Chris Abdul Hakim Martinez
African business history, sub-Saharan Africa, Commodity Chains, Industrialization; Mining and Metals; Futures Markets; International Business; Modern US, Capitalism, Labor History, Economic Development, Business and social history of socialist systems, Business and Economic History
Emerging Scholars
Chris Abdul Hakim Martinez is a PhD student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) working at the intersection of histories of decolonization and development in 20th century West Africa. His research explores the history and political economy of extractive industries, industrial development, labor militancy, and radical Pan-Africanism in Guinée Conakry.
Recent Conference Participation
| 2025 BHC meeting:
Presenter, "Monetary Sovereignty in One Country? The Guinean Franc and the Challenges of Global Finance"
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