1871 - 1943
Mandenga Diek
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| Birthday |
15th September, 1871
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| Birthplace |
Belltown, Douala, Cameroon
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| Died |
21st June, 1943
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| Place of Death |
Danzig, Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, Germany
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Occupation Text |
Shoemaker and businessman
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Mandenga Diek (15 September 1871 – 21 June 1943) was a shoemaker and businessman who is known as the first black person to acquire citizenship of the German Empire. Born in Belltown, Douala, Cameroon, into an upper-class family, Diek travelled to Hamburg in 1891 for education. At that time, his home was a German colony. In Hamburg, Diek started an apprenticeship with a shoemaker and passed his examinations as a journeyman. In 1895, his daughter, Erika Mandenga, was born; Diek obtained Hamburg (hence German) citizenship in 1896 and married Erika's mother in 1897. He was not allowed to return to Cameroon with his family and became a salesman and trader in Hamburg. He later moved to Danzig (Gdańsk), where he married for a second time, fathering two daughters. He started a wholesale business trading in colonial goods and lived a comfortable life until the Nazi Party took power in 1933 and he and his family suffered harassment. After unsuccessfully attempting to return to Cameroon, Diek died in 1943.
