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MOHAMED SALIOU CAMARA, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor and Chair, Department of African Studies, Howard University
2225 Georgia Avenue, NW, 4th
Floor, Washington, DC 20059
Tel: 202-238-2356, Email: mohamed.camara@howard.edu
EDUCATION
1996 Doctor of Philosophy in History Northwestern University (Illinois)
Major: African History
Double Minor: African American Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies
Research-Related Fields: Political Science, and Mass Communication
Dissertation: “His Master’s Voice: Mass Communication and Single-Party Politics in Guinea
under Sékou Touré (1957-1984)”
1991 Master of Art in History Northwestern University (Illinois)
Thesis: “Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood upon Nimeiri’s Political Thought in Sudan”
1985 Postgraduate Degree in Journalism CESTI – University of Dakar (Senegal)
Thesis: “The Journalist as a Historian of the Present and the Historian as a Journalist of the
Past: A Study of the Temporal Dynamics of Two Converging Professions” (“Le Journaliste
comme historien du présent et l’historien comme journaliste du passé: Une étude de la
dynamique temporelle de deux professions convergentes”)
1981 Diplôme d’Études Supérieures in Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea)
Double Major: Philosophy & History
Minor: Journalism
Thesis: “Fight against Illiteracy in an Industrial Region: Case Study of Kamsar” (“Lutte contre
l’analphabétisme dans une zone industrielle: Centre d’application, Kamsar”)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2017- Professor of African Studies Howard University
2013-2016 Professor of International Affairs,
History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2009-2013 Associate Professor of International Affairs,
History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2003-2009 Assistant Professor of International Affairs,
History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1999-2003 Coordinator, TRIO Program Elgin Community College, Illinois
1996-1998 Advisor, Ad Hoc Group against Crime Kansas City, MO
Provided after-school advising for youth at risk for KCMO area high school students
1993-1995 Visiting Lecturer in History and Journalism University of Conakry (Guinea)
1982-1986 JOINT GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
 1982-1986 Lecturer & Associate Chair,
Dept. of Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea)
 1982-1984 Speechwriter, Press Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic of Guinea
 1982-1986 Journalist, Radio-Television of Guinea (RTG) and correspondent for
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 2
Radio France International (RFI)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2017- Chair, Department of African Studies Howard University
2015 Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 Reports directly to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, and
oversees:
 The University Library
 The Honors Program
 The McNair Scholars Program
 The Office of Study Abroad/Global Engagement
 The Office of Academic Integrity
2009-2016 Director, McNair Scholars Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 Manages the $1.3 million five-year grant allocated by the US federal government.
 Supervises the McNair staff, graduate student assistants, 22 faculty mentors, and up to 25
students per academic year.
 Serves as the liaison between the program and the Department of Education, including
preparing an Annual Performance Report.
 In 2012, authored the application that resulted in the renewal of the grant for five years.
2015–2016 Special Assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for Strategic Planning;
 Works with the chairs of five academic departments and the director of the Academic
Support Center to develop a five-year strategic plan for the College.
2006-2008 Coordinator, Aerospace Studies Degree Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 Served as the lead-recruiter and lead-adviser for this interdisciplinary program which admits
first-time incoming students as well as internal transfers.
 Prepared, presented and successfully defended the periodic Program Assessment Plan.
2005-2006 Assistant Coordinator, Aerospace Studies Degree Program
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1999-2003 Coordinator, Federally funded TRIO Program Elgin Community College (Illinois)
 Reported directly to the Associate Dean and Director of the TRIO Program.
 In charge of the Upward Bound component of the program.
 Supervised the tutoring and mentoring of student athletes.
 Taught World History and French.
