Black Female Identity in Contemporary Germany (2023)

Undergraduate: Joyce Ebhodaghe

Faculty Advisor: Annie Elledge
Department: Geography

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For centuries the Black female experience in Germany has consisted of hardship, ostracization, and a complicated understanding of self. Until 1986, no literature on this niche existed in Germany. With the help of American activist Audre Lord, Black women were brought together to share essays and poetry regarding their lives in a book titled Farbe Bekennen (Showing our Colors). The foreword asks: “Who are they, these German women of the Diaspora? … Where do our paths intersect?” I wish to extend this questionnaire into today’s world and develop a narrative for a group that has rarely received the attention it deserves.

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