Tracy Mensah holds an Mphil from the University of Ghana and specializes in new economic histories in West Africa. Currently, she is working on her dissertation topic that explores Indian mercantilism amidst colonial rule, decolonization, and independence in Ghana to situate Indians and their commercial activities within contemporary understandings of economic and cultural history of retail businesses in Africa. She’s done this mostly through an examination of Indian owned department stores in the twentieth century. Tracy has interests in urban and social history as well.