Title: Search for Truth and Claims of Jewish Identity in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya
PhD Supervisor & 2nd Reader: Aidan Russell and Carolyn Biltoft
Expected completion date: 2024
My thesis examines the adoption of and return to Jewish identity among some communities in sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on the reasons for such moves, their characteristics as well as the effects of those dynamics on the understanding of the concept of Jewishness.
I am examining the place of Truth in the choice of Judaism by some emerging Jewish communities on the continent. Broadly, my research studies group identities' construction. I received my master's degree in International History from the Graduate Institute of Geneva and did my undergraduate studies in History at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant at the Graduate Institute Department of International History and Politics from September 2019 to August 2021
Pierre du Bois scholarship 2018-2019