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Research interests
Wide range of interests broadly structured around African engagement with the early Atlantic world and mercantilism. Specific areas of interest include:
- Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic Diasporas
- The history of race and slavery in the Atlantic
- Creolization
- New Christians in Europe, the Americas and West Africa
- Connections between the precolonial, the colonial and the postcolonial state in Africa
- African economic history and its intersection with world economic history
- Cultural and economic links between Brazil and Africa, 16th-19th centuries
Research interests (short)
African engagement with the early Atlantic world and mercantilism.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
Doctor of Philosophy, Masters of Difference: Creolization and the Jewish Presence in Cabo Verde, 1497-1672, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 1 Jan 2007
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 1996
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 1996
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