Welcome to my page. Glad you’re here.

So yeah, I’m studying History and Religious Studies – and I know, that sounds like a lot. But honestly? It’s really just the logical next step in a search that started way earlier.

Originally, I was headed in a completely different direction: I started with a basic law degree. If Corona hadn’t happened, I probably would’ve just kept going down that classic path – and never really dived into the stuff that actually always fascinated me: Germany’s colonial history in Africa. Growing up as a Black German woman, I learned pretty much nothing about the history of that continent or how it connects to Germany. Not at home. Not in school.

There’s this one moment from my final school years that’s always stuck with me: My history teacher straight up told me colonial history wasn’t in the curriculum. Period. That was it.

Then, by pure chance, I found out there actually WAS a study program that covered exactly these topics. So after finishing my basic law degree, I switched to African Studies. Finally, I could really dig into the history of a continent that, in our textbooks, mostly just shows up as a footnote.

Living in this society as a Black German, you’re kinda pushed to want to understand the „African“ part of yourself better. The questions come from outside: „No, but where are you REALLY from?“ – and at some point, you start asking yourself the same thing. But the longer I searched, the clearer it became: Why only that one part? Why not dig into the German side, too?

Because on the other side of my family, there were stories too. My great-grandfather spent years researching our family tree. When I was a teenager, he told me a lot about history and Germany’s past – about Prussia, about wars, about everything that happened. But back then? Honestly? Zero interest. Teenagers don’t exactly have time for „grandpa’s old stories.“ These days, I’d love to listen. I’d love to ask him questions. But he’s not around anymore. And here I am, with all these stories I never heard – and this burning need to find them anyway.

The deeper I got into African Studies, the more I realized: Even here, not all my questions get answered. I came across so much stuff that blew my mind – and also made me angry, because it really should be part of every German’s basic knowledge. And it became more and more obvious: Religion plays a huge role in shaping the world as we know it today. So I started studying Religious Studies on the side, while working.

So yeah – four subjects: Law, African Studies, History, Religious Studies. At first glance, they seem totally unrelated. But they all circle back to the same question: **How do people, societies, and states become what they are?**

Law gave me the tools to understand structures – laws, constitutions, systems. But something was missing. Perspective. The question about the people who weren’t included in those systems…

I guess in the end, it’s not just about understanding that one part that society expects you to figure out. It’s about understanding both parts – and maybe, through that, understanding myself…

This blog is where all those questions come together…