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Mandenga Diek was a German businessman born in Cameroon who became the first Black person to acquire German citizenship.

Background

cameroon colony?

use aitken/rosenhaft for a first pass

arriving with Woermann ship [1]

Life

Mandenga Diek was born on 15 September 1871^[1]^[2]

Mandenga Diek was born in 1871 in Douala, Cameroon.^[a] From 1884, the country was a colony of the German Empire under the name of Kamerun. Diek was from a good family. Together with his brother Anjo Diek and with Georg L. Ekambi, he arrived in Hamburg in 1891.^[3]^[4] and together with his brother was among a group of Cameroonians who came to Hamburg in 1891, for education, Kaiser's wishes. He first planned to study medicine, following his father's wishes.^[5] sight of blood, became a shoemaker's apprentice instead.

especially Duala people... see ausbildungsmigration

acquired German citizenship by acquiring the citizienship of the constituent state of Hamburg. converted to Lutheranism, supported ...

move to Danzig, which became Free City of Danzig. Merchant. Lived in Pfefferstadt 31, rich merchant area (see [2])

under Nazi rule tried to emigrate to Cameroon. death.

activism, petition.^[6]

Marriages and family

not a marriage bureau p. 116

References

Footnotes

^ exact brthda and place

Citations

^ Staatsarchiv Hamburg (2015) [1897]. Best. 332-5 Standesämter, Personenstandsregister, Sterberegister, 1876-1950. Vol. 4. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. Form 847.
^ Landesarchiv Berlin (2016) [1943]. Personenstandsregister 1876-1945; Laufende Nummer: 12801. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com. Number 1646.
^ Hopkins 1999, p. 28.
^ Reed-Anderson 1995, p. 29.
^ Aitken & Rosenhaft 2013, p. 63.
^ Reed-Anderson 2021, p. 56.

Sources

Aitken, Robbie; Rosenhaft, Eve (2013). Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884–1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139649575. ISBN 978-1-107-04136-3.
Gerbing, Stefan (2010). Afrodeutscher Aktivismus: Interventionen von Kolonisierten am Wendepunkt der Dekolonisierung Deutschlands 1919 (in German). Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-61394-8.
Hopkins, Leroy T. (1999). "Race, nationality and culture: The African diaspora in Germany". In Hopkins, Leroy T. (ed.). Who is German? : Historical and modern perspectives on Africans in Germany (PDF). pp. 1–32. OCLC 615001804.
Wojcik, Nadine (2023-10-08). "Making Afro-German history visible". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
Reed-Anderson, Paulette (1995). Eine Geschichte von mehr als 100 Jahren: die Anfänge der afrikanischen Diaspora in Berlin (in German). Die Ausländerbeauftragte des Senats.
Reed-Anderson, Paulette (2021-04-13). Die Förderung des „kolonialen Gedankens“ durch kulturelle Akteure (Thesis) (in German). HU Berlin.
Boateng, Osei (May 2001). "'Black Germans do not exist'". New African. IC Publications Ltd. pp. 18–25.