Independent Researcher
Associate Fellow
christiane.ndedi.essombe@umontreal.ca
Dr. Christiane Ndedi Essombe (she/her) holds a Master's of public health from the University of Montreal School of Public Health and a PhD degree in psychology from the University of Cape Town. She has researched structural inequities for over ten years in several countries that include Tanzania, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa and Canada. Her current research focuses on the psychological dynamics of western colonial violence and their impacts on the way Black Africans - on the continent and in the diaspora - perceive themselves and others.
Keywords: (De)coloniality, western colonialism, appropriated whiteness, critical race theory, colonial identity erosion