Kokou Azamede is associate professor in the Department of German Studies of the University of Lomé. He was postdoctoral research fellow of DAAD (2010 & 2014 in Bremen), the Fritz Thyssen Foundation (2012-2013). His research interests are Postcolonial Cultural Theories (inter- and transcultural studies); German Colonialism, German Christian Missions, German colonial photography in West Africa. He created the website http://kolonialfotografie.com/ for pedagogical introduction to the use of colonial images from Togo.