Research Team

Fatoumata Cham

My name is Fatoumata Cham, a female activist currently living in Germany Bremen. I am a graduate with a bachelor of science in nursing from the university of The Gambia.

Gift Dooshima Terhemen

My name is Gift Dooshima Terhemen, I am a Nigerian living in Bremen. I'm a woman, mother and an activist. I am a graduate of political science from a reputable university in Nigeria.

I am participating in this research project because i see how most of our Africa women and their black German children are being maltreated by some of the staffs in some organizations, especially in Standesamt, and most of these women are not outspoken and as a result getting sick and frustrated about the whole situation which i find unacceptable and decided to speak out to the public on behalf of these women. I am passionate about seeing people happy, living their lives to the fullest and seeing that everyone is treated with respect.

My mission in this project is to make the public know (even though it's already very glaring, but just to reiterate) how terribly the Germans are excising their white supremacy over black/ Africans in every aspect and to see to it that it comes to an end. Everyone reading should please add your voices to ours to abolish racism in our dear state/country. Thank you.

Katharina Schramm

I am an anthropologist and professor at the University of Bayreuth. In my teaching and writing I focus on race and racism, citizenship and global inequalities. I am interested in understanding how classifications shape people's life chances and how these knowledge practices are themselves shaped by historical and political factors. As a feminist scholar, I am passionate about collaboration and intellectual generosity. In this project, I have learned a lot: not only about the injustices surrounding age in the German legal landscape, but also about the analytical power of the stories that people shared with us. I hope that with this project we can provide information and inspiration for people to not accept the injustices of the current migration regime.

Omar Janneh

I was originally born and raised in Gambia, and am currently living in Bremen / Germany. I came to Germany in 2018 as an African minor migrant and must go through asylum process. As newly came in this country is to go to school, learn the language, be integrated, meet new friends, be useful to the state/ society or country and above all for my future.

After arriving in Bremen, you must do an interview, in this interview, some of the relevant question they will asked, are the reason you leave your country, why you choose Bremen, and how old are you. But in most interview, they are only interested in your age. After the interview they have to decide your age, and when you are above 18, you have to go for medical test or bone test. In 2018 I became an activist, because of the condition me and my fellow friends were living in a camp called GOTTLIEB DAIMLER STRAßE. In this camp more than 90 young African migrants were living. living condition on this camp was very unbearable, this is a place where no human beings deserved to live. The people there were voiceless, lots of social necessities were denied, our right as a human being was being violated in all forms.

Since I was also a victim of this camp, my goal was to make changes, that people who are living in this place can lived in a decent life like any other person. But this happens to be a hard fight as we taught. Some of my goals was that first, Migrants could speech for them self. Me and people who were in this camp could have access to Education, Health, Shelter, Inclusion and to close, the worst camp ever in Bremen. Gottlieb Damlier straße. To call the attention or make awareness of the society towards this inhuman treatment going on.

My biggest achievements or my motivation on this project, is to make more awareness on topic like, Camp life, Racism, Age Determination, Exclusion and to give chance to the voiceless. To make the world know that age determination is a Human right violation.

And above all, we fight to closed the camp Gotlie Damilier Straße. This is an inspirational tool for me to continue fighting as an activists and to also inspired others, that when we fight together, we will always make changes.

Sabine Netz

I am a PhD student in social and cultural anthropology. In 2018, during my PhD research on age estimations and their effects, I read a newspaper article about activists in Bremen protesting against age determinations. I was intrigued and contacted them and have been following their activities ever since, as both a journalist and anthropologist. In 2020, Siaka and I talked and thought of doing “something together”. We asked Katharina, Omar, and later G.T. and Fatoumata to join. I was passionate about the idea of working together in a research project: I wanted to co-produce knowledge that serves actual people, not just abstract discussions at academic conferences. I knew I and others could learn a lot from the activists' practices, perspectives and analyses. And I was and am standing with activists in our goal to abolish racist laws and practices that violently hierarchize human lifes, life chances and conditions. My vision is that we all learn to live and love in ways that are nurturing, caring and respectful for every-one and every-thing on this planet, not discriminating what and who receives our love and kindness.

Siaka Konteh