Alexia Liakounakou

Alexia Liakounakou holds a BA  in the Archaeology of the Middle East and Africa, and an MA in Social Anthropology, from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. She has teaching experience at a rural school in Sierra Leone and was a researcher for the Center of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Peloponnese, Greece. She currently works as a freelance writer and photographer between West Africa, East Africa and Greece.  Follow her on twitter @alexialia.