• Figure 12. “‘Smile, please, Adriana!’ Adriana Hayford obliged our reporter, who met her in the Berlin City Center at Friedrichstrasse Train Station. Adriana—the friendly girl from Ghana—studies art history and theater in Berlin and enjoys writing home about her interesting classes. Above: (Adriana’s) thoughts are with her parents at home.” (caption text from Bundesarchiv) Hayford is shown mailing her letter in this highly stylized pose. Contrary to the caption, Hayford is decidedly not smiling. Zentralbild Brüggeman Co., February 8, 1962 (Bundesarchiv).

Adriana Hayford

From African Students in East Germany, 1949-1975 by Sara Pugach

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  • German Studies
  • African Studies
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