Islamic West Africa, and the history of slavery, gender and race

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern, 1995

Office: 340 LeConte
Office Hours: TU/TH 12:15-1:15pm
Phone: (706) 542-2479

tcleave@uga.edu

Tim Cleaveland recently completed Becoming Walata: A History of Saharan Social Formation and Transformation. He has also published articles in the Journal of African History and the Canadian Journal of African Studies. He is currently working on a history of milk-kinship, which was recently funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Research and Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

"Reproducing Walati Society: Women and the Politics of Gender, Age, and social Rank in Twentieth Century Walata," The Canadian Journal of African Studies (2000)

Courses Taught

HIST2502: Africa Since 1800 [Syllabus]

HIST3512: 19-20th C. East Africa [Syllabus]

HIST3530: Women in Sub-Sahara Africa [Syllabus]

HIST4500: Studies in African History [Syllabus]

HIST4520: Islam in Africa [Syllabus]

HIST6500: Studies in African History [Syllabus]

HIST7200: Area Colloquium [Syllabus]