Last week, I traveled from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to celebrate the 175th anniversary of AWMS with members and friends of the AWOGA Washington D.C. Chapter.

Photo Credit: Domonique Fofanah

I participated in CIES 2023 in Washington DC and co-presented with a former student who, Adama Samura, who joined virtually from Sierra Leone. Check out what Adama and I had to say about youth perspectives on gender, violence, and politics in Sierra Leone.

What are secondary schoolboys’ perspectives on contemporary gender and education inequalities in Sierra Leone? Join a presentation on chapter three of my dissertation at the GSWS Research Colloquium on Wednesday, February 15 from 12-1:30PM (EDT).

On June 16, 1976, hundreds of students in Soweto, South Africa lost their lives protesting their deplorable Bantu apartheid education system. Today, we remember them and celebrate children and youth across the continent.

I recently spent 10 wonderful days in Accra, Ghana researching and learning the untold African and Black histories of education, liberation, creativity, and collaboration.