Kiva Makhete Fall

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

History Instructor; Ph.D. Candidate

Affiliation

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Email

mfall@mix.wvu.edu

Mailing Address

Department of History and Africana Studies
West Virginia University
51 Falling Run Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 304-293-2421, ext 5244 (office)
304-685-4349

Education

- Baccalaureate in General Education in Senegal under French Educational
System, International Studies
- B.A., Spanish, French and International Studies (Summer 2002),
University of Arkansas in Little Rock
-Certificate in Training Ministry from Arkansas Baptist Biblical School,
Little Rock, Arkansas
-Mixology Certification 2005
-M.A., Foreign Languages at West Virginia University, 2004
-M.A., History, 2006
- A.B.D. Completed fields: Modern African History, World History, Latin
America and New Imperialism.

Research Interests

- Patterns of Sub-Saharan-European Immigration
- Neo-Africanity in the New World
- African Traditional Religions in the Americas: Research in Salvador de
Bahia, Brazil and Haiti
- Colonial Injustice in British East Africa
- French Education and Assimilation in West Africa
- Dependency Theory and Underdevelopment in Africa
- The Extend of the Columbian Exchange

Teaching Interests

- History of Africa
- Diasporic Studies / The Americas from Columbus to Castro
- African American Studies from slavery to freedom
- British Empire / New Imperialism
- Latin American Studies
- World History from 1500 to present
- French / Spanish

Publications

None on file.

Keywords

diasporic studies ; African American history ; Latin American studies ; African development history.