Naima Hassan is a researcher, curator, and co-founder of SITAAD, a platform and curatorial-practice focused on the habitation of colonial sites, museums, and archives. Since 2022, she has led the development of the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive at G.A.S. Foundation in Lagos as associate curator and archivist. With an interest in building infrastructures for research on African cultural collections, Hassan is a member of TheMuseumsLab's Steering Committee and Nieuwe Instituut's Indian Ocean Working Group.

As of September 2024