Politics Germany
Member of European Parliament
Alliance 90/The Greens
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Afro-German politician, human rights activist, and scholar Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana was born in Bamako, Mali, but grew up in Dakar, Senegal, the daughter of a Cape Verdean mother, Dona Joaquina Semedo-Lopès, who was Christian, and a Guinean father who was Muslim. Her early experience with nationalities and religions greatly influenced the course of her life. A brilliant student, she was sent to Paris, France, to attend the Sorbonne where she earned a master’s degree in German sociolinguistics. She received another master’s degree in literature from the University of Trier in Germany; and a doctorate in political science from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, also in Germany, where she taught French as a second language. Read more about her on BlackPast.org.