Drawing on Caribbean, Black, and transnational feminist traditions, Sadiyah’s dissertation project investigates how Black girls attending high school in Kingston, Jamaica negotiate the transition to adulthood along the backdrop of Jamaica’s contested sociopolitical histories and contemporary social violence. She theorizes the capital city amidst discourse on race, sexuality, agency and age, specifically discussing the racist colonial legacies of hyper-sexualization and reproductive coercion, social control, performance, ideas about moral imperialism, and the ways in which these legacies shape and mirror Jamaica’s contemporary public socio.