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Introducing The African Kinship Reunion: Finding Relatives, Reconstructing Family History

Meet The African Kinship Reunion (TAKiR), a research project connecting African and African diaspora relatives and recovering shared family histories.

LaKisha David and the TAKiR team · Oct 4, 2026