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ABOUT ME An independent scholar, human rights activist, authour, photographer, and faith leader of African Religious Traditions. The Founder of the AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute, Dòwòti Désir is the Chairperson of the NGO Committee for the Elimination of Racism, Afrophobia & Colorism located at the United Nations. She had spent over a decade traveling the Atlantic perimeter, collecting and documenting approximately 90 heritage markers related the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Captive Africans in 32 distinct geographic locations. Ms. Désir has been an advisor to United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Atlas Project, as well as, the African Diaspora Heritage Trail. Additionally, her publication, Goud kase goud: Conjuring Memory in Spaces of the AfroAtlantic, was endorsed by UNESCO to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Slave Routes: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage project and the International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024. It may be purchased at www.lulu.com/spotlight/Dowoti
Look out for my pending publication, Wòsh kase wòsh: Redlining a Holocaust, Memorials and the People of the AfroAtantic. An in-depth examination of public art and public memory at the intersections of human rights and the conflicting spiritual systems of African Religious Traditions and Abrahamic Doctrines. For more information contact: dowodesir@me.com
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