Mobilizing black Germany : Afro-German women and the making of a transnational movement

Mobilizing black Germany : Afro-German women and the making of a transnational movement / Tiffany N. Florvil

"In the 1980s and 1990s, Black German women began to play significant roles in challenging the discrimination in their own nation and abroad. Their grassroots organizing, writings, and political and cultural activities nurtured innovative traditions, ideas, and practices. These strategies facil...

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Main Authors:Florvil, Tiffany N., 1980-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:Black internationalism
Subjects:
Afrodeutsche Frauen
Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland
Geschichte 1980-2000
Schwarze Frau
Soziale Bewegung
Women, Black > Political activity > Germany
Women political activists > Germany
Blacks > Political activity > Germany
Feminism > Germany
Social movements > Germany
African diaspora
Internationalism
Deutschland
Hochschulschrift
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Introduction: A "Black coming out"
Black German women and Audre Lorde
The making of a modern Black German movement
ADEFRA, Afrekete, and Black German women's kinship
Black German women's intellectual activism and transnational crossings
Diasporic spatial politics with Black history month in Berlin
Black German feminist solidarity and Black internationalism
Epilogue: Black lives matter in Germany

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