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Mahmood Mamdani

Mahmood Mamdani

ActingBorn 1946-04-23 · Mumbai, British Raj [now India]

Biography

Mahmood Mamdani FBA (born 23 April 1946) is a Ugandan academic and political commentator of Indian descent, and the father of Zohran Mamdani. He is the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and a professor of anthropology, political science and African studies at Columbia University. He also serves as the chancellor of Kampala International University in Uganda.