I am currently at work on a first book project, Migration after Empire: African Diasporas in West Germany, which traces the growth and significance of the African diaspora in West Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s. Focusing on migrants from Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia/Eritrea, the book studies race, culture, and belonging in post-Nazi Germany across different themes — from pop music and food culture to feminist literature and academia. It also spotlights the role that West Germany–based African expatriates, diplomats, and refugees played in shaping African and international politics. Support for my work has come from the Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies, the Central European History Society, and the German Academic Exchange Service. 

I have several forthcoming publications and works-in-progress: a book chapter about refugees and antiracism in 1980s West Germany; a book chapter on African migrants and Holocaust remembrance; and an article, based on my dissertation, about child refugees and international humanitarian aid in 1960s West and Central Africa.

The history of empire and decolonization has been a focal point of my previous scholarship, too. My dissertation at Duke explored German humanitarian and development aid in Africa after 1960. And my master's thesis in Geneva, which won the Prix Arditi, examined settler colonization and racial discourse between German Southwest Africa and East Prussia from the 1880s to the First World War.