Anton Wilhelm Amo was the first well-known philosopher of African origin in Germany. In the 18th century, he taught at the universities of Wittenberg, Halle and Jena. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, philosopher and civil rights activist. From 1892 to 1894, he studied at what is now the Humboldt-Universität and at the University of Heidelberg. This public walk brings these two little-known black intellectuals into a fictional dialogue in performative stop-offs along the route. It explores the forgotten history of Black presence – and what this discovery can mean for the democratisation of city, university and society.

Organised by the neighbourhood initiative AW Amo-Straße, c/o Department of European Ethnology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

More Information: Nachbarschaftsinitiative Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße

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Start/Meeting Point: Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße 40/41 (ehemals: M-Straße), 10117 Berlin
Destination: Commemorative plaque for W.E.B. Du Bois in the main building of the Humboldt-Universität, Unter den Linden 7