Team

African Futures Lab is led by a transcontinental team of researchers, advocates, and strategists united by a shared commitment to dismantling global racial injustice. From Brussels to Nairobi, from legal scholars to campaigners, our staff and board members bring deep expertise, lived experience, and unwavering conviction to the fight for structural reform and reparative justice.Together, we work across disciplines and borders to produce knowledge, influence policy, and empower communities.

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Staff

Fellows (2022-2024)

  • Menna Agha

    Architect & Assistant Professor, University of Carleton (Canada)

  • Noureddine Amara

    Historian & Research Fellow, Abdallah S. Kamel Center, Yale Law School (Algeria, USA)

  • Sihem Bensedrine

    Writer & Journalist, Former President of the Truth and Dignity Instance (Tunisia)

  • Michel DeGraff

    Professor of Linguistics & Co-Founder of the MIT-Haiti Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Haiti, USA)

  • Kenda Mutongi

    Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

  • Mame-Fatou Niang

    Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

  • Fania Noel

    Afro-Feminist Organizer, Writer & PhD Candidate, The New School for Social Research (USA)

  • Bettina Stoetzer

    Associate Professor of Anthropology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

Board of governance