Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Africans, Belgium, Germany, Senegalese, Soldiers, WW1, War

A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914, originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
A wounded Senegalese prisoner of war is carried to a bandaging station, November 1914
Note on reverse (see below) dated 28.11.1914. One of a series of pictures taken by a German orderly at a first-aid station located in Etterbeek ...
Posted in Africa, Education, Europe, Men, War
Posted on 10 April 2009. Tags: African soldiers, Africans, Blacks, Colonies, France, Germany, Hitler, Italian, Posters, Rhineland, Russia, Soldiers, War, West Indies, black soldiers, mein kampf

You would be surprised the amount of people who are totally ignorant about the role of black troops in both World Wars, and even in subsequent wars. Furthermore, the use of Black troops in European armies was extremely controversial in the first part of the 20th Century.
Africans have been depicted both positively and negatively ...
Posted in Africa, African American, Caribbean, Education, Europe, Media, Politics, Racism, War
Posted on 20 March 2009. Tags: Afro German, Europe, Germany, Jazz, Music, Opera, Singers

Soprano, Titilayo Rachel Adedokun received a bachelor and a master of music in voice from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a bachelor of arts in English from Judson College in Marion, Alabama, USA. She was a 1996/97 recipient of The Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship to Milan, Italy, where she lived for five ...
Posted in Africa, Arts, Europe, Music, Women
Posted on 05 March 2009. Tags: Events, Germany, UK, Youth, notice

The UK Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders
Berlin, March 23rd – 27th, 2009
Final Call for Applications – The UK Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy would like to announce its final call for applications for our upcoming program The UK Meets Germany: A Forum for Young Leaders, taking place ...
Posted in Community, Europe
Posted on 01 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africans, Afro German, America, American, Americas, Black, Blacks, Books, Entertainment, Europe, Films, Food, France, Germany, History, Holocaust, Israel, Murder, Parties, Prison, Racing, Soldiers, Trade, University, War, Women, allegations, children, entertainments, film, justice, race, stories


Like many West European nations, Germany established colonies in Africa in the late 1800s in what later became Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, and Tanzania.
Posted in Africa, Black Blog Posts, Black History, Black History Month, Community, Education, Entertainment, Europe, Food, Job Vacancies, Men, Military, Racism, The Americas, War, Women