CPhil, History (Africa), UCLA, 2005;
MA, History (Africa), UCLA, 2004;
BA, African American Studies, Harvard, 1995. |
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| E-mail: tracey_carter@post.harvard.edu |
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| Subfield |
West Africa, African diaspora, oral tradition
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| Research |
History of griots and their role in the Mande world;
Influence of griots on Gambian political history
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| Publications |
“The Role of the Griot in Gambian Political History - Preliminary Findings,” West African Research Association and West African Research Center Newsletter, Winter 2006 issue
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| Grants and Awards |
Fulbright IIE fellowship to conduct research in The Gambia, West Africa, 2005
West African Research Association Pre-Doctoral Summer Fellowship, 2005
Title VI Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship to study Bamanankan
Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities, National Research Council, 2002
Cota-Robles Award, University of California -Los Angeles, 2002
Radcliffe Scholarship, Harvard College, 1991-1995
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| Advisors |
Co-Chairs:
Edward A. Alpers, Andrew Apter
Committee Members:
Christopher Ehret
Robin Derby
Donald Cosentino
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