Funding Source: Wellesley College, Kezfil Trust, IWI – This study uses the controlled comparison method to investigate the role of women and gender dynamics in the creation of communities of freedom that constitute the Returned African Diasporas in West Africa. … Continue reading The African Diaspora Returns Home with a Focus on Women

My project, Losing Laroche: The Story of the Titanic’s Only Black Passenger, is the first in-depth study of the only black family on-board the RMS Titanic. The story of the Haitian Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, his French wife Juliette Lafargue, … Continue reading Losing Laroche: The Story of the Only Black Passenger on the Titanic