Ahmed Sofa: German Perspective

German Perspective

German Perspective traces Ahmed Sofa’s journey through Germany in 1991, at a time when borders were shifting and certainties dissolving. Moving between train stations, private homes, and political conversations, Ahmed Sofa observes the country with the attentiveness of both guest and exile. His prose blends memory, reflection, and quiet irony to explore displacement, migration, and the fragile dignity of everyday life. With empathy and intellectual rigor, the book reveals Germany not as a fixed place but as a landscape of encounters, shaped by history and lived experience.

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First published in June 1991 by Bangla German Sampreeti

Ahmed Sofa with Peter Dietzel during his visit to Stumpertenrod in February 1991, which he described in “German Perspective” (photo: creative commons).
Ahmed Sofa in Stumpertenrod in February 1991 (photo by Peter Dietzel, creative commons).