Season 2, Episode 19: Teranga Lessons Learned with Dr. Hilary Jones

That Social Work Lady

Season 2's dedication to #blackwomenstoriesmatter continues with Episode 19. This week we welcome scholar and educator Dr. Hilary Jones.
Dr. Jones is Associate Professor of History at University of Kentucky where she serves the African American and Africana Studies Program and participates in the Commonwealth Institute of Black Studies. She also authored The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa (Indiana University Press, 2013), and examines the making of multiracial communities in Senegal’s colonial capital.
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Jones is a graduate of Cass Technical High School and Spelman College. She earned her doctoral degree in African History at Michigan State University. In Episode 19, she shares her ideas of community and the lessons she has learned from her work as a scholar. As world traveler, Dr. Jones has had to rely on the kindness of strangers. Her secret, she tells me, is terenga , a Wolof term meaning hospitality but encompassing so much more, is at the root of building community no matter where she lands.
For more information on Dr. Jones' work check out:
https://aaas.as.uky.edu