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Isidore Lobnibe

Professor, Department Head, Anthropology

88306 | lobnibei@wou.edu
BELL 210B

Why I chose WOU

At WOU since

09/16/2007

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Office Hours

MonTuesWedsThursFri
On Sabbatical Academic Year 2023-24

Classes Taught

Course Title Location Days Times
ANTH 370 WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY ONLINE CRS ----R-- 1200-1350
ANTH 476 RELIGION & RITUAL ONLINE CRS ------- -
ANTH 216 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY BELL 237 -M-W--- 1400-1550

Areas of responsibility

Professor Isidore Lobnibe is currently on Leave with the Merian  Institue for Advanced Studies in Africa( MIASA)

Education

Socio-Cultural Anthropologist,Specializing on West Africa, Ghana and Burkina Faso

Professional experience

Adviser , Anthropology club

Professional memberships

 African  Studies Association, American Anthropologicl Association, Ghana Studies

Teaching Focus

Language and Culture( Anth 213D) Anthropological Theory ( Anth 324D), Transnationa migration, Research Design and Ethnographic methods, Medical anthropology, Africa

Research Areas

West African Agrarian economy, political Economy, social organization, migration,: Ghana  & Burkina Faso

Current research

 Changing funeral and  mortuary practices among the Dagara

Publications

Imagining Futures: Memory and Beloning in an African Family, Indiana Universty Press, 2022

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