Dr. Cassandra Mark-Thiesen

Global inequalities in knowledge production can have devise effects on the fabric of society. Dr. Mark-Thiesen is thus interested in the historical cultures of Africa. Thinking of historical production and dissemination in its multiplicity can help to bring forgotten or erased actors and stories back into the limelight. Moreover, thinking of how the present influences the production of history helps to give history the necessary authenticity.

She was born in Liberia to parents of Caribbean heritage. She later grew up in Switzerland, studied Communications and African Studies in the United States (Florida!), and completed her doctoral studies in African History in Oxford, UK.