Biography

I was born in Cologne/Germany. After having completed my M.A. in African Studies, Linguistics and Ethnology I started in 2002 to work in a DAAD program (German Academic Exchange Service) for German Lecturers who are sent to universities all over the world. I spent 6 years in Dakar/Senegal (Université Cheikh Anta Diop) until October 2008 and moved then to Bamako/Mali where I work in the German Section of the Language Departement of the Bamako University. Part of my work besides teaching is to promote german scholarship programs and to support our faculty in curricula-, cooperation- and reform-matters. Since September 2009 I am enrolled in the certificate program "Distance Education, Globalization and Development" in order to specialize in this domain.