Michaela Fink Boeken

Focusing on the female workforce in Ethiopia's textile industry, this social study by Michaela Fink explores the high labor turnover driven by the clash between rural community values and the demands of urban industrial life. It highlights the challenges these women face as they navigate their aspirations for modern careers and consumerism while struggling to attain even modest prosperity. Through their voices, Fink sheds light on the complexities of their experiences in a rapidly changing socio-economic landscape.

Many children in Namibia find themselves facing a social crisis. They have been abandoned or abused, are malnourished, homeless, or live in shacks that barely provide any protection. However, amidst these disastrous living conditions, children have developed remarkable survival skills, and come up with equally clever and disillusioned analyses of their situation. For three years, Michaela Fink and Reimer Gronemeyer conducted interviews in Namibia with women who take care of vulnerable children. The book gives these children a voice in interviews and essays.