ASA 2016 ASR Distinguished Lecture, Peter Geschiere.
PETER GESCHIERE is emeritus professor for the Anthropology of Africa at both the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University; he is also co-editor of ETHNOGRAPHY (SAGE). Since 1971 he has undertaken historical-anthropological field-work in various parts of Cameroon and elsewhere in West and Central Africa. His publications include The Modernity of Witchcraft: Politics and the Occult in Post-colonial Africa (Univ. Of Virginia Press, 1997); Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship and Exclusion in Africa and Europe (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2009); Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust: Africa in Comparison (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2013); and an article in African Studies Review (2012) together with Patrick Awondo and Graeme Reid ‘Homophobic Africa? Towards a More Nuanced Approach.
