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FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The Secret Germans: Examples of Afro-German History and Culture

While most Americans have never heard the term Afro-German, there are in fact around 100,000 Germans of African descent and around 300,000 Africans living in Germany today. As part of the ongoing Black History Month celebrations on the University of Arkansas campus, Kathleen Condray, assistant professor of foreign languages, will give a multimedia presentation on Afro-German history and culture at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Multicultural Center in the Arkansas Union.

Nikolaus von Verdun, "The Queen of Sheba Before Soloman"

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - While most Americans have never heard the term Afro-German, there are in fact around 100,000 Germans of African descent and around 300,000 Africans living in Germany today. As part of the ongoing Black History Month celebrations on the University of Arkansas campus, Kathleen Condray, assistant professor of foreign languages, will give a multimedia presentation on Afro-German history and culture at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in the Multicultural Center in the Arkansas Union.

Condray's presentation will briefly outline the presence of Africans and Afro-Germans in Germany from the Middle Ages through the first World War and the Third Reich until today. It will incorporate examples from the fields of history, literature, art, music, and film and provide a list of available references found in the university libraries for further investigation. This lecture is sponsored by the Black History Month Committee and the foreign languages department. For more information, contact the Multicultural Center at (479) 575-2064.

Albrecht Dürer, "Head of a Negro," charcoal sketch, 1508.

Johann Christoph Haselmeyer, "Maiden with Moor," porcelain figurine, ca. 1775.

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