My Background
I have received my undergraduate training in the Social Sciences, where I took classes in Critical Migration Theory, Border Studies, Urban Sociology, and Gender. Outside of the classroom I read widely about African History and Political Theory. In my thesis I compared different theories of African Socialism and concluded that most were best understood with the Marxist concept of Bonapartism. From there, I undertook a thorough study of global labor history, imperialism, colonialism and slavery and wrote my Master’s thesis in African Studies on class formation, identity and everyday culture in Zanzibar from the abolition of slavery until the eve of revolution in 1964. I also devoted term papers to John Okello, Hashil Seif Hashil, and Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, and traced different narratives regarding the revolution and its class content.
Since I had also given workshops about German colonial history, I developed a stronger interest for the debate about restitution and began to engage more theoretically with museums and cultural institutions, leading to several roles in academia and the art sector, where I encountered numerous other sources of inspiration. In 2025, my first academic contribution was published with De Gruyter, as well as two articles I have written for exhibition readers.
Currently, I research media and technology from a Black Studies perspective, combined with my interest in publishing, journalism, and information science. As of March 2026, I am joining the ERC-funded project WAVEMATTERS as a student assistant at the Institute of European Ethnology.
| Experience | |
|---|---|
| Student Assistant 03/2026– | HU Berlin | Institute of European Ethnology ERC WAVEMATTERS Project |
| Store Manager 03/2025–08/2025 | Archive Books Souq HKW Sales, financial administration and orders, event management |
| Trainee 10/2023–02/2025 | HKW | Communication & Publication Practices Copy writing, editing, translation, social media, PR |
| Internship 03/2023–04/2023 | Galerie SLP Copy writing, web editing and shop management |
| Office Manager 01/2023–09/2023 | Contemporary And Office and event management, shipping and logistics |
| Student Assistant 01/2022–12/2022 | TU Berlin | Department of Art History Research and support for the planning and organization of classes |
| Student Assistant 09/2021–09/2023 | HU Berlin | Department of African History Research and support for the planning and organization of classes |
| Internship 10/2020–11/2020 | neues deutschland | Politics News Desk Research, writing and editing of articles on international politics |
| Student Assistant 07/2017–06/2018 | Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | Referat Migration & Diversity Web editing, proofreading, evaluation of events |
| Education | |
| Master 04/2025–today | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Ethnography |
| Master 10/2020–today | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Asian and African Studies |
| Bachelor 10/2016–03/2023 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Social Sciences (2,1) |
Conferences | |
| 2022 | Afrikagespräche – Koloniales Afrika |
| Fellowships | |
| 2024 | Momus Arts Journalism Residency |
| 2023 | Viennacontemporary – Join the Conversation |
| 2021 | NdM-Mentoring |