Alexandra Antwi-Antwi-Boasiako is a German moderator of Ghanaian descent based in Hamburg.
She is a linguistic talent. And that doesn't just mean her multilingualism, but above all her ability to switch effortlessly between different codes, registers and languages. At the University of Warwick in the UK, she earned her Master's degree in Creative & Media Enterprises and is fluent in French as well as German, English and Twi.
Alexandra has been moderating a wide variety of events for several years and leads congresses and conferences them through in a confident, charming and humorous manner. She is characterised by her rhetorical skills, improvisational talent and versatility. This has gained her a reputation as one of Germany’s go-to moderators in the field literature & culture.
In addition to the International Literature Festival Berlin, she has graced the stages of the African Book Festival Berlin and the Black German Literature Festival "Resonanzen." Another of her highlights was the book launch of the German publication of Tsitsi Dangarembga's Tambudzai Trilogie.
A passion for literature has been a part of her life since childhood. From her humble beginnings as the winner of a sixth-grade reading competition to becoming a literary ambassador for the African Book Festival in Germany, she has come a long way.