Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Research Interests

Colonial history of labour migration and recruitment, Spanish Guinea, Eastern Nigeria, Calabar, smuggling, Fang societies, currencies, debt, kinship, bride-wealth, infrastructure, forced labour, taxation, contracts, violence, honor and colonial rule, Nigerian newspapers, Maoism in post-colonial Equatorial Guinea; Archives, digitization, Digital Humanities and hyperlinked footnotes; Latour, post-structuralist theories of imperialism and economy