Liz Adamo and Lanna Demers, Masters students in the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU, presented at the “Emerging Perspectives in Africana Studies” Conference hosted by the Africana Studies Program at BGSU on Friday, February 13th at Olscamp Hall. Adamo presented her paper, titled “Germaine Tillion’s Colonial Writing: Complicity and Resistance” as part of the panel titled “Artistic Expression in Africa and its Diaspora.” Demers presented her paper, titled “Bloody Ivory: The Story of Illegal Poaching and its Global Influence” as part of the panel titled “Christianity, Empire, and Economic Exploitation.”

Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, professor of history, also serves as director of the Africana Studies department, and gave opening remarks at the event.

Lanna Demers and Liz Adamo at the Africana Studies conference