Robert Launay (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)

Submitted: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:40:29 -0600 (CST)


Robert Launay
Department of Anthropology
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois  60208  USA

I have conducted extensive ethnographic research among the Dyula of
northern Cote d'Ivoire. Specific areas of concern include: Islam;
long-distance traders; Mande societies; social organization'; and
generally, ethnography of West Africa. 

More recently, I am undertaking research on the place of Africa and
Africans in Enlightenment thought and world-views.