Amina Mama, summary curriculum vitea
- Professor Mama holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of St
Andrews in Scotland and an MSc in Social Psychology from the University
of London. She obtained her PhD from the University of London, with a
thesis entitled Race and Subjectivity: A Study of Black Women;
- Professor Mama has held positions at international academic
institutions in the United Kingdom (at the University of London
(1982-1983) and in the Project Planning Centre of the University of
Bradford (1991-1997)) and in the Netherlands (The Institute of Social
Studies, The Hague (1989-1991)). She was Visiting Associate Member of
St Anthony’s College, Oxford, for 3 months in 1998, and of Wellesley
College for 6 months in 2002. Since January 1999, she has held the
Chair in Gender Studies at the African Gender Institute, University of
Cape Town, South Africa, where she also served as Director from 1999 to
2002;
- Professor Mama has undertaken consultancy activities in the
Caribbean and in East, Southern and West Africa on behalf of various
academic and development organisations;
- Professor Mama sits on the Board of Directors of the United Nations
Institute for Research on Social Development, the Board of Directors of
the Global Fund for Women, and the Scientific Committee of the Council
for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. She is also a
Ministerial Nominee on the Council of the Cape Technikon;
- Professor Mama serves on the editorial advisory boards of a number
of academic journals in the fields of development, human rights and
feminist studies.
For more information, please visit www.uct.ac.za/org/agi
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