CURRENT MISSION

Explore Africa

ABOUT ME

I could say I'm a smiling person who laughs a lot. I'm trying to enjoy my life and try not to spend my time worrying about the little stuff.

I hold a Master's degree in cultural anthropology. Throughout my studies, I have been focusing in the area of Africa, also studied African studies in Bayreuth, Germany and did a long term ethnographic fieldwork in Northern Ghana.
I work as a social entrerpreneurship with Slovenia-Ghana connection. Beside that, I sew and make unique and colorful clothes, accessories and jewelry from African print fabric (AfriKatja).

In my free time I like to hang out with my friends, listen to good music, make music, photograph, playing saxophone in our orchestra, read a good book/article/blog etc. making different handicraft, spend time in nature and with my dog, plan my next trip etc.

I have visited over 40 countries so far. I love traveling. Mostly to Africa. Although I spent quite much time in dfferent African countries, my biggest dream is still to travel far and wide across Africa and do some anthropological fieldwork there. To experience new cultures, go there without prejudices and without expectation. To see a world in a different way. To understand it.

PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy or not, personal or not - this is so true and I sympathize with it: "A man must travel. On his own, not through stories, pictures, books or TV. He’s got to travel by himself, with his eyes and feet, to understand what belongs to him. To plant his own trees one day and to value them. He must know the cold to enjoy the heat. And the opposite. Feel the distance and absence of shelter to feel well under his own roof. A man must travel to places that he does not know to break the arrogance that makes people see the world as they imagine it, and not simply as it is or can be. The arrogance that makes us teachers and doctors of what we have not seen, when we should only be students and simply go and learn." (Amyr Klink)

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

Tried it, loved it. Once you try CS, you cannot switch back to ho(s)tels! :)

Interessen

traveling, meeting other cultures, african studies, anthropology, music, saxophone, concerts, photography, languages, Africa travel blogging (safarijunkie.com), baking, crocheting, sewing and other handicrafts, animals etc.

• animals
• dogs
• culture
• books
• photography
• concerts
• baking
• tv
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• anthropology
• languages

Musik, Filme und Bücher

The Cat Empire, The Strokes, Beirut, Yann Tiersen, Adam Green, Simon & Garfunkel, The Doors, Beatles, Shantel, [dunkelbunt] ... Some ska, Balkan folk, jazz, big bands, electro swing, folk rock, ethno, reggae as well.

I'm not a movie freak, but I really like(d) Into the Wild, Amelie (sountrack!), Breakfast at Tiffany's, Il Postino, Midnight Express, The Shawshank Redemption, Inglourious Basterds etc.

Books, based on a true story, travelogues etc.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Travelled alone to many African countries and Iran.
Some people (but not me:) find that amazing...

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Mostly travelling experiences, also some basic music skills, (West) African cultures.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mauritania, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Western Sahara

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Germany, Ghana, Slovenia