Biography
Elkins majored in history at Princeton, graduating summa cum laude before moving to Harvard for her master's and doctorate. Her PhD focused on the British detention system deployed during the Mau Mau Uprising. She teaches courses on modern Africa, protest in East Africa, human rights in Africa, and British colonial violence in the 20th century.
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