Four November opportunities connecting Black German history with decolonial public memory, community archives and educational work.
Upcoming Black German and Decolonial Public-History Events — November 2026
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Children of World War II: The Hidden Enemy Legacy
A comparative collection featuring Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria’s study of colonial racial research, Black German children, and the institutional construction of racial difference.
Marion Kraft’s Kinder der Befreiung: Black German Perspectives after 1945
Kinder der Befreiung: Transatlantische Erfahrungen und Perspektiven Schwarzer Deutscher der Nachkriegsgeneration brings together Black German perspectives on the postwar…
Theodor Michael’s Deutsch sein und schwarz dazu: A Black German Life
Theodor Michael traces a life spanning the Weimar Republic, Nazi persecution and forced labor, and postwar Germany. Family separation, work in entertainment, and his later engagement with Black German communities connect personal memory with a wider history.
Hans Massaquoi’s Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
Hans Massaquoi recalls growing up in Hamburg as the son of a German mother and a Liberian father. His account follows childhood aspirations, racial exclusion, and the struggle to survive Nazi rule and war.
Nzitu Mawakha’s Daima: Images of Women of Colour in Germany
Photographs and first-person texts bring Black women living and working in Germany into a collective portrait. Nzitu Mawakha’s black-and-white images show individuals, friendships, and community, while the women’s words return the gaze to the reader.