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 […]
Sarah Merghani is a third-year Global Health undergraduate student at York University, specializing in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, with an interdisciplinary certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies. Her research interests center on African and diasporic health, forced displacement and migration, and the ways colonial legacies and anti-Black racism shape health and social outcomes for […]
Dr. Orji Boniface Ifeanyi, is a Lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies at the Babcock University, Nigeria. His scholarship sits at the crossroads of Migration history, economic history, cultural history, and development history. His research transcends boundaries and seamlessly moves between multiple fields in humanities and social sciences.
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 […]
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.
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 […]