At Princeton’s Mpala Research Center, researchers grapple with a colonial legacy
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 27, 2023
For Kennedy Omufwoko, the Mpala Research Center represents opportunity.
“I was raised in a very humble background in the biggest slum in Africa,” Omufwoko said in a documentary produced by the University. “I don’t think I would have pictured myself even just finishing high school.”
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Nairobi, Omufwoko got his opportunity to work at Mpala as a research assistant, studying butterflies. Soon afterward, he was admitted to Princeton as a Ph.D. student in Ecology and . . .
