Martin Benjamin (Yale University)

Submitted:  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:17:51 -0500



Dr. Martin Benjamin
Editor
Kamusi Project: Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
Yale University Council on African Studies

Mail address:
P.O. Box 208206
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut  06520-8206  USA

phone:  203-432-3436
fax:    203-782-2136
e-mail: martin.benjamin@yale.edu


Kamusi Project: http://www.yale.edu/swahili/



Research and teaching interests focus Swahili language and on the
relationships between Tanzanians and development programs, including
economy, environment, gender, charity, power, and health.

Ph.D., Yale, 2000. 
Dissertation: 'Development Consumers: An Ethnography of "The Poorest
of the Poor" and International Aid in Rural Tanzania'

Lead Author, Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook, 1998

2000-2005  Anthropological Component Leader, DANIDA, Chole Anemia
Project, Mafia Island, Tanzania: Nutritional anthropologist working with
entire population to design and implement pilot project to combat iron
deficiency anemia.

1999-2000   Research Consultant, UNICEF & Tanzania Food and Nutrition
Centre: Nutritional anthropologist working with pregnant and lactating
women during field trials of a multiple micronutrient beverage.

1996  Research Consultant, Concern Tanzania, Wider Impact Study