Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170100580

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170100580

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Cultural defences against slavery and trafficking. This project aims to study an African slave, Josefa, whose story could inform a debate about slave cultures and understanding of the legacies of slavery. Captured and shipped to Cuba for sale in the 1840s, Josefa kept alive her Sierra Leonean initiation rites. This project will use archival research and filmed oral interviews to discover how and why she managed to do this. Since the same society existed in Sierra Leone until the 1990s and its girls were enslaved in the civil war, this project could offer insight into defences against slavery, and the slave trade’s legacies. This could inform the fight against human trafficking today and Australia’s response to trafficking.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-05-2017

End Date: 10-11-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $123,987.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Middle Eastern and African History | Latin American History

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding the Past of the Americas | Understanding Africa's Past |

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | Latin American History | Middle Eastern and African History | Understanding Africa's Past | Understanding the Past of the Americas

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