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

Current Post

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

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