International Scientific Committee

The International Scientific Committee of the project consists of 20 members appointed by the Director General of UNESCO.
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Function

The Committee members, who represent different regions, areas of expertise and gender, hold a mandate of four years.

The main function of the Committee is to advise UNESCO on the implementation of the programme, more particularly as regard to:

  • The development of capacity building material
  • The research of various aspects of the slave trade and slavery
  • The establishment of partnerships to promote the project’s objectives

See also

Members of the Committee

New members

  • Myriam Cottias (France, Martinique), Professor, Centre national de recherche scientifique (CNRS)
  • Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal), Professor, Columbia University
  • Nancy Krieger, (United States of America), Professor, Harvard University
  • Afua Cooper (Canada), Professor, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Science and Arts
  • Hafiz Ali Abdulla (Qatar), Museum Director
  • Chris Cyrille (France/Guadeloupe), Poet, art critic and independent curator
  • Andreiza Anaya (Colombia), Journalist and expert in ethnic communication

Former members of the Committee whose mandate is ongoing

  • Vijaya Teelock (Mauritius), Historian and author
  • Jane Landers (United States of America), Historian
  • Rina Cáceres (Costa Rica), Director of the Diaspora Studies Programme
  • Doudou Diène (Senegal), Chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi
  • Ana Lucia Araujo (Brazil), Professor, Howard University
  • Sonjah Stanley N. Niaah (Jamaica), Lecturer, University of the West Indies
  • Chapurukha M. Kusimba (Kenya), Archaeologist
  • Abubakar Babajo Sani (Nigeria), Professor, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University
  • Gerardo Maloney (Panama), Sociologist and writer
  • Abdi M. Kusow (Somalia), Professor, Iowa State University
  • Aurelia Martin Casares (Spain), Professor, University of Granada

Reports

  • , Halifax, Canada, 9-11 June 2022
  • , Republic of Mauritius, 27-29 November 2017 / 
  • , Cabo Verde, 26-27 October 2015 (in and in )
  • , Mexico City, Mexico, 19-21 November 2014 / 
  • , Bogotá and Cartagena de Indias, 28 February - 3 March 2011
  • , Paris, France, 17-18 February 2009
  • , Paris, France, 22-24 February 2006
  • Final Report, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17-21 December 2001 (in )
  • , Palermo, Italy, 21-23 September 2000
  • Final Report, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-12 December 1998 (in )
  • , Cabinda, Angola, 6-8 November 1996
  • , Matanzas, Cuba, 4-6 December 1995
  • , Ouidah, Benin, 6-8 September 1994

    Launch of the project by the Director General of UNESCO, President Nicéphore Soglo of Benin and members of the International Scientific Committee.

 

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