Fall 2017 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, Africana studies
Afifa Ltifi is a second year Ph.D. student in Africana studies. She received a B.A. in English and an M.A. in cross-cultural studies from the Higher Institute of Languages of Tunis. She is interested in studying the diasporic condition of Afro-Maghrebeans and the complex processes of their identity formation and "indigenization" in North Africa. In addition to her academic research, she was an occasional writer and a contributor for the OpenDemocracy and Urban Africa's joint project, Cities in Conflict. She also worked as a fixer in the Ghost Boat open investigation project, tracking the disappearance of 243 refugees from Somalia and Eritrea in the Mediterranean. Ghost Boat was ranked as a finalist for the 2016 National Magazine award in the reporting category and 2016 Kurt Schork Memorial Award.