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.
Adoption Across Race and Nation: US Histories and Legacies brings together perspectives on adoption, racial power, family, and national belonging. Its chapters place individual…
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.
Too Brown to Keep: A Search for Love, Forgiveness and Healing follows Judy Fambrough-Billingsley’s journey from childhood in Germany and adoption in the United States to a search…
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.
History, poetry, interviews, and personal testimony meet in Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out, the English translation of Farbe bekennen. The collection places Black women’s voices at the center of German history and
