A groundbreaking account of the development of Germany's first African community, which offers fascinating perspectives on transnational German history.

Robbie Aitken is a Senior Lecturer in Imperial History at Sheffield Hallam University.

Introduction; 1. The first generation: from presence to community; 2. Should I stay and can I go? Status and mobility in the institutional net; 3. Settling down: marriage and family; 4. Surviving in Germany: work, welfare and community; 5. Problem men and exemplary women? Gender, class and 'race'; 6. Practising diaspora - politics 1918-33; 7. Under the shadow of national socialism; 8. Refuge France?; Epilogue.