Susanne Stemmler (PhD) is Head of Literature and Humanities at the House of World Cultures in Berlin. She is the editor of the book, Hip-hop and rap music in Algeria, France, Italy, Cuba and Latin America (2007),the author of Topographies of the Gaze: Orientalism in French 19th Century Literature (2004) and various articles on urban culture, migration, diversity and hip-hop in New York, Paris, Marseille, Algiers, Dakar and also on francophone literature and cinema in North- and Westafrica (Interview in german language).