Berlin to rename 'Moor Street' after black philosopher Anton Wilhelm Amo

Campaigners welcome decision after years of protest against Mohrenstrae' name

Berlin authorities have announced they are to rename Mohrenstrae (Moor Street") in the city's Mitte district after the country's first black philosopher, Anton Wilhelm Amo.

The decision follows years of protest by postcolonial campaigners, including historians and ethnologists, who had criticised the street name as racist.