l hold a PhD in History from the University of Mississippi. My research focuses on colonial prison systems, medical history, and public health in Africa, with particular interest in the intersections of incarceration, healthcare and colonial governance.  My broader scholarly interests include humanitarian governance, indigenous healthcare systems, food studies, gender, migration and US-African relations during the decolonization era.

My dissertation examines the development of prison healthcare in colonial Southern Nigeria. It explores multiple medical practices and the involvement of diverse actors in maintaining prison medical facilities and supplies, health disparities between European and Indigenous inmates, the interconnections between prison and public health systems, and the management of mental patients.

 I obtained my bachelor’s degree in History and international studies from Adekunle Ajasin University and a master’s degree in History from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Prior to joining academia in the United States, I worked in Nigeria’s media industry as an administrator, with over a decade of professional experience.