Bright Gyamfi, PhD
Historian | Policy Consultant | Public Intellectual

I am an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University. My research sits at the intersection of African intellectual history, Pan-Africanism, Black internationalism, and economic development. I examine how African intellectuals worked to transform and radicalize the study of Africa in academic and intellectual centers around the Atlantic. By extension, I also study the institutions that these intellectuals were engaged in and how they reconceptualized the relationship between history, politics, and economic development.

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In addition to my scholarly pursuits, I am the Founding President of the 22nd Century Africa Institute (22CAI), which brings together history, technology, and human capital to advance innovative policy solutions for Africa's future. I also serve as Acting President of the Ghana Studies Association. I advise international organizations on cultural policy, global Black thought, and economic development and engage broader audiences through my writing, public speaking, exhibitions, and documentary filmmaking. My work has appeared in The Washington Post, the  Journal of African American History, African Studies Review, Radical History Review, The Journal of African History, Africa is a Country, and The Conversation.