Bibliograph

Remapping Black Germany, new perspectives on Afro-German history, politics, and culture, edited by Sara Lennox

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Label

Remapping Black Germany, new perspectives on Afro-German history, politics, and culture, edited by Sara Lennox

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Remapping Black Germany

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

947814284

Responsibility statement

edited by Sara Lennox

Sub title

new perspectives on Afro-German history, politics, and culture

Summary

In 1984 at the Free University of Berlin, the African American poet Audre Lorde asked her Black, German-speaking women students about their identities. The women revealed that they had no common term to describe themselves and had until then lacked a way to identify their shared interests and concerns. Out of Lorde's seminar emerged both the term "Afro-German" (or "Black German") and the 1986 publication of the volume that appeared in English translation as Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out. The book launched a movement that has since catalyzed activism and scholarship in Germany.--, Provided by Publisher

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