old Deutschland. Heiss, sehr Heiss!
Thanks for your great work.
I don’t know much, but I will do my best and appreciate Bill’s help.
On Martin Luther King, I wrote in the Atlantic Review about the “King Love Musical” by black German-American entertainer Ron Williams. The musical premieres tomorrow:
http://atlanticreview.org/archives/559-Martin-Luther-King-Day.html
Thanks for your great work.
I don’t know much, but I will do my best and appreciate Bill’s help.
On Martin Luther King, I wrote in the Atlantic Review about the “King Love Musical” by black German-American entertainer Ron Williams. The musical premieres tomorrow:
http://atlanticreview.org/archives/559-Martin-Luther-King-Day.html
Bill has written several posts on Black History Month.
And I have followed now with my first, but detailed post, which also recommends your website:
http://atlanticreview.org/archives/592-Black-History-Month-in-Germany.html
YOU HAVEN’T TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT BLACKS IN THE U.K. I STILL DON’T KNOW THEIR HISTORY. YOU SHOULD ADD MORE DETAIL.