Lamin Sanneh

Not to be confused with Lieutenant Colonel Lamin Sanneh, leader of the 2014 Gambian coup attempt.
Lamin Sanneh
Sanneh in 2014
Born(1942-05-24)May 24, 1942
Abuko, Gambia Colony and Protectorate
DiedJanuary 6, 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 76)
United States
OccupationsScholar of missions and religious studies
Known forHistory of African Christianity and a pioneer in the academic field of world Christianity
SpouseSandra Sanneh
Academic work
DisciplineMissiology, religious studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Ghana, University of Aberdeen, Harvard Divinity School, Yale Divinity School

Lamin Sanneh (May 24, 1942 – January 6, 2019) was a Gambian American scholar who was the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University.

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