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Afro-Germans (German: Afrodeutsche) or Black Germans (German: schwarze Deutsche) are Germans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Cities such as Hamburg and Frankfurt, which were formerly centres of occupation forces following World War II and more recent immigration , have substantial Afro-German communities.
Rhineland bastard (German: Rheinlandbastard) was a derogatory term used in Nazi Germany to describe Afro-Germans, born of mixed-race relationships between German women and black African men of the French Army who were stationed in the Rhineland during its occupation by France after World War I.
Showing Our Colors, as an anthology translated from German including a collection of poetry, thoughtful essays, and critical biographical profiles, functions to document and share the history and experience of Africans in Germany and Afro Germans. Despite being in the form of first-hand of accounts and expression it provides an accurate lens to ...
German people of Zimbabwean descent (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "German people of African descent" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
German people of African descent (41 C, 4 P) Pages in category "African diaspora in Germany" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
German family in Keetmanshoop, 1926. Today, English is the country's sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent (around 2% of the country's overall population) and possibly 15,000 black Namibians (many of whom returned from East Germany after Namibian independence) still speak German or Namibian Black German, respectively. [1]
Germany was not as involved in colonizing Africa as other major European powers of the 20th century, and lost its overseas colonies, including German East Africa and German South West Africa, after World War I. Similarly to those in Latin America, the Germans in Africa tended to isolate themselves and were more self-sufficient than other Europeans.
However, Germany does not keep any statistics regarding ethnicity or race. Hence, the exact number of Germans of African descent is unknown. Germany's biggest East Asian minorities are the Chinese people in Germany, numbering 189,000 [63] and Vietnamese people in Germany, numbering 188,000, [63] many of