Dispatch from Berlin
“What is the difference between refugees and ‘normal’ citizens besides the fact that the former had to flee from their homes? There is none.”
“What is the difference between refugees and ‘normal’ citizens besides the fact that the former had to flee from their homes? There is none.”
Many European governments favor “culturally close[r]” refugees and asylum-seekers: preferably white, educated Christians.
Germany’s military shift represents the country’s belated entry into a “colonial present.“
Of course football administrators in predominantly white countries that aren't Africa have no interest at all in "looking after" their families.
In 1967, West Germany had its own #RhodesMustFall moment. In September of that year, socialist students
The language, methods, and scale of the Herero genocide remain shocking even in the aftermath of the horrors of the Holocaust.
A migrant's fight for a place in Germany.
The myth of an all-white, Christian German society largely persists. So does the idea that anyone
Born in Bonn in 1985, Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann is a Kenyan and German photographer and filmmaker. She is intrigued
The general trend has been to make immigration more difficult, rather than improving the conditions for asylum seekers and refugees.
Why is it so difficult to understand when we Africans say that it’s offensive?
The story of Africans' involvement in World War I is largely unheard of outside of academia.
Watching the World Cup match between Algeria vs Germany in one of New York City's most diverse boroughs.
Why don't western friends of Africa not put pressure on their corporate and political elites to do more to combat hunger?
One of Germany’s most enigmatic post-war lawsuits will have to be reviewed. This post is both
Europe's new provincialism exacts a human toll that can only be accepted with a mind-set that subscribes to nothing more than a new barbarism.
What do a model, the former bassist of a rightist rock band, a fantasy writer who
Germany's a new campaign to educate Germans about what development policy is, has little to do with Africa and more with local electoral politics.
Malian writer, activist, former member of government Aminata Traoré is unwelcome in France, and, thanks to
For Namibians fighting Germany over reparations, It’s about more than about a bit of land or perhaps some goats. It’s about time that debt was paid -- with interest.