Faculty & Advisors
The faculty who set the seminar table.
Faculty are scholars and practitioners of standing, convened to lead the seminar, host the residencies, and shepherd each fellow’s capstone work.
Faculty & Advisors
Taught by scholars who still do the work.
Faculty are scholars and practitioners of standing, convened from African universities, partner institutions, and visiting chairs. Each fellow is paired with an advisor at the beginning of the year.
Director of the Fellowship
Prof. Wanjiku Mwangi
Political Economy
Strathmore University · Princeton (visiting)
Convenes the seminar and leads the Michaelmas term. Author of three books on post-independence African statecraft.
Senior Fellow
Dr. Olusegun Adetayo
Public Health & Demography
University of Ibadan · Johns Hopkins
Shepherds capstones in health and population. Former adviser to the West African Health Organisation.
Senior Fellow
Prof. Mariama Bâ
Architecture & Urbanism
Université Cheikh Anta Diop · ETH Zurich
Leads the Cape Town residency. Practice and teaching span vernacular building, climate adaptation, and civic space.
Senior Fellow
Dr. Tinashe Mhondoro
Computer Science & Society
University of Cape Town · MIT Media Lab
Reads capstones in technology and policy. Founding member of the African Digital Public Infrastructure programme.
Visiting Faculty
Dr. Aïda Traoré
Law & Constitutional Theory
Sciences Po · Yale Law School
Joins for the Lent term. Scholar of legal pluralism, customary law, and the African Court on Human Rights.
Visiting Faculty
Prof. Samuel Kibet
Mathematics & Climate Science
AIMS · Oxford
Leads quantitative seminars during the Trinity term. Co-leads the African Climate Modelling Initiative.