PhD in African Studies at the University of Cologne; Thesis "The Extension of Social Criticism in the Swahili Novels of Euphrase Kezilahabi and Said Ahmed Mohamed"; Scholarships by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, and Sulzmann Foundation, Mainz
2001
Permanent exhibition on German colonial time in Tanzania in Arusha, Tanzania; grants by CDG/ASA, Berlin, and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn/Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Since 2000
Swahili language courses and seminars on Swahili literature at the Institute for African Studies at the University of Cologne
Since 1997
Several stays in Tanzania and Kenya (total of 16 months)
1995-2001
M.A. in African Studies, Modern History and Political Science at the University of Cologne, Germany, and at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales in Paris, France; M.A.Thesis "Metaphors and Allegories in Euphrase Kezilahabi's Early Novels"
1975
Born in Stuttgart, Germany
Field research
2003/04
Expert interviews and archival work on Kezilahabi's and Said Ahmed's novels in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar (Tanzania), Nairobi (Kenya) and Gaborone (Botswana; total of seven months)
2001
Oral history interviews and empirical social research in secondary schools on German colonial time in Tanzania
1999
Expert interviews on metaphors and allegories in Kezilahabi's early novels in Dar es Salaam (one month)
Publications
Book:
2007 [in preparation]
The Extension of Social Criticism in the Swahili Novels of Euphrase Kezilahabi and Said Ahmed Mohamed. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne.
Editorships:
Since 2000
Co-Editor Swahili Forum. Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne / (since 2003) Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. [Articles accepted in English, Swahili, French, German]
1999-2002
Co-Editor Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere (AAP; African Studies Working Papers). Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne. [Articles accepted in English, Swahili, French, German]
Articles in journals and proceedings:
2007 [in press]
Literary Answers to Glocalization. Aspects of Production and Reception in the Swahili Novels Makuadi wa Soko Huria (2002) and Bina-Adamu! (2002). Anja Oed & Uta Reuster-Jahn (Eds.). African Languages Literatures: Production, Mediation, Reception. Proceedings of the International Conference on African Languages Literatures (8th Janheinz Jahn Symposium). 17-20 November 2004. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Köln: Köppe.
Five reviews on Swahili novels for the UNESCO website Literature & Translation, provided by Litprom (Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Literatur aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika), Frankfurt am Main. http://www.litprom.de/literature-translation.
Eight articles in Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Hg.). Kindler Literatur Lexikon. Stuttgart & Weimar: Metzler. Titles: Kezilahabi, Euphrase [biographical sketch]; Kichomi [poetry collection]; Nagona / Mzingile [novels]; Rosa Mistika [novel]; Mohamed, Said Ahmed [biographical sketch]; Amezidi [drama]; Asali Chungu [novel]; Babu Alipofufuka [novel]
Interviews (in Swahili):
Shafi, Adam. 2008 [in preparation]
Mazungumzo na Lutz Diegner juu ya Riwaya za Mwandishi. Swahili Forum 15.
Kezilahabi, Euphrase. 2007 [in preparation]
Mazungumzo na Lutz Diegner juu ya Riwaya za Mwandishi na Uandishi wake kwa ujumla. Gaborone, Botswana, 1-5 Oktoba 2003.
Mohamed, Said Ahmed. 2007 [in preparation]
Mazungumzo na Lutz Diegner juu ya Riwaya za Mwandishi na Uandishi wake kwa ujumla. Bayreuth, Ujerumani, 26 Julai 2003 na Mainz, Ujerumani, 24 Novemba 2004.