Money in Africa
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Project team
As a long-term and large scale project, Money in Africa has been contributed to by a number of current and former British Museum staff.
Current
Catherine Eagleton
Catherine is researching the currencies of east Africa, particularly Zanzibar and the Indian Ocean coast. She is the Principal Investigator.
Amelia Dowler
Amelia's research centres on the Aksumite coins of Ethiopia, as she aims to create accurate historical records of the monetary history of the kingdom.
Leigh Gardner
Leigh is no longer working at the British Museum, but still contributes to the project, focusing particularly on British colonial monetary systems in Africa.
John Perkins
A Collaborative Doctoral Award student at the University of Bristol, researching Swahili coins and the monetary archaeology of the East African coast and the Western Indian Ocean.
Karin Pallaver
Karin is investigating the introduction of colonial currencies in Africa from 1890s until the First World War, with a comparative perspective between western and eastern Africa.
Former project researcher, Maxim Bolt conducting fieldwork in South Africa
Former project members
- Maxim Bolt
- Harcourt Fuller
- Elizabeth Galvin
- Chris Leuchars
- Artemis Manolopoulou
- Lilian Quamina Reddie
The team has also been supported by a number of interns and volunteers who have helped with object digitisation for the collection online