Afrika and Alemania

German-Speaking Women, Africa, and the African Diaspora

Priscilla Layne, Michelle Stott James, Lisabeth Hock

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University of Toronto Press
22 October 2025

Anthologies (non-poetry); Literature: history & criticism; Gender studies, gender groups

Series: German and European Studies

Afrika and Alemania explores the representation of Blackness in German-speaking literary, autobiographical, and cinematic texts across two centuries. By examining how different groups of women with access to German culture have depicted Africa, Africans, and the African diaspora, the book challenges the assumption that all women will tell the same story. Focusing on Black women, non-Black women of colour, and white women, it investigates how these diverse voices engage with and represent Blackness within a society shaped by racial hierarchies.

provides a vital framework for understanding Blackness within contemporary scholarship and its broader social and cultural implications.

By: Priscilla Layne, Michelle Stott James, Lisabeth Hock
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Volume: 59
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781487560737
ISBN 10: 1487560737
Series: German and European Studies
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 22 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contributors Introduction: Blackness, Germany, and Representation Lisabeth Hock, Priscilla Layne, and Michelle James Part I: The Black Diaspora and Self-Definition 1. “They Are the Next Generation”: An Interview with Sarah Blaßkiewitz Priscilla Layne and Lisabeth Hock 2. Between Autofiction and the Archive: On/Travelling Olivia Wenzel’s 1,000 Coils of Fear (2020), Touching Tale or World Refracts Nation Birgit Tautz 3. Postcolonial Ghana and the Legacy of Colonial Oppression in Amma Darko’s Novels Priscilla Layne Part II: Non-Black POC, Africa, and the African Diaspora 4. “Eingangstor zum Afrika” (Gateway to Africa): The Reconfigurations of Emily Ruete Kate Roy 5. The Survivor as “Implicated Subject” in Stefanie Zweig’s Autobiographical Africa Novels Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) and Nirgendwo war Heimat: Mein Leben auf zwei Kontinenten (Nowhere Was Home: My Life on Two Continents) Sarah Henneböhl 6. Making the Invisible Visible? Representations of Black Masculinity in Texts by Yoko Tawada Lisabeth Hock Part III: White Settler Colonialism and Its Legacies 7. German Cultural Superiority and Racial Hierarchy in Gabriele Reuter’s Glück und Geld David Tingey 8. The Black Slave Martyr Reimagined for Christian Missions in Colonial Africa: Maria Theresa Ledóchowska’s Zaïda Cindy Patey Brewer and Elizabeth Moye-Weaver 9. Rethinking the Periphery: Blackness in Eugenie Marlitt’s Im Schillingshof (1879) Beth Mullner 10. White Feminism and the Colonial Gaze: Frieda von Bülow’s Diaries from German East Africa Carola Daffner 11. Single White Female: Independent Women and Colonial Knowledge Production in German Colonial Fiction Maureen Gallagher 12. Colonial Propaganda Fiction: Else Steup’s Backfisch Novels from the 1930s Julia K. Gruber 13. Perspectives on Namibia by Contemporary White German-Speaking Women Authors Lorely French Index

Priscilla Layne is a professor of German at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Michelle James is an associate professor of German at Brigham Young University. Lisabeth Hock is an associate professor of German at Wayne State University.

Reviews for Afrika and Alemania: German-Speaking Women, Africa, and the African Diaspora

“The volume Afrika and Alemania brings together essays that examine the works of a diverse collection of women writers and artists with access to the German language in order to “test” the importance of positionality (race, gender, ethnicity) in the representation of Africa, Black peoples, and Blackness. Opening the volume with the voices of Black German and African women challenges the reader to consider her own positionality and possible intersections with these women. Organizing the volume by voices and perspectives rather than historical era or theme, Afrika and Alemania employs an innovative comparative approach to intersectionality that extends beyond the national sphere and demonstrates the value of radical inclusionary practices.” -- Nancy P. Nenno, Professor of German Studies, College of Charleston