Background
Dr. Nathaniel Mathews is a historian of modern Africa, specializing in the history of modern Zanzibar, and the global afterlives of the
Zanzibar revolution.
Education
- PhD, Northwestern University
- MA, Georgetown University
- BA, Howard University, History and Anthropology
Research Interests
- African history
- Modern Zanzibar
- Islam on the Swahili coast
- History & memory
- History of slavery
Teaching Interests
- African history
- African diasporas in the Indian Ocean
- Swahili culture and language
- Comparative race and slavery
More Info
Recent Publication:
Nathaniel Mathews, “The ‘Fused Horizon’ of Abolitionism and Islam: Historicism, the Quran and the Global History of Abolition” Journal of Global Slavery 4 (2019), 226-265.
