Profs & Pints DC: Unearthing Family Roots

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Unearthing Family Roots,” a guide to discovering and documenting your lineage, with Fatou Sow, genealogist, adjunct lecturer at Howard University, and project director for the soon-to-be-launched Black Family Museum and Archive.

Where does your name come from, and what does it mean?

Answering such questions, and otherwise researching our roots, can unlock a deeper sense of who we are and what we want to become. Learn valuable tips for studying, preserving, and presenting your family’s lineage with Fatou Sow, an educator, social scientist, and multidisciplinary artist who frequently partners with organizations to stage genealogy workshops and storytelling events.

She’ll start by looking at the concept of the “nuclear family” and how it has evolved far beyond old-school ideals as a result of economic shocks and shifting social values.

Then Fatou will share practical tools for capturing your own lineage—focusing on the art of oral history…