Sheba Abena Wiafe is currently completing her PhD at York University in the Social and Political Thought Program. Her research focuses on investigating the migratory movements of African women to Europe against the histories of the trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic slave trade through Black critical theoretical and psychoanalytic approaches. Her written work is forthcoming with The […]
Oluwatosin John IBITOYE is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in Ethnomusicology (Music and Digital Culture) at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He currently lectures at the Department of Performing Arts and Film Studies, Kwara State University, Nigeria, and a Visiting Faculty at IAUSS, China. His research focuses on ethnomusicology, digital culture/humanities, music and gender studies, performance […]
Akinwale, Fehintola Tunbosun, Ph.D was born about 4 decades ago. She holds a Doctoral Degree in History, from the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan in 2022. M. A History from the department in 2014 and, a Bachelor Degree in History Education, from Obafemi Awolowo University in 2006. She teaches at the […]
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 […]
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.
Feisal Farah is a Teaching Assistant in History at the University of Toronto and was previously an instructor at the American University of Nigeria. He is affiliated with the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the University of Hull and the Harriet Tubman Institute at York University.Farah has expertise in […]
Isabella Akaliza is a 3rd year PhD candidate in Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies at York University. Her research examines the lived experiences of African sex workers, centring Audre Lorde’s theory of the erotic as a site of connection, relationality, and knowledge production. Engaging Black feminist thought and transnational feminist methodologies, her work challenges dominant […]
Mary Uhunoma Isibor, PhD is a Lecturer in History and International Studies at the University of Benin, Nigeria. Her research spans gender and economic history, entrepreneurship, migration and diaspora studies, socio-cultural history, and peace and conflict studies, with current work examining the resilience of African and Black women entrepreneurs in Toronto and across the diaspora. […]