1984-1986 President, National University Press University of Conakry (Guinea)
1982-1984 Associate Chair, Department of Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
2016 –2017 Member, Research-active faculty taskforce for the
review of University Research Policies Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2015 –2016 Leader, Campus Taskforce in charge of planning
the creation of a First-Generation Live & Learn Unit
in conjunction with the McNair Scholars Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 Working with the Office of the Dean of College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of
Housing, the Office of Student Life, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 3
2015 –2016 Member, ERAU-DB Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Shared Governance
2015 –2016 Member, ERAU-DB Chancellor’s Campus Strategic Planning Committee
2014 –2016 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Dept. of Security Studies & International Affairs
2014 –2016 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Department of Humanities & Communication
2013-2014 Reviewer, ERAU-DB Research Grant Applications College of Arts & Sciences
2013-2015 Speaker, ERAU-DB Faculty Senate
 Worked closely with the campus leadership and the University’s central administration in
promoting shared governance.
 Represented and defended the professional interests of over 300 full-time faculty members,
including the adoption of five Ph.D. programs, eight M.S. programs, and nine B.S. degree
programs.
 Participated actively in the evaluation of several degree programs.
 Participated in the preparation of ERAU’s reaccreditation process.
2010-2014 Member, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences Promotion & Tenure Committee
2006-2014 Ranking Member, Search Committees; served on numerous department, college, campus, and
university search committees, resulting in the hiring of five faculty members, a department chair,
a CFO and a VP for Human Resources.
2013-2014 Co-chair, Transition Committee in charge of developing the academic framework for the merger
of the Homeland Security Program and the Social Science Division and the creation of the
Department of Security Studies and International Affairs (SSIA) within the ERAU-DB College of
Arts & Sciences.
2014 Co-author, proposal creating a Global Conflict Studies (GCS) degree program in the SSIA
Department.
2011-2013 Vice Speaker, ERAU-DB Faculty Senate
 Oversaw the activities of thirteen Senate standing committees and co-chaired five Senate ad
hoc committees.
 Filled in for the Speaker as necessary.
2010-2011 Chair, ERAU-DB Outstanding Teaching Committee
2011-2012 Facilitator, Inter-University Partnership
 Negotiated partnership between ERAU and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science &
Technology (KNUST) of Ghana, West Africa.
2009 Facilitator, Study-Abroad Partnership
 Negotiated partnership between ERAU and the Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en
Gestion (CESAG), Dakar, Senegal, West Africa.
2005-2007 Chair, Black History Month Committee
2004-Present Faculty Advisor, African Student Association and Muslim Student Association
 Advises the organizations in their co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
 Serves as a role model for the hundreds of such international students and, as a result,
 Contributes to student retention and the promotion of diversity on the ERAU-DB Campus.
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2016 Faculty Research Development Grant ERAU Office of Dean of Research
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 4
2014 Research/Travel Grant Association for the Study of the Middle East & Africa
2014 Innovative Pedagogy Award ERAU Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence
2011 Innovative Pedagogy Award ERAU Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence
2010 Field & Archival Research Grant ERAU Office of the Vice President for Research
2009 Dean’s Summer Research Grant ERAU College of Arts & Sciences
2009 Outstanding Teaching Award Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
2009 Educational Achievement Award Leadership Initiative Guinea
2008 Research Fellowship University of Florida Center for African Studies
2008 Outstanding Teaching Award ERAU-DB Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences
2007 Outstanding Research Award ERAU-DB Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences
2006-2007 William Diaz Faculty Fellowship Nonprofit Academic Centers Council
2005 Field & Archival Research Grant ERAU Office of the Vice President for Research
1999 Inspiring Leadership Award TRIO Program, Elgin Community College
1997 Community Leadership Award Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor’s Office
1992 Doctoral Research Award Northwestern University Graduate School
1986-1992 Fulbright Scholarship U.S. Institute of International Education
1986 Outstanding Broadcasting Award Radio Television Guinea
1985 Scholarship in Journalism Studies Co-sponsored by RFI (France) & IIC (Canada)
1984 Outstanding Teaching Award University of Conakry
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Works in Progress
Book Project
 Health and Human Security in the Mano River Union: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte
d’Ivoire, under contract with Lexington Books.
