Semiu Adegbenle
BA History & International Studies, Osun State University, Nigeria; MA History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
- semiu@u.northwestern.edu
- Field(s): Africa
- Specialization: African Diaspora and African American History; Colonial, Imperial, and Diasporic History
- Dissertation Title: “Togolese Yoruba:” Politics of Community Building in an Ethnic Frontier, 1762-1975"
- Advisor(s): Sean Hanretta
Biography
Semiu is a doctoral candidate in African history at Northwestern University, with a secondary focus on Latin American and Caribbean history. His research explores racialized slavery, governance, and diaspora in West Africa, using colonial archival records, oral histories, vernacular literature, and material culture. His dissertation examines the effects of the Atlantic slave trade and colonial boundary-making on identity politics, linguistic evolution, and missionary activities among Yoruba-speaking (Ana/Ife) communities in Togo from 1760s to 1975.