Andreas Ströhl manages the Goethe Institutes of the Sub-Saharan Africa region from the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg. Before that, he managed the institutes in the USA, Canada, and Mexico from Washington D.C. From 2003 to 2011, he was the director of the Munich Film Festival. He earned his doctorate with a dissertation on Vilém Flusser's cultural theory. Among his published books is the "Song Atlas", a social history by a German rhythm and blues fan who traveled the United States searching for the places referred to in the great blues and rock songs he loved so much.
