Paulina Barrios (B.A. Comparative Literature, Colorado College and M.A. African Studies, Colegio de Mexico)

Research interests: Comparative Latin American and West African studies; literature and social movements; African feminisms; political theater, graphic novels, self narratives, children's literature

Thato Magano (B.A. Communication, University of Pretoria and M.A. African Literature, University of Witwaterstrand)

Research interests: Seventeenth-century Dutch culture and history, African political thought, Black radicalism, decolonial thought, queer theory