Mahmood Mamdani
Sign in to saveMahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science, and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda, and honorary professor at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.
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- Born
- 1946
- Works
- 63
Top works
- Slow Poison
- When victims become killers
- From citizen to refugee: Uganda Asians come to Britain
- The myth of population control
- Citizen and subject
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Mumbai, British Raj [now India]
Mahmood Mamdani FBA (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan academic and political commentator of Indian descent, and the father of Zohran Mamdani. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda.
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- The Reluctant Fundamentalist — Pak-Punjab Deli Customer2013
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mamdani
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uganda
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Spouse
- Mira Nair
- Child
- Zohran Mamdani
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- Employer
- Makerere University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Karl Deutsch
- Field of work
- anthropology
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- Number of children
- 1
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- 1946-04-23
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