Monika 'Mo' Yaa akoma Asumang (born 13 June 1963,

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) 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.

Biography

Asumang was born on 13 June 1963 to a Ghanaian father and German mother. She studied Visual Communication at the

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. Between 1997 and 2000 she presented the television show ''

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'' on German TV. She made her directing debut with the documentary '' Roots Germania'', which was nominated for a

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in 2008. Around the Football World Cup 2010, she made a documentary about South Africa called ''Road to Rainbow - Willkommen in Südafrika''. In 2014, Asumang created the documentary '' Die Arier (The Aryans).'' As one of the first black women on German television, she was targeted by racists. To address racism, she confronted racists in Germany, and travelled to the United States, where she had conversations with

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members. The documentary was also nominated for a Grimme-Preis. In 2016, Asumang wrote a book about her identity search and experiences meeting racists,

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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).''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Asumang, Mo 1963 births Living people Film people from Hesse Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin German people of Ghanaian descent Actors from Kassel Actresses from Hesse