## Section II: Chapter 34  
Sylvie KANDE holds a Ph.D. in African history from Sorbonne (Paris VII). She is the 2022 recipient of the Tyler Stovall Mission Prize from the Western Society for French History. Her book, entitled Terres, urbanisme et architecture 'créoles' en Sierra Leone, 18ème-19ème siècles (L'Harmattan, 1998), examines a West African example of the said back-to-Africa movement. In 1998, she organized an international conference at NYU published under the title Discours sur le métissage, identités métisses. En quête d'Ariel (L'Harmattan,1999).