Jessica Amoako-Acheampong

Cohort year: 2024

Jessica Amoako-Acheampong is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Leicester.  She is also co-investigator on the AHRC-funded Migrant Dress Archive, a project exploring how migrant communities express identity through clothing.  Jessica’s academic focus includes African Diaspora style histories and the role of dress in articulating belonging.  She is especially passionate about digital and audio archiving, particularly in preserving physical photography and oral histories.  Her work blends heritage research with lived experiences to reshape archival narratives.

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