Abosede A. George

Abosede A. George is assistant professor in the History Department and Africana Studies Program at Barnard College and Columbia University. She teaches African History survey courses as well as courses on children and childhood in African history, urban African history, and the history of sexuality in Africa. Her forthcoming book Developing Modern Girls in 20th Century Colonial Lagos is a study of girl-saving projects and ideas of girlhood in Lagos from 1900-1960.