Professor Francis B Nyamnjoh FBA

African Studies and Social Anthropology
A photo of Francis Nyamnjoh FBA. Photo by Anton Jordaan
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA

Summary

Francis Nyamnjoh is a scholar of African Studies and Social Anthropology, specialising in media and communication, mobility, identity, citizenship and the politics of belonging, through the lens of incompleteness and conviviality.

Current post

University of Cape Town Professor of Social Anthropology

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