Cassandra Mark-Thiesen

Cassandra Mark-Thiesen is a Lecturer in African History at the University of Basel. Her research focuses on the social and economic history of West Africa, particularly Ghana and Liberia, and she has co-edited a volume on memory and commemoration in Africa.

• Research Interests: African History, Global Labor History, Agricultural Research, Historical Memory in Africa
• Notable Work: First book on mechanized gold mines in the Gold Coast Colony; current project on entangled histories of state-sponsored agricultural research in Liberia

Scientific Awards:

• Marie-Heim Vögtlin Research Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation)