Professor Saheed Aderlnto, Florida International University.
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This lecture is about the emergence of scholarship on animal-human histroy in African studies. It focuses on theoretical and methodological issues that influence how scholars write animals into African history. Saheed Aderlnto is Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University. He is the author and editor of eight books, including Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa: The Human and Nonhuman Creatures of Nigeria (Ohio University Press, 2022). Aderinto is a 2023 winner of the prestigious Dan David Prize for his work situating African history at the cutting edge of diverse literatures in the history of sexuality, nonhumans, and violence.