Stefanie Hirsbrunner
Stefanie Hirsbrunner is a political scientist with a focus on Africa. She is the author of several non-fiction books, including “Sorry about Colonialism” and “Hotel Fünf Sterne” (engl. “Hotel Five Stars”). She most recently co/edited the anthology “Afrika: Radikal neu denken?” (engl. Africa: rethink radically?) , which was published in 2016. She moderates and teaches intercultural competence and business ethics. Since 2018 she has been running the bookstore InterKontinental in Berlin, which was honoured with the German award for bookstores (“Deutscher Buchhandlungspreis”) in 2021. Furthermore, she is a board member of the InterKontinental association which seeks to promote African literature in Germany.