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German film director, television presenter, voice actor and film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monika 'Mo' Yaa akoma Asumang (born 13 June 1963, Kassel) is a German presenter, filmmaker, actress and writer. She created the 2014 documentary The Aryans, in which she confronts racists in both Germany and the US.
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Born | Monika Yaa akoma Asumang 13 June, 1963 Kassel, Germany |
Occupation(s) | Presenter, filmmaker, actress and writer |
Asumang was born on 13 June 1963 to a Ghanaian father and German mother.[1][2] She studied Visual Communication at the University of Kassel.[2] Between 1997 and 2000 she presented the television show Liebe Sünde on German TV.[3] She made her directing debut with the documentary Roots Germania, which was nominated for a Grimme-Preis in 2008.[2][4][5] Around the Football World Cup 2010, she made a documentary about South Africa called Road to Rainbow - Willkommen in Südafrika.[2]
In 2014, Asumang created the documentary Die Arier (The Aryans).[1] As one of the first black women on German television, she was targeted by racists.[6] To address racism, she confronted racists in Germany, and travelled to the United States, where she had conversations with Ku Klux Klan members.[6][7] The documentary was also nominated for a Grimme-Preis.[8]
In 2016, Asumang wrote a book about her identity search and experiences meeting racists, Neo-Nazis and Ku-Klux-Klan members face to face, titled Mo und die Arier: Allein unter Rassisten und Neonazis (Mo and the Aryans: Alone among racists and Neo-Nazis).[9]
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