Bakari, Is an emerging scholar in the field of History, with interest in economic, agrarian energy and environmental History. He obtained his first degree from the University of Maiduguri and a Master of Arts and PhD degrees from Bayero University Kano Nigeria. Bakari published papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented his works at National and […]
UDENSI Lawrence Okoronkwo is a Nigerian Sociologist with interest in Rural Sociology and Community Development. His research and teaching perspective focuses on applying sustainable development goals in addressing global environmental challenges especially among rural populations within Sub Saharan Africa. He currently lectures in the Department of Sociology, Federal University of Kashere, Nigeria.
Rose Ukeci Uwodha is a PhD candidate in sociology and anthropology at the University of Mons (Belgium). Her research focuses on political ecology, extractivism, and community resistance in gold-mining territories in the Ituri and Haut-Uele regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative methods, she examines vernacular knowledge, local imaginaries, […]
Emmanuel Ayoola is an international development professional, researcher, and practitioner working at the intersection of reparations, healing, historical memory, transitional justice, and African-diasporic justice. He currently serves as manager of grantmaking and impact at the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, where he supports governance, grantmaking systems, and donor stewardship for large-scale social impact initiatives. Emmanuel […]
Esther Elizabeth Lloyd (née Lambert) is a human geographer and planning scholar specializing in disaster vulnerability, risk, and resilience in Caribbean coastal communities. She holds a PhD in Planning from the University of Toronto and is currently a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Her research examines postcolonial governance, inequality, and access to short-term […]
Jude Idada is a winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, an AMAA best screenplay award, an AMAA for Best Film by An African in the Diaspora, an AFRIFF Globe best screenplay award, and an ANA prize for Drama alongside several other awards. Amongst others, Jude was selected as one of the writers for the […]
Britney Andrews is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her research examines gendered and racialized experiences of state-sanctioned and interpersonal violence, with attention to the ways these experiences are complicated through various vectors of power and privilege. She is currently focusing on police violence, carcerality and approaches to addressing […]
Dr. Muktari Garba is a sociologist and humanitarian researcher based in Northern Nigeria. He is currently affiliated with Yobe State University, Damaturu, where he is involved in teaching and research. His scholarly interests span energy insecurity, gendered vulnerabilities, armed conflict, humanitarian governance, public health, and socio-economic development in conflict-affected contexts. Dr. Garba has participated in […]
Michael Gervers is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. He has worked in Ethiopia since 1982 and made annual field trips from 2000 to 2020 to document its architectural, ecclesiastical and manuscript heritage. He publishes regularly on Ethiopian material culture, particularly rock-hewn and built architecture, and textiles. He raised sufficient funding to endow […]
Taylar Carty is a history PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the lives and experiences of enslaved and apprenticed Black girls in Barbados from 1750-1838. She is passionate about education and museums and has worked as a consultant and curator at various heritage sites in the UK.