Richard Kuba

Biography

Richard Kuba grew up in Lybia, Morocco, France and Germany. He received his first degree, the licence d'ethnologie , at the University of Paris, 7 (1988), and his MA in anthropology, archaeology and political science at the University of Munich (1990). He then received a Ph.D. from the University of Bayreuth. In 1996 after having done 14 months of historical research in Nigeria and Benin. His work on the pre-colonial history of the Borgu kingdoms was published in 1996 ( Wasangari and Wangara , Münster: Lit Verlag). Since the late 1990s his regional focus shifted to southern Burkina Faso where he has done extensive fieldwork on the history of non-centralized societies. As a historian and anthropologist, he has been engaged in several research projects at the University of Bayreuth, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Mainz and the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz. He has edited several volumes including Regards sur le Borgu. Pouvoir et altérité dans une région ouest-africaine (L'Harmattan 1998), Histoire du peuplement et relations interethniques au Burkina Faso (Karthala 2003), Land and the politics of belonging in West Africa (Brill 2005) and Culture circles - Leo Frobenius and his Time (Reimer 2016). Since 2005, he is a senior researcher at the Frobenius Institute. He is a professor at the Department of Geoinformatics at the University of Munich, Germany Anthropology in Germany and France in the early 20th century "(2015-2017). He also curated several exhibitions. - Press officer of the German Anthropological Association (2007-2011) - Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists - Member of the African Studies Association - Member of the Association of Africanists in Germany - Member of the Board of Directors, Center for Interdisciplinary Research On Africa

Research Interest

African Africa (Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso)