The Black Central Europe initiative brings over a thousand years of Black history in German-speaking Central Europe to a wider audience. It challenges the assumption that Black people are a recent or foreign presence in the region. Below is the project’s own description and a selection of its key resources.

We bring you over 1000 years of Black history in the German-speaking lands and show you why it matters right now. There are over 1 million Black people in Central Europe today. Most Europeans still don’t know of the long history of the Black Diaspora in their countries. As a result, there is a general assumption that Black people are a relatively new presence on the continent and thus are historical and national outsiders. Through historical investigation, Black Central Europe challenges these assumptions.

Sources:

• https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uclmjdb/
• https://blackcentraleurope.com/mapping-bce/
• https://blackcentraleurope.com/biographies/
• https://blackcentraleurope.com/what-to-watch/