Faculty Affiliates

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.

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Professor

Mamadou Diouf

Professor of African Studies, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS)
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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
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Lecturer

Abdul Nanji

Senior Lecturer in Swahili, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies (MESAAS)
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Professor

Zoe S Strother

Riggio Professor of African Art; Jonathan Sobel and Marcia Dunn Program Chair for Art Humanities, Art History & Archaeology
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Lecturer

Mariame Sy

Senior Lecturer in Wolof and Pulaar in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies