Semiu Adegbenle

- semiuadegbenle2027@u.northwestern.edu
- Field(s): Africa
- Specialization: Colonial, Imperial and Diasporic History; Economic & Labor History
- Advisor(s): Sean Hanretta
Biography
Semiu is a doctoral student in the Department of History. He had his Bachelor in History and International Studies at the Osun State University, Osogbo (Nigeria), and Master's in History at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan (Nigeria). During his Master's program at Ibadan, he spent six-months as an Erasmus+ exchange student in the Institute of African Studies, Leipzig University, Saxony, Germany. He is interested in race, ethnicity, identity making and the political culture of transnational migrants across British/ French West Africa. His hobbies include leisure walking, biopic, and sky-gazing.