Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department of Asian and African Studies | Regional Departments | African Studies | About us | History of Africa | Staff in the Section "African History" | Stefan Hoffmann, MA | Career Career 20.07.1977: born in Magdeburg 1997-2007 : studies in Ethnology / Politics / Modern History at FU Berlin 2001: research stay in Tansania seit 2007: scientific staff at the institute of African History, Prof Dr Andreas Eckert