Ekene Okobi

Reporter

Ekene Okobi is a reporter based in Berlin.

Ekene Okobi is a reporter based in Berlin.


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The AfroZensus is an effort to quantify Blackness in Germany

​​​​​​The country collects no data on race and ethnicity, a direct result of the country’s Nazi past. Unfortunately, this also hampers the ability to significantly address institutionalized racism and its effects on the lives of everyday Black Germans. 

"Willkommenskultur" is hot right now in Germany. The was word coined by politicians as a part of a campaign to attract highly qualified immigrant workers to sparsely populated areas of the country.

Germany’s ‘welcome culture’ is fueled mainly by volunteers

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