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Overview

I am an early modernist by training, with a research profile encompassing indigenous African epistemologies in the construction of the Americas, the formation of maroon communities around food sovereignty, and African intellectual history, with a particular focus on the contributions of African women.

  • I am a Research Associate on the project, entitled 'Inequality and Crisis in West African Economic Thought', which is led by Dr Gerardo Serra.
  • I am acting as a co-organiser of a British Academy International Writing Workshop for early-career women researchers from West African universities.
  • I am a co-applicant on a British Library Endangered Archives Project in Colombia, which aims to digitise and make available online a collection relating to the transatlantic slave trade of Africans in the 18th century.

I have been the recipient of individual and collaborative grants throughout my academic career, which has equipped me with expertise in design, management and budgeting.

My research interests include extending collaboration in projects that involve the global south and those that empower women. 

I am excited to announce the upcoming publication of my first book, entitled "African Memories, Foodways and Freedom in Colonial Colombia's Gold Mines," published by the British Academy and Oxford University Press.

I have held two postdoctoral fellowships: a British Academy Newton International Fellowship at King's College London and a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. Additionally, I have been a visiting researcher at the Centre of History, University of Lisbon.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Social History, "Memory and Freedom: The Rebellions of the African Population against Slavery in Antioquia and Southern Cartagena, in New Granada", Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Award Date: 17 Oct 2020

Master of Research, Asian and African Area Studies, "Local Responses to the European Enterprise of Evangelisation: the Adoption of Catholicism in the Kingdom of Kongo, 1483-1568", El Colegio de México

Areas of expertise

  • DT Africa
  • F1201 Latin America (General)
  • Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
  • ZA4450 Databases

Keywords

  • Africa
  • Food Sovereignty
  • Maroon communities
  • Latin America
  • History
  • Freedom
  • Datasets

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