Mahmood Mamdani
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Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan-born scholar and public intellectual known for his influential work on colonialism, political violence, and African history and politics.
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| Mahmood Mamdani canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahmood Mamdani Context triple: [Mira Nair, spouse, Mahmood Mamdani]
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Talal Asad
Talal Asad is a prominent anthropologist known for his critical work on secularism, religion, and the formation of the modern secular state, drawing on postcolonial and genealogical approaches.
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Samir Amin
Samir Amin was an influential Egyptian-French Marxist economist and political theorist known for his analyses of global capitalism, underdevelopment, and the structural inequalities between the Global North and South.
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C.
Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
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Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai is a prominent anthropologist and theorist of globalization known for his influential work on modernity, cultural flows, and the social imagination.
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E.
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahmood Mamdani Target entity description: Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan-born scholar and public intellectual known for his influential work on colonialism, political violence, and African history and politics.
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A.
Talal Asad
Talal Asad is a prominent anthropologist known for his critical work on secularism, religion, and the formation of the modern secular state, drawing on postcolonial and genealogical approaches.
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B.
Samir Amin
Samir Amin was an influential Egyptian-French Marxist economist and political theorist known for his analyses of global capitalism, underdevelopment, and the structural inequalities between the Global North and South.
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C.
Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy is an American historian and author known for his influential work on U.S. foreign policy, empire, and the global drug trade.
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D.
Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai is a prominent anthropologist and theorist of globalization known for his influential work on modernity, cultural flows, and the social imagination.
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E.
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
person
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political scientist ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Herskovits Award
NERFINISHED
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University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Ideas Improving World Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-04-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Uganda
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in government ⓘ |
| employer |
CODESRIA
NERFINISHED
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Columbia University ⓘ Makerere University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Indian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African history
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African politics ⓘ colonialism ⓘ comparative politics ⓘ critical theory ⓘ political violence ⓘ |
| hasTaughtAt |
Columbia University
NERFINISHED
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Makerere University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Dar es Salaam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Amílcar Cabral
NERFINISHED
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Antonio Gramsci NERFINISHED ⓘ Frantz Fanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of colonialism and the postcolonial state in Africa
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critiques of liberal interventionism ⓘ work on political violence and genocide ⓘ |
| name | Mahmood Mamdani NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
NERFINISHED
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Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities NERFINISHED ⓘ Politics and Class Formation in Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
citizenship and subjecthood
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genocide studies ⓘ political Islam ⓘ state formation in Africa ⓘ |
| workPosition |
Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
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Herbert Lehman Professor of Government ⓘ Professor of Anthropology ⓘ |
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