Marius Kothor is an Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. Dr. Kothor is an historian of 20th century West Africa, and her work examines the political and economic lives of a group of Togolese women merchants known as the Nana Benz. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of History at Yale University in 2023 and her work has been published in academic and popular outlets including: The American Historical Review, The Oxford Encyclopedia of African History, The New York Times, Africa is a Country, and Black Perspectives.