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Cecily Ogunjobi

Cecily Ogunjobi (she/her) is a writer and graduate student in geosciences at the Goethe University, Frankfurt. Her studies focus on analyzing deep Earth and planetary samples on the micro- and nanoscale. In her award winning short stories, she addresses topics such as injustice, consciousness and empathy for the Earth and humanity in a poetic, personal, and political way.

Slavery in the geologic record – Environmental and geomorphological legacies

Slavery in the geologic record – Environmental and geomorphological legacies

From 1525, when the first human trafficking ship departed Africa, to September 22, 1862, when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, more than 300 years passed. This was enough time for the exploitation of humans and the earth to leave a permanent mark, one so profound it is now visible in the geological record. Not only did the age of chattel slavery during the Modern era shape the land and th ...[Read More]