Emmanuel U. Osayande is a PhD Candidate in African Studies and History at Harvard University and a JD candidate at Columbia Law School. His interests straddle public international law, international human rights law, legal history, international relations, urban governance, and African history and studies. Osayande holds an A.M. in African Studies from Harvard and an M.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also holds a B.A. in History and Strategic Studies (International Relations) from the University of Lagos, where he broke a 52-year-old academic record. His publications have appeared in journals such as the African Research Review and the Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue canadienne des études africaines. His public-facing commentary has appeared on media platforms such as Just Security, Channels Television, and The Cable.

Osayande is a researcher at Participedia and a research fellow at the Nigeria Office of the French Institute for Research in Africa. He is also founder of Work to Know and Empower, a nonprofit/nongovernmental organization that intellectually empowers underserved youth.

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