Bowersox, J;
(2008)
Kolonial-Lehrling wider Willen: Bernhard Epassi in Deutschland 1896-1901.
In: Heyden, UV, (ed.)
Unbekannte Biographien: Afrikaner im deutschsprachigen Raum vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zum Ende des Zweites Weltkrieges.
(pp. 103-117).
Kai Homilius Verlag: Berlin, Germany.
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Abstract
Through the example of Bernhard Epassi, a teenager from Cameroon hired to perform in the 1896 "First German Colonial Exhibition" in Berlin, this article examines the ambiguous and tenuous positions occupied by blacks in turn-of-the-century Germany. It traces the ways the exhibition both reinforced and undermined colonialist visions of Germany's place in the wider world and also examines Epassi's ultimately unsuccessful efforts to secure a place for himself in German society.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Kolonial-Lehrling wider Willen: Bernhard Epassi in Deutschland 1896-1901 |
| Publisher version: | http://www.kai-homilius-verlag.de/vp/8.26/ |
| Language: | German |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript in English, and the version of record, in German. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Colonialism, African diaspora, Exhibitions, German history, Race |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1558792 |
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