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Brothers Keepers
Brothers Keepers is a German-based transnational anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop, reggae and soul musicians, headed primarily by Afro-Germans. Their debut single, "Adriano-Letzte Warnung", was written in response to the murder of Alberto Adriano by Neo-Nazis. It remains their most popular release, with more than 6 million views on YouTube. History The idea for the project took root when a German of Mozambiquan origin, named Alberto Adriano, was brutally killed by neo-Nazis in Dessau in 2000. A group of musicians decided to organize and fight back. The following quote is about Adriano's death and its effect. Original: English: Brothers Keepers has local groups active in information campaigns, presenting teach-ins at schools etc. However the project primarily gained prominence in Germany through the collaborative album, ''Lightkultur''. The title is a pun on conservative politician Günther Beckstein’s term "'' deutsche Leitkultur''" ("German leading cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers Keepers - Kirchentag Cologne 2007 (7093)
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familial relationships. A full brother is a first degree relative. Overview The term ''brother'' comes from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr, which becomes Latin ''frater'', of the same meaning. Sibling warmth or affection between male siblings has been correlated to some more negative effects. In pairs of brothers, higher sibling warmth is related to more risk taking behaviour, although risk taking behaviour is not related to sibling warmth in any other type of sibling pair. The cause of this phenomenon in which sibling warmth is only correlated with risk taking behaviours in brother pairs still is unclear. This finding does, however, suggest that although sibling conflict is a risk factor for risk taking behaviour, sibling warmth does n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samy Deluxe
Samy Sorge (born 19 December 1977), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, Wickeda MC or Sam Semillia, is a German rapper and record producer from Hamburg. Early life Samy was two years old when his Sudanese father left Germany. Samy grew up with his mother's family. His half-sister was born shortly after his father left. The family lived in Barmbek for many years, then moved to Eppendorf, a better-off part of Hamburg. His family was able to make this move after a recommendation from a family friend after his mother remarried. He attended the Wolfgang-Borchert-Schule and attained the ''Realschulabschluss'', or certificate of general education similar to a British GCSE. He cites his upbringing in a middle-class neighbourhood as part of his inspiration. He says he felt out of place, "At (one) point I would stand out in front of my own house and people who lived here before me would ask 'can I help you?. Additionally, he cites American rappers as his inspiration instead of relying on Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisters Keepers
Sisters Keepers were initially a subset of the band Brothers Keepers, formed in the autumn of 2001 in Germany, joined a compilation album ''Lightkultur'' (WEA) by the Brothers Keepers. Appealing against racism, famous female and mainly Afro-German singers joined together with reggae, Soul music and Hip-Hop background. Initial members Among others for the members of the original Sisters Keepers were Nadja Benaissa, Ayọ, Kaye, Nicole Hadfield (), and Tamika, along with Tesiree, Lisa, Mamadee, Pat and Meli (Skills en Masse, Ischen Impossible) with Onejiru (Pielina Schindler). "Liebe Und Verstand" was their largest hit on chart in Germany, Switzerland and Austria between December 2001 to February 2002, as many African artists joined together to form a musical statement. With two songs, both released on the album ''Lightkultur'' by Brothers Keepers (WEA), they took a stand against racism and violence. "Sisters eV" against racism and violence Actually, the members held positions amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ADEFRA
Generation ADEFRA – Schwarze Frauen in Deutschland (Black Women in Germany) is a Berlin-based German cultural and political organization for Black people, Black women and other women of color. Founded in 1986, it is considered the first grassroots activist group for Afro-Germans, Afro-German women. History ADEFRA was founded in 1986 by a small circle of Black Feminism, feminists and Lesbian, lesbians, including Katja Kinder, Elke Jank, Katharina Oguntoye, Eva von Pirch, Daniela Tourkazi, Judy Gummich, and Jasmin Eding. They were inspired by Audre Lorde and other activists' coinage of the political self-definition "Afro-Germans, Afro-German," and had joined together in part to produce the book ''Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out''. ADEFRA is considered the first grassroots activist group in Germany that was both by and for Black women. The group's name, ADEFRA, is an abbreviation of "''Afrodeutsche Frauen''" (Afro-German women). The name also came to be associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-German Women Speak Out