Book Chapter
 “No Effective Leadership without Responsible Citizenship: Prospects for Citizen Empowerment and
Leadership Accountability in Twenty-First African Governance,” invited by the editor of a book project
on African leadership.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
 “Coup Makers as Leaders of Democratic Change: Case Studies in Civil-Military Relations in West
Africa,” under consideration by the Journal of African Military History.
 “Comedy at the Junction of Popular and Political Cultures in Guinea: The Cases of Gèètö, Tyotyop,
and L’Homme,” submitted to the journal Research in African Literature (RAL).
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 5
Works Completed
Books
2014 Historical Dictionary of Guinea (5th Edition, Revised and Expanded – Publisher-invited work),
Scarecrow Press.
2014 Is There a Distinctively African Way of Knowing (a Study of African Blacksmiths, Hunters, Healers,
Griots, Elders, and Artists): Knowing and Theory of Knowledge in the African Experience (Publisher-
invited work), The Edwin Mellen Press.
2014 Political History of Guinea since World War Two, Peter Lang.
2010 The Development of a Trans-National Region in West Africa: Transcending the Politics of Sovereign
Nation States, The Edwin Mellen Press.
2007 Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré, L’Harmattan.
2005 His Master’s Voice: Mass Communication and Single-Party Politics in Guinea under Sékou Touré,
Africa World Press.
Book Chapter
2011 “Trade Unionism and Politics in Guinea since Independence,” in Trade Unions in West Africa:
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Craig Phelan, Pierre Lang.
Encyclopedia Entries
2013 “Guinea,” a bibliographical entry in the Oxford Bibliographies, December.
2012 “Conté, Lansana,” in Dictionary of African Biography (Volume 2), edited by Emmanuel
K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., New York: Oxford University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2016 “Political Crisis and ECOWAS-Mediated Transition in Guinea,” invited by Stichproben – Vienna
Journal of African Studies Nr. 30/2016 16. Jg.
2012 “New Media and Ethno-Politics in the Guinean Diaspora,” in Africa Media & Democracy Journal, Vol.
1 Issue 1 30 November.
2010 “Finding Its Voice? Africa and the Global Information and Communication Revolution,” in Florida
Communication Journal (FCJ), Volume 38, No. 1 spring.
2008 “Media, Civil Society and Political Culture in West Africa,” in Ecquid Novi: African Journalism
Studies Volume 29 (2).
2008 “Benediction and Malediction in Fulani Culture: Exploring an Afro-Muslim Perception of the
Socio-Spiritual Dimensions of Success and Failure,” in Indigenous Nations Journal, Volume 6,
Number 1, spring.
2008 “NGO Intervention and the Development of a Free Press in Senegal, Benin, and Guinea: A Research
Assessment,” ARNOVA Conference proceedings online publication, January.
2007 “Nation Building and the Politics of Islamic Internationalism in Guinea: Toward an Understanding of
Muslims’ Experience of Globalization in Africa,” in Contemporary Islam (2007), Volume 1. Published
online: 9 June.
2000 “From Military Politicization to Militarization of Power in Guinea,” in Journal of Political and
Military Sociology, Vol. 28 (winter).
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 6
2000 “Africa to Africa: A Responsible Alternative to Study Abroad for 21st-Century African Scholarship,”
in African Issues, Volume XXVIII/1&2.
Book Review
2016 The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland by Kate Skinner (2015, Cambridge University Press).
Review forthcoming in The American Historical Review 2016 121 (3): 1051-1052 doi: 10.1093/
ahr/121.3.1051
Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures
2017 “Identity Politics and the Challenge of Nation-Building in West Africa,” Mande Studies Association
(MANSA) 10th
International Conference, International University of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire,
August 2-6.
2017 “Community Radio in West Africa: A Medium for Empowerment or an Instrument of Disunity?”
Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, 31
- June 2.
2016 “Africa and the International Criminal Court” (AfricaNow! Presentation), African Studies Association
Conference, Washington, D.C., December 1-3.
