Ousseina Alidou

Ousseina D. Alidou (born 1963)[1] is an Africanist scholar specialising in the study of Muslim women in Africa.[2]

Academic background and specialization

She is a professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Rutgers University.[3] She was a member of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and co-edited the widely cited anthology A Thousand Flowers (2000).[4] Her work on Engaging Modernity has also been widely cited.[5]

She travelled to the US from Niger in 1988 to pursue her studies. She received her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington.[6] [7]

Her twin sister Hassana Alidou has been Niger's ambassador to the United States since February 2015.[8]

Awards

Publications

  • A Thousand Flowers: Social struggles against structural adjustment in African universities co-edited with Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis, (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press,2000)
  • Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005)
  • Muslim Women in Postcolonial Kenya: Leadership, Representation, and Social Change (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013)

References

  1. ↑ "Alidou, Ousseina". SNAC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ousseina Alidou". The Africa-America Institute. The Africa-America Institute. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Ousseina Alidou". Rutgers. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "A thousand flowers: Social struggles against structural adjustment in African universities all citations". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Engaging modernity: Muslim women and the politics of agency in postcolonial Niger all citations". Google Scholar. Google. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Alidou, Ousseina. "Ousseina Alidou". Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Profile: Ousseina Alidou". Rutgers University. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ Straehley, Steve (3 May 2015). "Niger's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Hassana Alidou?". AllGov.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Ousseina Alidou, Recipient, 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award of the Africa-America Institute". Rutgers University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  10. ↑ "Engaging Modernity: Muslim Women and the Politics of Agency in Postcolonial Niger". BiblioVault.
  11. ↑ "Ousseina D. Alidou". Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. Georgetown University.
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