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Reflections on the african studies assoc conf of 2011 by prof ousseina alidou
Ousseina D. Alidou (born 1963) is an Africanist scholar specialising in the study of Muslim women in Africa. She is a professor in the Department of African American and African Studies at Rutgers University. She was a member of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa and co-edited the widely cited anthology A Thousand Flowers (2000). Her work on Engaging Modernity has also been widely cited.
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- Reflections on the african studies assoc conf of 2011 by prof ousseina alidou
- West African Research Association and Howard University African Studies October 11 2011
- Awards
- Publications
- References

She travelled to the US from Niger in 1988 to pursue her studies. She received her doctorate in theoretical linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington.
Her twin sister Hassana Alidou has been Niger's ambassador to the United States since February 2015.
West African Research Association and Howard University African Studies October 11, 2011
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