BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee: Dr. Edda Brandes Ethnomusicologist, cultural projects in Africa, president of the association BENKADI Culture Space Africa	Trustee: Jutta Vogel Established the foundation in 2003, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, member of the Board of Trustees of the Museumsgesellschaft Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Cologne, travel photographer, focus Sahara Trustee: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Touré Lector for Bambara (grammar, conversation, literature), Institute for African Studies/University of Cologne. Main research: Mali and the West African empires in german literature. Writer.