2016 “Former Military Dictators as Architects of Democracy and Peace in West Africa: The Cases of Benin,
Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, and Guinea,” International Studies Association 57th
Annual Convention, Atlanta,
GA, March 16-19.
2015 « L’Éveil des consciences après la guerre de 1939-45 et la naissance des partis politiques en Guinée »
(“Political Awakening and the Birth of Political Parties in Post-World War II Guinea”). Paper prepared
for the International Colloquium of the Organisation pour la Mémoire et le Patrimoine on the history
of Guinea. Conakry, Guinea.
2014 “The Role of ECOWAS in Averting Civil War and Managing Political Transition in Guinea,”
African Studies Conference on “Rethinking Violence, Reconstruction and Reconciliation,”
Indianapolis, IN, November 20-23.
2014 “Islam and Competing World Orders in West Africa during the Cold War,” Seventh Annual
Conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA),
Washington, D.C., October 30-November 1.
2013 “Social Media, Citizen Journalism and Their Impact on Mainstream Media in the Digital Age,”
BRAFFTV Film and Media International Conference on “Film, Media, and Social
Engagement in the Digital Age,” University of Toronto, Victoria College, Toronto, Canada,
October 19-20.
2013 “Communicational Paradox and the Quest for Equal Representation in West Africa: Global
Connectedness versus Domestic Digital Divide,” Canadian Association of African Studies
(CAAS) Annual Conference on “Africa Communicating: Digital Technologies, Representation,
Power,” Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May 1-3.
2012 “Researching the Frontiers of Knowledge in African Epistemology beyond the Mythical and
the Exotic,” African Studies Conference on “Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa,”
Philadelphia, PA, November 29 – December 1.
2012 “New Media and the Politicization of Ethnic Identity in the Guinean Diaspora,” Africa, Media
& Democracy Conference on “Media & Democracy for Sustainable Stability,” Accra (Ghana).
2012 « Le panafricanisme à l’époque de la mondialisation: une vision perdue ou un idéal en mutation?»
(“Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization: A Lost Vision or an Ideal in Mutation?”) Canadian
Association of African Studies Conference, Université Laval, Québec, May 2-4.
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 7
2011 “Education for Functional Citizenship toward Democratic Governance in Guinea,”
Colloquium on “Citizen Participation, Democratic Governance, National Dialogue, and Sustainable
Development in Guinea” by the Organization of the North American Symposium on Guinea (ONASG),
Silver Spring, Maryland, March.
2011 “Learning from History versus Dwelling on It,” Guinean Forum on Dictatorship and Democracy,
Washington, D.C., January.
2009 « Entre le marteau et l’enclume: Le Tribunal pénal international, les organisations africaines
de droits de l’Homme et l’Union africaine » (“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The
International Criminal Court, African Human Rights Organizations and the African Union”),
Conference on “Toward Ending the Culture of Impunity in Africa” hosted by the Rencontre
africaine pour la défense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) or African Assembly for the
Defense of Human Rights, Dakar, Senegal, July.
2008 “Political Ethnicity and the Question of National Unity in Guinea: 1958-2008,” African Studies
Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
2007 “NGO Intervention and the Development of a Free Press in Senegal, Benin, and Guinea:
A Critical Assessment,” ARNOVA Conference hosted by the Nonprofit Academic Centers
Council, Atlanta, Georgia, November.
2007 “Labor Unions and the New Struggle for Human Rights in Guinea,” African Studies Association
Conference, New York, New York.
2007 “US-Africa Relations in the Age of Global Terrorism,” hosted by the Arts & Letters Committee of the
College of Arts & Sciences, based on a seminar offered to the AFROTC, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Daytona Beach Campus, Florida, February.
2005 “Nation Building and the Politics of Islamic Globalization in Guinea,” Conference on Muslims’
Experience of Globalization co-hosted by the Middle Eastern Center for Peace, Culture and
Development, the Georgia State University, and the Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium, Atlanta,
Georgia.
