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# Mahmood Mamdani

(1946)   Anthropologist

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Mahmood Mamdani is an anthropologist.

## Quick Facts About Mahmood Mamdani

Born April 23, 1946

Profession Anthropologist

## About Mahmood Mamdani

Ugandan academic (born 1946)... \| Mahmood Mamdani is a Ugandan anthropologist, academic, and political commentator. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science, and African studies at Columbia University. He also served as the chancellor of Kampala International University in U

##  Quotes by Mahmood Mamdani

> [“I have written this book with the conviction that the response to injury does not have to be vengeance and that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmood-mamdani/i-have-written-this-book-with-the-conviction-that-the-response-to/)

Mahmood Mamdani

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