Christian Boness is Senior Lecturer at the Pedagogical Seminar of the University of Göttingen, Germany. He holds Master’s degrees in Theology and Political Sciences and a Doctorate in Intercultural Education. He already has several years of experience as an international consultant at the Institute for Cross-cultural Practice and Conflict Management in Germany, working with organisations cooperating with East Africa. He has published several articles and books on cross-cultural communication and mediation in European and African contexts.