- Nationality
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Affiliation
- Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town
- Field of study
- Social Sciences
- Residencies at STIAS
- 2015 1st Semester
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STIAS Lecture Series 2015: Francis Nyamnjoh - Incompleteness: Frontier Africa and the Currency of Conviviality
Francis Nyamnjoh,Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town and STIAS fellow will present a talk with the title: Incompleteness: Frontier Africa and the Currency of Conviviality Abstract A case is made for conviviality as a currency for frontier Africans.
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Francis Nyamnjoh's STIAS Lecture: "Rhodes fell because of an illusion"
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STIAS consultation on South African higher education in a global context
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STIAS launches new long-term theme project on the university
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University and Society research theme invitation
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STIAS joins prestigious international group of Institutes for Advanced Study
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Understanding the complexities of national identity and state formation in Africa
National Identity and State Formation in Africa.
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C’est L’homme Qui Fait L’homme: Cul-de-Sac Ubuntu-Ism in Côte d’Ivoire
Nyamnjoh, Francis. 2015. C’est L’homme Qui Fait L’homme: Cul-de-Sac Ubuntu-Ism in Côte d’Ivoire. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG. http://www.langaa-rpcig.net/C-est-l...
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Comment: The Decolonizing Generation: (Race and) Theory in Anthropology since the Eighties
Nyamnjoh, Francis B. 2016. Comment: The Decolonizing Generation: (Race and) Theory in Anthropology since the Eighties. Current Anthropology 57(2):142–43. h...
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Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd: How Amos Tutuola Can Change Our Minds
Nyamnjoh, Francis B. 2017. Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd: How Amos Tutuola Can Change Our Minds. Cameroon: Langaa RPCIG. http://langaa-rpcig.net/Drinking-...