Hakim Adi
Professor Hakim Adi | |
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| Occupation(s) | Historian and writer |
| Known for | Pan-Africanism |
| Title | Professor of History of Africa and the African Diaspora |
| Awards | ASAUK Outstanding African Studies Award, 2024 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | SOAS |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Pan-Africanism: A History (2018); African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History (2022) |
| Website | www |
Hakim Adi is a British historian and scholar who specializes in African affairs. He was the first African-British historian to become a professor of history in the UK when in 2015 he was appointed Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester, launching in 2018 the world's first online MRes in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora.
He has written widely on Pan-Africanism and the modern political history of Africa and the African diaspora, including the 2018 book Pan-Africanism: A History. Adi is an advocate of the education curriculum including the history of Africa and its diaspora. In 2024, he was awarded the ASAUK Outstanding African Studies Award, in recognition of his "commitment to amplifying marginalized voices within historical narratives, thereby empowering contemporary African communities."