Mahmood Mamdani
Mahmood Mamdani | |
|---|---|
| 20th Director of Makerere Institute of Social Research | |
| Assumed office June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Nakanyike Musisi |
| Director of the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | George Bond |
| Succeeded by | Mamadou Diouf |
| Director of the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town | |
| In office 1996–1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1946 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Spouse | Mira Nair (m. 1991) |
| Children | 1 (Zohran Mamdani) |
| Residence(s) | Kampala, Uganda New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh (BA) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Professorships | University of Dar es Salaam (1973–79) Makerere University (1980–93) University of Cape Town (1996–99) |
| Notable work(s) | Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism |
| Notable awards | Herskovits Prize (1997) Lenfest Award (2011) |
Mahmood Mamdani, FBA (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan academic, author, and political commentator of Indian ancestry, based in New York City. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a Professor of Anthropology, Political Science and African Studies at Columbia University, and was previously the director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Kampala, Uganda from 2010 until February 2022. He also serves as the Chancellor of Kampala International University, in Uganda. Mamdani specialises in the study of African and international politics, colonialism and post‐colonialism, and the politics of knowledge production.