The following list represents Arts & Sciences faculty working on Africa or African-related topics at Columbia University. Follow this link to learn about Africa-focused faculty in the Professional Schools.
Professor
Séverine Autesserre
Professor, Political Science, Barnard College; School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
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Professor
Christopher L Brown
Professor of History, Department of History
Professor
Yvette Christianse
Professor, English, Barnard College
Professor
Zoe Crossland
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
Professor
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Professor of French and Philosophy
Professor
Mamadou Diouf
Professor of African Studies, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
Professor
Madeleine Dobie
Professor of French, Department of French
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Senior Lecturer
Jacqueline C.A. Dugard
Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Human Rights in Political Science, Dept of Political Science
Professor
Brent Hayes Edwards
Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Professor
Matthew E. Engelke
Professor of Religion; Chair, Department of Religion, Department of Religion
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Professor
Laura J. Fair
Professor of African History, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
Associate Professor
Abosede A George
Associate Professor, History, Barnard College
Professor
Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, English & Comp Literature
Professor
Saidiya V Hartman
University Professor, English & Comparative Literature
Professor
Kellie E. Jones
Professor of Modern Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology
Associate Professor
Kimuli Kunihira Kasara
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science
Visiting Professor
Marie-Helene Koffi-Tessio
Lecturer in French, Department of French
Professor
Brian Larkin
Professor, Anthropology, Barnard College
Professor
Mahmood Mamdani
Professor of Government, Department of Anthropology
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Professor
Gregory Mann
Professor of History, Department of History
Professor
Rosalind C. Morris
Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
Lecturer
Abdul Nanji
Senior Lecturer in Swahili, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS)
Visiting Professor
Mame Fatou Niang
Visiting Associate Professor of French, Department of French
Assistant Professor
Ruth S. Opara
Assistant Professor of African Music, Department of Music
Professor
Shana L. Redmond
Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Professor
Emmanuelle M Saada
Professor of French; Chair, Department of French, Department of French
Professor
Lesley Alexandra Sharp
Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College
Assistant Professor
Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
Assistant Professor, Architecture, Barnard College
Associate Professor
Joseph R. Slaughter
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Department of English and Comparative Literature
Professor
Rhiannon Stephens
Professor of History, Department of History
Professor
Zoe S Strother
Riggio Professor of African Art; Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn Program Chair for Art Humanities, Art History & Archaeology
Lecturer
Mariame Sy
Senior Lecturer in Wolof and Pulaar in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Professor
Jennifer Ann Wenzel
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies