Walking the African Quarter in Berlin

There isn’t anything particularly African about the African Quarter in Berlin.

Waiting to begin a decolonial tour in Wedding, a locality in the German capital, one looks for something that may connote ideas of the continent.

A majority Black population? No.

A splash of bustling markets selling the fresh produce and flavourful meals akin to those one may find in eastern or western Africa? Nope.

Instead one waits on a street much like many others in Berlin, yet below a dual sign that indicates you’re on the corner of Afrikanische and Swakopmunder Strasse.

Those familiar with Namibia will recognise the latter as names found at a Namibian coastal town that could quite convincingly be named the German Quarter.