Afro-Germans
Country · Germany
The word *Afrodeutsche* was claimed in the 1980s by May Ayim and Audre Lorde's Berlin circle — a community that named itself.
Afro-Germans at a glance
- Country
- Germany
- Main centres
- Berlin · Hamburg · Frankfurt · Cologne
- Region
- Central Europe
- How many
- No official figure — Germany does not record ethnicity in its census
- Languages
- German · Twi · Amharic · Tigrinya
- Dialling code
- +49
The African connection
Germany held colonies in Namibia, Cameroon, Togo and Tanzania, and committed the genocide of the Herero and Nama. The 1986 book *Farbe bekennen* — Showing Our Colours — started the modern Afro-German movement.
Key dates for Afro-Germans
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
If you are from Afro-Germans and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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