2005 “The Role of the African Diaspora in the Globalization of Contemporary Africa,” Conference on
African and Diaspora Studies hosted by the Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
2004 “Poetry as a Special Form of Political Expression under the Democratic Party of Guinea,” African
Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2001 “From Euphoria to Political Disillusionment in Post-Sékou Touré Guinea,” African Studies
Association Conference, Houston, Texas.
2001 “Wahhabi Revival and Social Contradictions in Guinea,” Conference on Islam in Africa hosted by the
Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, New York.
2001 “UNICEF and the Social Reintegration of Child Refugees in the Mano River Union,” Conference on
Teaching about the UN, New York (United Nations).
2000 “The Islamic Dimension of Sékou Touré’s Political Philosophy in Guinea,” African Studies
Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2000 “Barki versus Kuddi: A Philosophical Perspective of Benediction and Malediction in the
Socio-Religious Beliefs of the Fulani of Guinea,” Northwestern University Program of
African Studies Meeting, February.
 First presented at the African Studies Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
1999 “Party Politics and Ethnic Dilemma in Guinea,” Mid-American Association of African Studies
Conference, Lawrence, Kansas.
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 8
1997 “Media, State, and Society in Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
1997 “Black and White in America’s Deep South and South Africa: A Comparative History of Race
Relations,” Keynote Speaker Presentation, African Student Association Forum, University of Missouri-
Kansas City, October.
1996 “Mother Nature and Modernity in the Views of Africans and Native Americans: A Comparative Study
of Indigenous Environmental Ethics.” A lecture given at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire while
serving as a Minority Visiting Scholar.
1996 “Pan-Africanism from George Padmore and W. E. Du Bois to Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.” A
lecture given at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire while serving as a Minority Visiting Scholar.
Other Scholarly Activities
2015 – Reviewer for Stichproben – Vienna Journal of African Studies
2012 – Reviewer for Africa Media & Democracy Journal
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
2016 Secretary, Community Advisory Board, WMFE Public Radio Florida.
2014-2016 Member, Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Content & Community Outreach
Committee (COC) for WMFE Public Radio Florida.
2013-Present Associate Editor, Africa, Media & Democracy Journal, a fledgling scholarly journal based in
Accra, Ghana.
2006-2013 Member, Daytona Beach Community Ancient Persia, Modern Iran Lecture Series
Committee.
1999-2000 Co-host, “Unity in Diversity,” a community-centered civic and cultural television program for
Greater Chicago Access Network (CAN—Public Access), Chicago, Illinois.
1995-1997 Member, Board of Directors, Kansas City-Missouri Council on the Advancement of
Multiculturalism.
1993-1997 Co-founder and Editor At-Large of the Guinean independent newspaper La gazette de
Guinée based in Conakry, Guinea.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
2014 Consultant and Region Expert for the U.S. State Department Bureau of Conflict and
Stabilization Operations (CSO).
 Provided expert information and analysis on the political situation and security risks in
West Africa ahead of national elections in several countries.
2013 Consultant and Country Expert for Electoral Integrity Project
 In charge of evaluating Guinea’s electoral system.
 Project co-sponsored by Harvard University, the University of Sydney, Aarhus
University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
2013 Consultant and Country Expert for the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem)
 In charge of coding the history of government and governance in Guinea from 1900 to
2012.
 Project co-sponsored by Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the University of
Gothenburg.
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 9
2013 Consultant and Country Expert for the U.S. State Department and National Intelligence
Council
 Panelist and analyst, Analytic Exchange on “Military Involvement in West African
Politics: Causes and Consequences.”
2012 Consultant and Country Expert for the Global Leadership Project
 In charge of building a data base on the national leadership of the Republic of Guinea.
 Project co-sponsored by the World Bank and The Clinton Foundation.
2012 Consultant and Country Expert for the U.S. State Department
 Panelist and analyst, Executive Analytic Exchange on Ghana and Guinea.
2009-Present Consultant and Advisor for several African Diaspora digital media organizations based in
the U.S. and Canada.
