Mahmood Mamdani
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Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan-born scholar and public intellectual known for his influential work on colonialism, political violence, and African history and politics.
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| Mahmood Mamdani canonical | 1 |
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person
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political scientist ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Herskovits Award
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University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Ideas Improving World Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-04-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Uganda
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United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in government ⓘ |
| employer |
CODESRIA
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Columbia University ⓘ Makerere University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Indian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African history
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African politics ⓘ colonialism ⓘ comparative politics ⓘ critical theory ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
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Columbia University
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Makerere University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Amílcar Cabral
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Antonio Gramsci NERFINISHED ⓘ Frantz Fanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of colonialism and the postcolonial state in Africa
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critiques of liberal interventionism ⓘ work on political violence and genocide ⓘ |
| name | Mahmood Mamdani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
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Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Politics and Class Formation in Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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citizenship and subjecthood
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genocide studies ⓘ political Islam ⓘ state formation in Africa ⓘ |
| workPosition |
Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
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Herbert Lehman Professor of Government ⓘ Professor of Anthropology ⓘ |
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