Episode 19 (English) with Dr Ohiniko Toffa

In this episode, Dr. Ohiniko Toffa, talks about the entangled history of his home country Togo and the former colonial power Germany. He works as provenance researcher at the Ethnological Museum Berlin. In his previous position, he was part of a team at the Ethnological Museums of Leipzig and Dresden which explored the provenance of their holdings from Togo. Dr Toffa has co-edited the volume „Transformative Archive“ published by Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung. He acquired his doctorate in German Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of Bremen with the publication „Christliche Moral und koloniale Herrschaft in Togo: Die Missionskonzeption Franz Michael Zahns (1862-1900)“. The conversation took place on 02 April 2026 in Berlin.