An Interview With Poetess and Humanitarian Sylvia Wohlfarth
Editor’s note: I caught up with Sylvia right after she moved back to Germany, realizing her beloved Ireland would not fare well in the coming pandemic. She had, in fact, just got off the plane and needed some time to adjust to her new surroundings before dealing with the likes of me — Such are the times we live in — Fortunately for us, Sylvia Wohlfarth acclimated, and has graciously agreed to go forward with the interview.
Storymaker: First off, I want to thank you for receiving me and to let you know how pleased I am to have this opportunity. Many writers on Medium are curious about you.
Sylvia Wohlfarth: And I thank you, Michael, for choosing to interview me. I only hope I live up to your and readers’ expectations. This is indeed an honour for me.
Storymaker: You have told us that your nationality is both Nigerian and Irish, or perhaps that is the other way around. Would you give us a bit of a back story; the where and the when of some of it?
Sylvia Wohlfarth: Well, I’ll try and keep this short and refrain from digressing as both the Irish and Nigerians love doing when telling stories.
My Nigerian father went to Ireland in the late 1940s/ early 1950s to study medicine at Cork University. He was one of the first black students. He met my…
