Mahmood Mamdani
Mahmood Mamdani | |
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Mamdani in 2026 | |
| Born | 23 April 1946 Bombay, Bombay Province, British India |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | Zohran Mamdani |
| Relatives | Rama Duwaji (daughter-in-law) |
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| Thesis | Politics and Class Formation in Uganda (1974) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Deutsch |
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| Discipline | Political science |
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| Notable works | Citizen and Subject (1996) |
Mahmood Mamdani FBA (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science, and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda, and honorary professor at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.
He was previously the director of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) in Kampala, Uganda, from 2010 until 2022. Mamdani specialises in the study of African and international politics, colonialism and post‐colonialism, and the politics of knowledge production. He is married to filmmaker Mira Nair. He and Nair are the parents of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.