Edwina Ashie-Nikoi is an archivist and historian of the African Diaspora with particular interest in the ways peoples of African descent choose to document themselves. Among other aspects, her research interrogates the gendered dimensions of how experiences of subjugation and oppression are remembered and represented. Dr. Ashie-Nikoi holds a PhD in History from New York University and a MA in Information Studies from the University of Ghana. She is a Lecturer in the latter's Department of Information Studies and editorial coordinator of the Institute of African Studies' Contemporary Journal of African Studies.