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Penda Mbow

Penda Mbow, born in 1955, is a historian, an activist, and a Senegalese politician. Minister of Culture of Senegal for several months in 2001, she is a professor at Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar and president of Mouvement citoyen (Citizens' Movement).

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Awards and distinctions
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References
    • 4.1 Bibliography
  • 5 External links

Biography

Penda Mbow was born in April 1955.

In 1986 she obtained a doctorate in Medieval History at Université de Provence in France, with a thesis *led L'aristocratie militaire mameluke d'après le cadastre d'Ibn al-Ji'an:: éléments de comparaison avec la France (in English: The Mameluke Military Aristocracy after the Public Register of Ibn al-Ji'an: Elements of Comparison with France). Her academic research focuses on African intellectual history and Islamic gender studies. Became a professor in 2010.

Awards and distinctions

  • Fulbright Scholarship, Michigan State University
  • Rockefeller Foundation award, for research at the Bellagio Center in Italy.
  • Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur Francaise (Knight of the French Legion of Honor) 2003
  • Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite, France, 1999.
  • Honorary doctor at the University of Uppsala in January 2005.

See also

  • Senegal portal
  • Feminism portal
  • Biography portal
  • Africa portal
  • Women in Senegal
  • Gender Studies

References

    Bibliography

    • (in English) Lydia Polgreen, "At Africa's Crumbling Colleges, No Room for Students", The New York Times, 26 mai 2007 (the situation at l'UCAD)
    • (in French) Fabrice Hervieu-Wane, "Penda Mbow. Femme d'utilité publique", dans Dakar l'insoumise, Éditions Autrement, Paris, 2008, p.:94-99
    • (in French) Penda Mbow, editor. "Hommes et femmes entre spheres publique et privee."Codesria, 2005 ISBN:978-2-86978-141-2

    External links

    • (in English) "Evolving role for Senegalese women in religion", by Penda Mbow, 2009.
    • (in French) Biographie et bibliographie sur le site de l'UCAD
    • (in French) «:Penda Mbow – Professeur d’Histoire à l’UCAD: Au commencement, une pénurie d’eau...:» (interview)
    • (in French) Official Website of Mouvement Citoyen

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