Exiled in East Germany : life stories of Malawian and South African freedom fighters during the Cold War

The presence of Africans in the German Democratic Republic is very rarely thought of in connection with the experience of exile. Instead, Africans in the GDR are predominantly viewed through the prism of educational and labor migration. While such research has undoubtedly produced valuable insights,...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Pampuch, Sebastian (VerfasserIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2024]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Dialectics of the global volume 18
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Dialectics of the global
Schlagworte:Africans Exiles Cold War HISTORY / Social History Africains - Allemagne (Est) - Histoire Guerre froide - Aspect politique Deutschland Malawi Südafrika Unabhängigkeitsbewegung mehr... Exil Ost-West-Konflikt Biografieforschung
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 307 Seiten)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Exiles
  • 2 Mahoma Mwaungulu: ethnography of an intra-German expulsion
  • 3 Asaph Makote Mohlala: "I had to fight my way back"
  • 4 Epilogue: African exiles and the awkward figure of the refugee
  • 5 Conclusions: Post-revolutionary spaces in search of approval.