BGHRA · Connected histories
Past and present: parliament, government, municipal politics, diplomacy and community organizing. Diplomatic family context is explicitly distinguished from officeholding.
33 profiles · historical & contemporary
One person may appear in multiple collections. This developing collection is not a complete census. Country connections describe documented life or work, rather than a citizenship test.
New historical profiles: Louis Brody
CDU political figure and 2024 Brandenburg state-election candidate from Cottbus, also active in integration and German-African community work. Candidacy is distinguished from elected parliamentary service.
Profile & archive records →Father of Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi and son of Liberian diplomat Momolu Massaquoi. Included as context for Hamburg’s diplomatic family history. The consul was Momolu; this entry does not attribute that office to Al-Haj.
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Green politician and Schleswig-Holstein minister for social affairs, youth, family, senior citizens, integration and equality since 2022. Previously vice-president of the state parliament.
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SPD federal parliamentarian, first elected to the Bundestag in 2021.
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Green member of the Bundestag, first elected in 2021 and re-elected in 2025; the first Black woman elected to the federal parliament.
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Actor known for Der Alte and CDU member of the German Bundestag, 2013–2017. His acting and parliamentary work are indexed together.
Profile & archive records →Cameroonian-German academic elected local mayor of Rittmarshausen in 2016. This entry documents that historical election, rather than asserting a current office.
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Green member of the Lower Saxony state parliament since 2022.
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Green politician and former Thuringian minister for migration, justice and consumer protection, 2023–2024.
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Writer and long-standing organizer in Black German community and anti-racist movements.
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SPD member of the Bremen state parliament, first elected in 2011 and listed in the 2026 parliamentary seating plan.
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Singer-songwriter, peace activist and participant in labour and women’s movements. Her creative and political work are indexed together.
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Activist associated with the emergence of Black German women’s organizing.
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Senegalese diplomat and actor associated with German cinema, credited as Jean Faye in Liane, das Mädchen aus dem Urwald (1956). Appears in both acting and diplomacy. Distinct from the French philosopher of the same name.
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CDU politician and music executive; Berlin senator for culture and social cohesion from 2023 until his resignation in May 2025.
Profile & archive records →Municipal politician and lord mayor of Leimen since 2024; previously mayor of Mauer.
Profile & archive records →Cameroonian anticolonial activist in interwar Germany, associated with Black internationalist and communist organizing and the 1930 Black workers’ congress in Hamburg.
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Black German activist whose work connects anti-racism, feminism and human rights.
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SPD member of the Bundestag from 2013 to 2025; former federal parliamentarian.
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Author and organizer in the Black German women’s movement, including ADEFRA.
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Louis Brody, born Ludwig M’Bebe M’Pessa Akwa in Douala, built a long performing career in Germany. His work also extended into Black collective organization: he helped establish the Afrikanischer Hilfsverein in 1918 and protested racist campaigning in 1921. His career connects performance and political action under the constraints imposed by racist casting and Nazi cinema.
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Author, educator and organizer associated with Black German feminist networks.
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Cameroonian-born Berlin transport worker and political organizer. His 1919 petition demanded equal rights for people in Germany’s African colonies.
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Poet and activist central to the Black German movement and the anthology Farbe bekennen.
Profile & archive records →AfD political figure and former Kiel party chair; listed as a Berlin Bundestag-election candidate in 2021. Candidacy does not imply service as a member of parliament.
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Black German feminist organizer associated with ADEFRA and transnational Black women’s networks.
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Liberian diplomat and Vai political leader, consul in Hamburg from 1922 to 1929. Grandfather of Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi; included for diplomacy and Black political history in Germany.
Profile & archive records →Green municipal politician in Reutlingen, documented as a city councillor in reporting on Afro-German political participation in 2020.
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Green member of the European Parliament, 2019–2024, representing Germany. Former MEP and long-standing advocate against racism.
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Organizer in Black German women’s community and feminist networks.
Profile & archive records →CDU politician, former Freiburg city councillor and founder of The African Network of Germany (TANG).
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ISD activist and organizer working on anti-racism, postcolonialism and Black political participation.
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