Name:

Emile Tsekenis

Current Position:

Lecturer

Telephone  number:

22510 36 316

Office:

12, Kavetsou str Mitilini, 81 100, Lesvos

Studies:

Phd in Social Anthropology and Ethnology, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris

Research Interests:

Relations between ritual, politics and kinship in a Bamileke chiefdom (western Cameroon). Comparison with other African chiefdoms and kingships (Moundang of southern Tchad, Mossi of Burkina Faso, Nyamwezi of Tanzania).

Gender in African ethnography.

Concept of the person in African societies.