21 juillet 2021
editorial board, « From War-Torn Europe to Colonial Africa », TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research, ID : 10670/1.itobuh
By Alfred Tembo and Jochen Lingelbach While World War II was ravaging Europe, thousands of Polish people found a safe haven in British colonial Africa. This forgotten history shows us that migration patterns are constantly changing. A group of Polish and African fieldworkers, probably in Tengeru, Tanganyika. From the collection of Katarzyna Oko, courtesy of Fatimah and Amena Amer. Less than eighty years ago, the Middle East and, particularly, Africa provided a safe haven for refugees fro...