Speaker Hakim Adi

Professor Adi is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Pan-African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Hakim was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain.
In August 2024 he was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding African Studies Award’ by the African Studies Association (UK) in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to the field of African Studies, for expanding and disseminating knowledge on Africa.’ In April 2025 he was awarded the Amilcar Cabral Centenary Medallion by the Fundação Amilcar Cabral (Cape Verde) for his work honouring the memory of Amilcar Cabral.