Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

1995
Nomads and State in West Africa
Sociology of Development Research Centre, University of Bielefeld

2000-2001
Nomads and State in West Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2001
Land Use in West Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2001
Introduction to Fulani Language (with Prof. Dr. E. Wolff)
Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig

2004-2005
Classics of Social Anthropology
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Halle

2005
Introduction to the Anthropology of the Sahel Zone
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2005-2006
Islam in West Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2006
Anthropology in France
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2006-2007
Pastoralism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2007
Islam and Politics in West Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Halle

2007
Sahel Ethnography
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Göttingen

2008
Pastoral Societies in Sub-Sahara Africa
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich

2008-2009
Economic Anthropology
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Leipzig

2008-2009
Nationalism and Decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Music and Globalization, Gender, Everyday Life in Colonial Africa, West Africa before 1900, West Africa after 1900, Images of Africa, Ethnicity, Slavery, Nomads and Cultural Change
Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig

2010-2013
Cross-Cultural competency, cross-cultural awareness, intercultural dialogue, Islam in Europe, Conflict and African Security Policy
German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Hamburg

2012-2013
Cross-Cultural competency, NATO Leadership Training, European Union Training Mission (Mali)
Centre for Leadership and Civic Education, Koblenz

Research

Burkina Faso, 1986-92 intermittent, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001;

Côte d'Ivoire, 1994, 1996-97, 2001;

Mali, 2000.

Languages

Dyula: native speaker
Fulfulde: native speaker
French: “native” speaker
German: fluent in speaking, listening, writing and reading
English:fluent in speaking, listening, writing and reading
Arabic: basic knowledge