This edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany
during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond
political elites it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these
encounters and sheds light on migration media development and solidarity through personal
and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings the volume
shows how the encounters albeit often brief significantly influenced both African and East
German histories.
