#africanstudies Academics (and non-academics) working in and/or on Africa on Mastodon

This is a list of self-submitted information about scholars of Africa on the social network Mastodon, created to help us find each other on a growing social network.

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@rheinze@assemblag.es

Southern Africa, East Africa, Africa

BrianJAP@mastodon.world

West Africa, Sahel (mostly Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal)

French colonialism, Islam, Cold War, revolution, Sahel drought, biography

@joelglasman@fediscience.org

West africa, Cameroun, Togo

@brenton_peterson@sciences.social

East Africa, Horn of Africa (Somalia, Kenya)

Ethnic politics, civil conflict, governance, many things related to economic development

I co-run a research institute focused on data collection in Somaliland

@keremd@social.anoxinon.de

West Africa, Sahel, Sahara

Sokoto Caliphate, Kanem-Bornu, Saharan Trade, Governance in Sahel and Sahara in the 19th century

@azelin@sciences.social

North Africa, Tunisia, Libya

I run the website Jihadology, which is a primary source archive for propaganda from the jihadi movement that can be used by any scholar. You have to register with your university/institutional email address, but it’s free.

Senegal, Sahel, West Africa, Cameroon

languages I work in/on: French, English, Wolof

@JochenLingelba1@h-net.social

African History, Global history. colonial history

Postdoc at Uni Bayreuth, Cluster Africa multiple

Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea) and Western Europe

I'm an Assoc. Prof at York U

@AnkeFK@mastodon.social

Comparative, African-Europan encounters in West Africa (today's Mali, Niger, Tchad), Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia), and Ethiopia

Pre-colonial encounter, travel and "exploration" of the continental interior, cultural history

@Kartenmaler@mastodon.social

Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Namibia

@zeilenkino@mastodon.social

@jowedekind@mastodon.social

Ethiopian studies, political ecology

agrarian change, environmental justice, land conflicts, Ethiopian politics

PhD in agrarian studies from HU Berlin; MSc in development studies from SOAS; Currently Berlin based independent researchers; consultant with RVI; postdoc applicant

Security Studies; International Relations

Sahel; Mali; Niger; Mozambique; Lake Chad Basin

Jihadi groups; militias; regional security initiatives; international interventions

@michaelaclarkba@masto.ai

history; visual culture studies

History of Science, Technology and Medicine; History of Photography

Final year PhD student in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

@drotbohm@mastodon.social

@jonschub@mastodon.social

Anthropology, Urban Studies

Infrastructures, climate risk, extractive industry, authoritarianism, state

@DaWoDerPfeffer@mastodon.social

MariaKetzmerick@sciences.social

Postcolonial Security, Peace and internationalized conflict, historical IR and IPS

@ulrikekrause@sciences.social

Political science, forced migration and refugee studies, peace and conflict studies

Uganda, Kenya, East Africa

Forced migration, conflict, violence, peace, gender, gender-based violence, coping, agency, resilience, post-colonial theory

@ddroney@sciences.social

@aaronrking@sciences.social

Natural resource management, wildlife economics, community conservation governance

PhD student at the University of Florida

@kellenhoxworth@mastodon.world

Theater & Performance Studies

@sjanep@climatejustice.social

Environmental Anthropology

ilovecuhmesha@masto.ai

General Studies, linguistics, psychology

Multi-faceted, many interests, #returntoafrica

@darja_wolf@h-net.social

PhD student in African & Humanitarian History

@karinkaup@mastodon.world

East Africa, also Africa in general

@klasronnback@mastodon.world

Alessa Giampaolo Keener

@alessa_ed@mstdn.social

Ancient and Medieval Africa. Intra and international trade and political relations

My goal is to write research-based, accessible text for K-12 students to learn more about the rich history of Africa.

African Traditional Religion, Culture, African Traditional healing

@thelauramartin@mastodon.world

Gender, Peace and Conflict Studies

Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria

Local Transitional Justice, Gender Justice, Everyday Peace and Violence, Humour and Politics

Assistant Professor at University of Nottingham

Crypto-colonialism (as in Bitcoin et al)

Impact of cryptos used as a tool for crypto-colonialism (neo-feudalism) in Africa

Not a scholar, but researching and writing a lot... FR/EN

Geography, African Studies

Environment-development interactions; vulnerability to environmental and climate change; climate change adaptation;

@antoine_huerta@social.sciences.re

Americas - Europe - Africa

Centre Intermondes - Ethnopôle Humanités Océanes