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Mandenga Diek was a German businessman born in Cameroon who became the first Black person to acquire German citizenship.

Background
cameroon colony?

use aitken/rosenhaft for a first pass

arriving with Woermann ship

Life
Mandenga Diek was born on 15 September 1871

Mandenga Diek was born in 1871 in Douala, Cameroon. From 1884, the country was a colony of the German Empire under the name of Kamerun. Diek was from a good family. Together with his brother Anjo Diek and with Georg L. Ekambi, he arrived in Hamburg in 1891. and together with his brother was among a group of Cameroonians who came to Hamburg in 1891, for education, Kaiser's wishes. He first planned to study medicine, following his father's wishes. sight of blood, became a shoemaker's apprentice instead.

especially Duala people... see ausbildungsmigration

acquired German citizenship by acquiring the citizienship of the constituent state of Hamburg. converted to Lutheranism, supported ...

move to Danzig, which became Free City of Danzig. Merchant. Lived in Pfefferstadt 31, rich merchant area (see )

under Nazi rule tried to emigrate to Cameroon. death.

activism, petition.



Marriages and family

 * not a marriage bureau p. 116