In the light of the fact that the next 2010 FIFA World Cup is taking place for the first time on African soil in South Africa, the African continent, its people and its diaspora have temporarily moved into spotlight. The internetplattform Afrikanet.info and AFRA- International Center for Black Women’s Perspectives are seizing this opportunity to shed light on the current situation of black people living in Austria. This report draws upon the experiences made by black communities over the past 10 years and depicts their diversified commitment in the social, economic, cultural, media-based and political sphere. Black communities are a dynamic part of the Austrian society. However, these communities are also strongly affected by racism. The leitmotif recurring throughout the length of this report is very clear: ongoing anti-black racism.

This report can be summarised into the following five central issues: Read Full Article…

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Der alltägliche Rassismus

Ab 31.07.2010 als Hörbuch erhältlich!

Noah Sows vielbesprochenes Buch „Deutschland Schwarz weiß“ (C. Bertelsmann/Random House, 2008, 2. Auflage Goldmann 2009) ist in den zwei Jahren seit seiner Veröffentlichung zum Klassiker der deutschen Antirassismusliteratur geworden.

Nun erscheint davon auch eine Hörbuchfassung.

Diese wird besonders empfohlen für den Unterricht, für alle, die sich einen verständlichen und unterhaltsamen Einstieg ins Thema wünschen, sowie für diejenigen, die von der Tonalität der Autorin einen unverfälschten Eindruck erhalten möchten.

Enthalten ist auch eine CD-ROM mit Videoclips, einem Interview, einem Filmporträt über Noah Sow und weiteren Extras.

Erhältlich im Buchhandel, CD-Handel und in digitaler Form auf Onlineplattformen ab dem 31.7.2010. Vertrieb: Soulfood

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A BREATH OF FREEDOM:
THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE, AFRICAN AMERICAN GIs, AND GERMANY

By Maria Höhn and Martin Klimke

“Maria Höhn’s and Martin Klimke’s carefully researched and lucid Breath of Freedom stands for a paradigm shift in our reading of the civil rights movement and deserves to become a classic in the field; not only does it invite the movement’s relocation in a transnational context; it also succeeds in illustrating the innovative potential of this global perspective by its in-depth case study of the specific intersectionality of post World War II Germany and African America.”

Maria Diedrich, University of Münster
Founder and former president of the Collegium for African American Research (CAAR)
Author of Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass

This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Because of the American military occupation after World War II, America’s unresolved civil rights agenda was exposed to world-wide scrutiny as never before. America’s ambitious efforts to democratize German society after the defeat of Nazism also meant that West Germany was exposed to American ideas of freedom and democracy to a much larger degree than many other countries. READ MORE…

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