Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GAAL (Of Awful Connections, East German Primitives and the New Black Berlin Wall: Germany and German History in African American Literature, 1892-2016)

“‘It used to be ‘Aimez-vous Paree?’ that the black GI ran to,’ my dad said, rolling slowly in his chair, up to and back from his desk. ‘But you and your cousin can’t get enough of that ‘Sprechen Sie Jive?’’” This quote from African American writer Darryl...