Professor Dr Mamadou Diawara FBA

Oral history and copyright in a dominant context of orality in Sub-Saharan Africa; Sahelians’ migration to South-East Asia; development anthropology
Portrait photo of Professor Mamadou Diawara FBA. Photo credit: The STIAS, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2022
Subjects
Anthropology, Law

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Goethe University of Frankfurt Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies (ZIAF)

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