1993-1995 Pedagogical Consultant for UNICEF
 Participated in the design and implementation of scholastic and social reintegration in
Guinea of child refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia.
1994-1995 Political Communication Consultant for the Press Bureau of the Presidency of the
Republic of Guinea
 Advised the Office of the Director on the preparation and delivery of the public speeches
and press conferences of the Head of State.
1992-1993 Media Training Consultant for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
 Coordinated a team of trainers in charge of preparing members of the Guinean private
and public media in prelude to the first multiparty presidential election since
independence.
1992-1993 Research Consultant for the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
 Conducted field research in West Africa which resulted in the creation of the Museum’s
Permanent Africa Exhibit (featured in the exhibit).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
African Studies Association (ASA)
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)
Africa Media & Democracy Forum (AMDF)
LANGUAGES
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
Fulani (Major West African language, fluent)
Mandenka and Soso (Major West African languages, moderate knowledge)
Arabic (Classical) (intermediate reading and writing knowledge)
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES
March 2016 WNDB Radio (Florida): Panelist, ERAU President Speaker Series with Brother Guy
Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, and Rev. David Keck, Chaplain
ERAU, on “Cosmology, Science, and Faith”.
Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 10
October 2015 WNDB Radio (Florida): Expert interview with The Marc Bernier Show on the Syrian
civil war and its regional and global ramifications.
May 2014 Africa Number One 94.5 (Libreville, Gabon): A comparative discussion of
Responsible Resistance to Oppression and Race Relations in the Philosophies of
Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela”.
February 2014 WMFE 90.7 (Public Radio, Florida): Expert interview on Kwame Nkrumah’s
relations with W.E. DuBois and their influence on the growth of Pan-Africanism from
the Americas to Africa.
May 2013 Al Jazeera English: Expert interview on the political situation in Guinea and related
West African issues.
July 2012 Radio France International (Paris, France): Debate on Kwame Nkrumah’s life in
Guinea and his relations with Sékou Touré and Amilcar Cabral.
June 2011 BBC Africa: Expert interview on the life and work of Stokely Carmichael (AKA
Kwame Ture) in Guinea with Sékou Touré and Kwame Nkrumah.
December 2010 Sanlian Life Weekly Magazine (Beijing, China): Expert interview on the political
transition in Guinea in the context of democratic transitions in West African.
September 2010 WNDB Radio (Florida): Expert interview with The Marc Bernier Show on Gainesville
Pastor Terry Jones’s Koran Burning campaign in correlation with intercultural dialogue
in America.
Oct-Nov 2010 CNN World: Expert interview on the political situation in Guinea (quoted in two articles
dealing with ethnic violence and the electoral process).
January 2010 BBC History Magazine: Expert interview on the current political situation in Guinea
and its historical background.
June 2007 Radio France International (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en
Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics.
June 2007 Africa Number One 107.5 (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en
Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics.
June 2007 Paris Fréquence Plurielle (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en
Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics.
December 2006 Radio Familia FM (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on the civic pro-democracy activities
of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada.
December 2006 Radio Nostalgie Guinée (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on media liberalization in West
Africa in comparison with Southern Africa.
December 2006 Radio FM Liberté (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on political and media liberalization in
Guinea, Senegal, and Benin (West Africa).
August 2005 Télévision Nationale du Bénin (Cotonou, Benin): Debate on “The Role of the African
Diaspora in the Globalization of Contemporary Africa”.
2014 – Present Guest on numerous African Diaspora web media based in the U.S. and Canada;
discussed a variety of topics pertinent to the historical changes and challenges facing
Africa and the African Diaspora.
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Mohamed Saliou Camara - LinkedIn

  • 1. MOHAMED SALIOU CAMARA, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE Professor and Chair, Department of African Studies, Howard University 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20059 Tel: 202-238-2356, Email: mohamed.camara@howard.edu EDUCATION 1996 Doctor of Philosophy in History Northwestern University (Illinois) Major: African History Double Minor: African American Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies