Andrew Apter

Andrew Herman Apter (born December 7, 1956) is an American historian, professor at University of California, Los Angeles,[1] and Director of the African Studies Center.[2]

Andrew Apter
Born (1956-12-07) December 7, 1956
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles

He was field director of Black Atlantic Studies, for the Social Science Research Council.[3]

Awards

Works
  • Beyond Words: Discourse and Critical Agency in Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-226-02352-6
  • Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society, University of Chicago Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-226-02342-7
  • The Pan-African Nation: Oil and the Spectacle of Culture in Nigeria, University of Chicago Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-226-02355-7
  • "Atinga Revisited", Modernity and its malcontents: ritual and power in postcolonial Africa, Editors Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff, University of Chicago Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-226-11440-8
  • "IBB = 419: Nigerian Democracy and the Politics of Illusion", Civil society and the political imagination in Africa: critical perspectives, Editors John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-226-11413-2

Further reading
Main article: List of important publications in anthropology

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-05-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-05-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Black Atlantic Studies - Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship - Social Science Research Council (SSRC) - Brooklyn, NY, USA". Social Science Research Council. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2010-05-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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