My multicultural background has always held lots of fascination for me. Having a German mother and a Ghanaian father, I learned from an early age that there are distinct ways of looking at things and contrasting aspects that form part of the individual cultures. The beauty is not making wrong what is different but rather valuing and openly embracing diverse perspectives.

I went to school in Germany where I was born. Then I spent a gap year in Ghana. That year was packed full of travelling to various regions in Ghana, spending time with relatives, starting to learn my father’s mother tongue Twi and participating in voluntary workcamps in different parts of the country.

Back in Germany I studied law, got married, got divorced and then decided to move to Ghana to further pursue legal training and practise law in Ghana. I had always felt a strong connection to Ghana as my father described his country so vividly that it instilled in me the longing to experience living there for myself.

It is a very different experience to visit a place during holidays than to make a place your permanent home. I went through periods of adjustment, cultural shock, deep learnings, made wonderful friends along the way, spent time with family and was able to start my own law firm. The building years were busy and most of the skills I acquired apart from practising law, were self-taught. I became very resourceful and made Ghana my home.