Mahmood Mamdani

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'''Mahmood Mamdani''' {{post-nominal styles|post-noms=[[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]]}} ({{IPAc-en|m|ɑː|ˈ|m|u:|d|_|m|ə|m|ˈ|d|ɑː|n|i}} {{respell|mah|MOOD|_|məm|DAH|nee}}; born 23 April 1946) is an academic, author, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at [[Columbia University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Bio: Mahmood Mamdani |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/fac-bios/mamdani/faculty.html |access-date=21 March 2013 |publisher=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref> and he also serves as the chancellor of [[Kampala International University]] in Uganda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Mahmood Mamdani |url=https://kiu.ac.ug/news-page.php?i=press-release-kampala-international-university-kiu-appoints-prof-mahmood-mamdani-as-chancellor |access-date=24 August 2020 |publisher=[[Kampala International University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title= Kampala International University (KIU) Appoints Prof. Mahmood Mamdani as Chancellor |url=https://kiu.ac.ug/news-page.php?i=press-release-kampala-international-university-kiu-appoints-prof-mahmood-mamdani-as-chancellor |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=kiu.ac.ug |language=en}}</ref>

'''Mahmood Mamdani''' {{post-nominal styles|post-noms=[[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]]}} ({{IPAc-en|m|ɑː|ˈ|m|u:|d|_|m|ə|m|ˈ|d|ɑː|n|i}} {{respell|mah|MOOD|_|məm|DAH|nee}}; born 23 April 1946) is an academic, author, and political commentator. The Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at [[Columbia University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Bio: Mahmood Mamdani |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/fac-bios/mamdani/faculty.html |access-date=21 March 2013 |publisher=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref> he also serves as the chancellor of [[Kampala International University]] in Uganda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Mahmood Mamdani |url=https://kiu.ac.ug/news-page.php?i=press-release-kampala-international-university-kiu-appoints-prof-mahmood-mamdani-as-chancellor |access-date=24 August 2020 |publisher=[[Kampala International University]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title= Kampala International University (KIU) Appoints Prof. Mahmood Mamdani as Chancellor |url=https://kiu.ac.ug/news-page.php?i=press-release-kampala-international-university-kiu-appoints-prof-mahmood-mamdani-as-chancellor |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=kiu.ac.ug |language=en}}</ref>

He was previously the director of the [[Makerere University|Makerere Institute of Social Research]] (MISR) in [[Kampala]], Uganda, from 2010 until 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Mahmood Mamdani |url=http://misr.mak.ac.ug/people/mahmood-mamdani |access-date=18 March 2013 |publisher=[[Makerere University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Agaba |first1=John |title=Mamdani talks about his research legacy and work at Makerere |url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220329112608625 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=University World News}}</ref> Mamdani specialises in the study of African and international politics, [[colonialism]] and [[postcolonialism|post‐colonialism]], and the politics of knowledge production.

He was previously the director of the [[Makerere University|Makerere Institute of Social Research]] (MISR) in [[Kampala]], Uganda, from 2010 until 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Mahmood Mamdani |url=http://misr.mak.ac.ug/people/mahmood-mamdani |access-date=18 March 2013 |publisher=[[Makerere University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Agaba |first1=John |title=Mamdani talks about his research legacy and work at Makerere |url=https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220329112608625 |access-date=22 May 2022 |website=University World News}}</ref> Mamdani specialises in the study of African and international politics, [[colonialism]] and [[postcolonialism|post‐colonialism]], and the politics of knowledge production.