Sofia Afonso Lopes

e-mail | sofiafonsolopes@gmail.com

Sofia Afonso Lopes has a degree in Artistic Studies – Comparative Arts and Cultures and a master’s degree in Portuguese and Romance Studies, with a focus on African Studies. She is currently attending the Inter-University Doctoral Programme in History (PIUDHist) where, with a grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology, she is developing a project on the fifty years of Angolan cinema. Her main areas of research are African History and Literature, Visual Studies and Post-Colonial Studies, and she has published several articles in scientific journals and book chapters.