Florvil received her doctorate in modern European history from the University of South Carolina in 2013.
The focus is on the activism of Afro-German women, whose voices have decisively shaped the ideas of black politics and solidarity in Germany.
Florvil describes Audre Lorde's influence on the emergence of an Afro-German community and shows that the German protagonists of Black Feminism in contrast to the American ones - Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison or Angela Davis – are hardly known.
[2][3] The study shows the significance of the history of Black Germans, which has hardly been researched and has received little social attention to date, and is closely linked to racism and nationalism, especially with regard to the role of Black women in the emergence of a transnational Movement.
[4] The work received wide recognition in various scientific fields and was highly praised by many critics.