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Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She held the position of chair of the Department of African and African American Studies from 2006-2013. In summer...
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Emmanuel K. Akyeampong

Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies
Professor Akyeampong joined the History faculty at Harvard upon receiving his Ph.D. in African History from the University of Virginia in 1993. He received his master's degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina in 1989, where he concentrated on...
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Lowell Andrew Brower

African Studies, with a primary field in Anthropology
Lowell Brower is a doctoral candidate in African & African American Studies with a primary field in Anthropology. His research centers on African oral traditions and post-conflict storytelling practices in East and Central Africa. His dissertation...
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Jean Comaroff

Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies
Jean Comaroff was educated at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics. After a spell as research fellow in medical Anthropology at the University of Manchester, she moved to the University of Chicago, where she was remained until...
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John Comaroff

Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies
John Comaroff is Professor of African and African-American Studies and Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Scholar, at Harvard University. Before joining the Department of African and African American Studies, John Comaroff was the Harold H. Swift...
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Sangu Delle

African Studies with a Secondary Field in Economics
Class of 2010
Mr. Delle is currently enrolled in the JD/MBA program at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School and serves as a Resident Tutor in Law, Business & Global Citizenship at Adams House. After graduation, he worked as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in...
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Boubacar Diakite

Preceptor of the African Language Program
Boubacar Diakite is the preceptor of African Language Program in the department of African and African American Studies at Harvard. He is a linguist with specialization in Phonetics and Phonology of Mande languages. He was born in Mali, West Africa, where...
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Alejandro de la Fuente

Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics
Professor of African and African American Studies and of History
Director, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University
A historian of Latin America and the Caribbean who specializes in the study of comparative slavery and race relations, Professor de la Fuente joined Harvard University after holding faculty appointments at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of...

Ralph "Tre" Hunt III

Class of 2015
Tre Hunt is a senior in Quincy House from Durham, NC. Tre is fascinated by foreign cultures, and hopes to one day serve as a bridge between sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and his native United States.
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Oluwadara Johnson

African American Studies
Class of 2010
Since 2008, Oluwadara (Dara) Johnson has been working to improve educational opportunities for the underprivileged children in Nigeria via Project Unveil, a social enterprise that she founded, which uses performing arts to empower and educate “at-risk”...
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Joanna Lipper

Lecturer on African and African American Studies
Joanna Lipper is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and author of the nationally acclaimed book, Growing Up Fast. As a Lecturer at Harvard University, she teaches Using Film For Social Change. Her work as a documentary filmmaker has been supported...
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Carla Martin

Lecturer on African and African American Studies
Carla D. Martin, PhD, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute (FCCI) and a Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her work at the FCCI focuses on identifying...
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