Colonial perspectives and actions continue in Germany and are expressed in all areas of society. Black perspectives, among others, thus find little access to knowledge archives and are misappropriated in media, political, and academic discourses. An apparently objective order of the German knowledge (science) system is thus preserved.

5826108500001zThe volume Afrokultur by Natasha Kelly “brings Black German history, its present and future into a global context through the biographies of Black scholars and activists W.E.B. Du Bois, Audre Lorde, and May Ayim, thus continuing an intellectual tradition.” Book description of the publisher

Afroculture separates itself from racialized assumptions, acknowledges Black knowledge, and connects it to the communication of Black scholars and activists. See the book description

Natasha A. Kelly 2016: Afroculture. The space between yesterday and tomorrow. Münster: Unrast.

If you don’t have a bookstore worth supporting near you, you can also buy the book from the alternative non-profit online bookstore links-lesen.de, which supports political projects with the profits. The link to the book is: http: //www.links-lesen.de/article/978-3-89771-221-8

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