Adam a graduate of Portland State University, focuses on African cultural retentions and memory systems of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America during the time of enslavement. His historical analysis of trans-Atlantic linkages between Africa and the Americas primarily looks at cultural expressions in folklore, art, music, drumming and dance, resistance and religion. He received his MA in Pan African Studies at Syracuse University in 2007. His thesis about the Saramaka people of Suriname, South America revealed how, in the quest for freedom, many enslaved Africans fled from the plantations into the Surinamese rain forest where they set up independent communities. He is interested in how neoliberal globalization, socio-economic and political changes impact human memory. His intention is to contribute to this area of historical scholarship by providing trans-Atlantic thematic approaches that will enhance our understanding of the era of the slave trade and the tremendous impact it has on the world today. Some of his previous fieldwork experiences include archaeological excavations in Suriname and cultural studies in Ghana.