Intern Research

Hello everyone! Welcome to my end-of-the-semester blog! We’ve made it to winter and it’s about that time for my update. At the beginning of the semester, my website could be seen as incomplete and wouldn’t…

This semester, my research took me into the world of oral history. I worked with interviews recorded between 2005 and 2012, provided by Kelly Finley, each one featuring a Memphian who lived through the Civil…

Dear Griot, As I sit to write this final blog as a Griot student intern, I find myself reflecting on a journey that has shaped not only my academic path, but also my personal growth…

The purpose of this project is to explore the relationship between food systems and Blackness. I aim to trace how knowledge of food and food culture has circulated across Black communities, beginning with West Africa…

Every campus has its quiet corners of truth, places where stories live beneath the surface, waiting for someone to ask, “How are you really experiencing this place?”. Stories That Connect Us began with that question…

This semester, being the first of my graduate studies, I had to make a lot of big and exciting decisions regarding my graduate assistantship and the direction in which to take my research. I ultimately…

Each year, student interns at the Griot Institute expand and introduce research projects that highlight unique aspects of the African Diaspora at Bucknell. This semester, I returned to the Griot Institute with the aim of…

For my loyal readers, this blog should be read as a special treat. We’ve traveled hither and tither across Bucknell, even venturing to the lands of West Africa in my blogs. However, despite us spending…

Welcome to my blog post! My name is Jesse Leon and I’m a First-Gen POSSE Scholar for Bucknell’s Class of 2028.  Starting in September of this year, working at the Griot Institute has allowed me,…

This semester I have been working on a Ghana archive for the Griot. The project aims to have two major parts, part one is an archive for the Bucknell in Ghana Program (BIG). Bucknell runs…

The Antigua Sugar Mills project this semester continues the research work we did in Antigua this summer focusing on the enslaved people that work on the different plantations, including their day to day activities and…

Toni Morrison’s concept of rememory, first introduced in her novel Beloved, captures the influence of the past, both physical and in feeling, on the present. Morrison interacts with and utilizes the past in her writing…

I got the opportunity to present my research project to the National Women’s Studies Association, “Defining and Shaping Girlhoods in Times of National Independence and War.” The research project focused on East African girls of…

About the Author: Ninah Jackson is a junior at Bucknell University, double-majoring in Education and Critical Black Studies. In addition to being an intern with the Griot Institute, she is the Chief of Staff of the…

The Antigua Sugar Mills project is an ongoing collaborative effort designed to research, map, historicize, and capture the narratives of the Antigua Sugar Plantations and Mills. Initially, the project arose out of a 2016 course…