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May Ayim (3 May 1960 in Hamburg – 9 August 1996 in Berlin) is the pen name of May Opitz (born Brigitte Sylvia Andler); she was an Afro-German poet, educator, and activist. The child of a German dancer and Ghanaian medical student, she lived with a white German foster family when young.
May Ayim (geboren als Brigitte Sylvia Andler am 3. Mai 1960 in Hamburg; † 9. August 1996 in Berlin) war eine deutsche Dichterin, Pädagogin und Aktivistin der afrodeutschen Bewegung.
May 17, 2015 · May Ayim is an Afro-German poet, educator, author, and activist known for her pioneering work in the field of Afro-German history, specifically her instrumental role in founding the Initiative Schwarze Deutsche (ISD), which translates to the Initiative of Black People in Germany.
Sep 6, 2017 · It has been almost twenty-one years since Black German activist, educator, writer, and public intellectual May Ayim died on August 9, 1996 at the age of 36. After facing some personal setbacks and a recent diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Ayim committed suicide by jumping from her apartment building in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
May Ayim was one of the most influential founding figures of Afro-Deutsch studies in Germany. Born to a German mother and Ghanian father in 1960, she grew up in a white foster family in Germany.
Apr 26, 2023 · The term was largely coined by the poet, teacher, and activist May Ayim, who is considered one of the most important voices in the Black community in Germany. Most of her literary remains are accessible to the public in the University Archives of Freie Universität Berlin. In the 1980s and 1990s Ayim worked repeatedly at Freie ...
Jun 3, 2022 · In her suicide note on August 9, 1996, Black German activist-intellectual May Ayim sadly wrote, “I have lived and experienced more than many people who are twice as old [as me].” 1 This sentence details just how much Ayim had accomplished and endured in her thirty-six short years of life.
