Léonora Miano was born in Douala, Cameroon in 1973. She moved to France in 1991 and studied American literature in Valenciennes and Nanterre. Her first novel »L’intérieur de la nuit« [2005; Eng. »Dark Heart of the Night«, 2010] received numerous awards and was named the best debut of the year
is a Assistant Professor in Afrikanistik at the University of Bayreuth specializing in, among others, Afrophone literatures, African youth languages in the diaspora, and critical African studies. He studied linguistics and English literature in Cameroon and African linguistics, literatures in African languages, and developmental sociology at the University of Bayreuth,
Born in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon in 1960, Elisabeth Hack worked as a nurse and businesswoman in her home city before settling in Germany in 2000. Here she participated as a member and activist in the organisation »Flüchtlingsinitiative Brandenburg«, which is active on behalf of asylum seekers. She has