Feven Cofré Eyob

Feven completed a BA in Anthropology and African Studies, and continued by undertaking an MRes in Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. 

Feven’s research thus far has focused on questions of selfhood, the body as archive, generational memory and healing rituals practiced in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Her current fieldwork focuses on online spaces and virtual classrooms geared towards training people in linguistic and philology of Tigrinya. She is interested in how there is a sense of reclamation and hope arising from interactions between language, identity, and the body that these learning spaces facilitate.

Currently, Feven is researching virtual spaces and online communities to understand how people engage in language and identity reclamation. Her research interests lie in the intersection of African diasporic identities, language and the pathways forged by digital communities, who cultivate ancestral knowledge that is rooted in empowering Blackness. Memory Studies and Black Feminist thought are formative in Feven’s understanding of this nexus, as this work traces how Eritreans in the diaspora and people in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia form solidarities in online spaces dedicated to Tegaru culture and history.

In 2025, Feven received a Stuart Hall Foundation and CHASE AHRC Doctoral Studentship to complete a PhD in Social Anthropology . She is also a member of CAMHRA at SOAS, University of London, as one of their PhD Scholars.

• Language Reclamation
• Memory Studies
• Black Feminist Thought
• Tigrinya linguistics