She obtained her PhD in 2003 at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts. Her research interests are African Literature, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, Methodology of Cross-cultural Studies. Her current project is African Women at Home and Beyond - on concepts of Home, Migration and Identity in African Women Writing (Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam). She is also a full time flute teacher, and a gestallt and experiential family therapist.