Dina Asfaha

Hi, my name is Dina, and I am a recent graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University, where I was an Africana Studies major and recipient of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. My time in the Mellon program was incredibly formative, inspiring me to pursue my passion of using academia as a platform to celebrate and commemorate Eritrean revolutionary history.

In my senior year,I conducted an honors thesis entitled “From Repression to Revolution: Making Space for Eritrea,” wherein she analyzed three documents written by Eritrean pro-liberation groups as creative responses to Ethiopian colonial domination. This year, I hope to expand on my work by examining music and sounds of the Eritrean revolution.

My research interests include: memory studies, decolonization, post/colonial studies, music-culture, cultural preservation, nationalism, and identity.

In my free time, I enjoy attending concerts and practicing my digital and film photography skills.