New doors of return –  recovering & reconnecting memory

Peggy King Jorde is a Cultural Projects Consultant with over 30 years of experience in planning, design, public art and historic preservation projects. King Jorde lends considerable focus to consulting for developers, working with the community and civic-based preservation efforts, and building awareness and advocacy for cultural heritage in marginalised communities. She has consulted government and community stakeholders on a development project in the British Overseas Territory of St. Helena in the South Atlantic.

Angela Haynes has taught in SOAS Department of Development Studies since 2018. She currently teaches on the online Humanitarian MSc programme, and is a Senior Teaching Fellow on Migration, as well as a coordinator of SOAS's Ebony Initiative Writing and Presentation Space for Black scholars. She teaches Afropean: African Diaspora Studies in Europe and Black London courses for Syracuse University's London Programme.