Austen P. Brandt
Married and father of three, Austen P. Brandt lives and works as a protestant pastor in Duisburg-Walsum. Born in London in 1952, he moved to Essen, Germany as a two-year-old. Later in his life the contact to his Nigerian family deepened.
Additional responsibilities in various associations and groups, such as SHEBA, the ISD (an initiative of Black Germans and Blacks in Germany), AKTIONCOURAGE, Yves-Sayongo-Stipendienfonds (a scholarship fund), the Interkulturelle Rat (Intercultural Council) and Phoenix e.V., as well as supplementary trainings and contacts in Europe and Africa are all part of his work.