Afro-Germans (german: Afrodeutsche) or Black Germans (german: schwarze Deutsche) are people of Sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or residents of Germany. Cities such as Hamburg and Frankfurt, which were formerly centres of occupation forces following World War II and more recent immigration, have substantial Afro-German communities. With modern trade and migration, communities such as Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, and Cologne have an increasing number of Afro-Germans. , in a country with a population of 83,000,000 people, there were an estimated 1,000,000 Afro-Germans. History African and German interaction 1600 to late 1800s During the 1720s, Ghana-born Anton Wilhelm Amo was sponsored by a German duke to become the first African to attend a European university; after completing his studies, he taught and wrote in philosophy. Later, Africans were brought as slaves from the western coast of Africa where a number of German estates were established, primarily on the Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ika Hügel-Marshall
Erika "Ika" Hügel-Marshall (13 March 1947 – 21 April 2022) was a German author and activist. She was active in the Afro-German women's movement organization ADEFRA (Afro-Deutsche Frauen). Her autobiography, ''Daheim unterwegs. Ein deutsches Leben'' (published in English as ''Invisible Woman: Growing up Black in Germany''), discusses racism in Germany and her search for a family identity. She was influenced by and praised the work of her friend, American activist Audre Lorde. She and her partner Dagmar Schultz worked with Lorde. Hügel-Marshall was born to a German mother and African-American father, whom she did not meet until she was 46. She experienced severe racism as a child, especially during her time in an orphanage. She studied well and helped to modernize a children's home in Frankfurt am Main. In the 1980s she helped establish the Afro-Deutsch movement and became interested in Lorde's work. ''Daheim unterwegs'' was published in 1998 and has been described as highligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Oguntoye
Katharina Oguntoye (born January 1959 in Zwickau, East Germany) is an Afro-German writer, historian, activist, and poet. She founded the nonprofit intercultural association Joliba in Germany and is perhaps best known for co-editing the book ''Farbe bekennen'' with May Ayim (then May Opitz) and Dagmar Schultz. The English translation of this book was entitled '' Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out''. Oguntoye has played an important role in the Afro-German Movement. Life Katharina Oguntoye grew up in Leipzig, Heidelberg and in Nigeria. According to statements from Oguntoye her mother met her father at the University of Leipzig, where he was studying with the help of a scholarship from the German Democratic Republic. Oguntoye’s father returned to Nigeria in 1965 to take up a professorship. Her mother joined him a year later with Oguntoye and her younger brother and they lived on the university campus. Oguntoye got to know her father’s side of the family there. Two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Ayim
May Ayim (3 May 1960 in Hamburg – 9 August 1996 in Berlin) is the pen name of May Opitz (born Sylvia Andler); she was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist. The child of a German student and Ghanaian medical student, she was adopted by a white German family when young. After reconnecting with her father and his family in Ghana, in 1992 she took his surname for a pen name. Opitz wrote a thesis at the University of Regensburg, "Afro-Deutsche: Ihre Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte aus dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen" (Afro-Germans: Their Cultural and Social History on the Background of Social Change), which was the first scholarly study of Afro-German history. Combined with contemporary materials, it was published as the book '' Farbe Bekennen: Afro-deutsche Frauen auf den Spuren ihrer Geschichte'' (1986). This was translated and published in English as '' Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out'' (1986). It included accounts by many women of Afro-German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde (; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia." As a poet, she is well known for technical mastery and emotional expression, as well as her poems that express anger and outrage at civil and social injustices she observed throughout her life. As a spoken word artist, her delivery has been called powerful, melodic, and intense by the Poetry Foundation. Her poems and prose largely deal with issues related to civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness and disability, and the exploration of black female identity. Early life Lorde was born in New York City on February 18, 1934 to Caribbean immigrants. Her father, Frederick Byron Lorde (known as Byron), hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Flame
Daniel Kretschmer (born 19 September 1971), better known by his stage-name D-Flame, is a German hip hop and reggae musician. He was also previously part of the hip hop formation Asiatic Warriors. Discography Albums * 2000 - ''Basstard'' * 2002 - ''Daniel X – eine schwarze deutsche Geschichte'' (''"Daniel X – A Black German Story"'') * 2003 - ''Unaufhaltsam'' (''"Unstoppable"'') * 2006 - ''F.F.M.'' (Flame F.M.) * 2008 - ''...Stress'' Singles * 1999 - "Heisser" (''"Hotter"'') * 2000 - "Sorry" (feat. Eißfeldt) * 2001 - "Sie macht mich glücklich" (''"She makes me happy"'') * 2002 - "Mehr als Musik" (''"More than just music"'' feat. Tone) * 2002 - "Heimatlos" (''"Homeless"'') * 2002 - "Stopp" * 2003 - "Kopf hoch" (''"Chin up"'') * 2003 - "Du kennst mich nicht" (''"You don't know me"'') * 2006 - "Burnin' Nonstop" (feat. Wayne Marshall) * 2007 - "Mom Song" See also * German hip hop * List of reggae musicians This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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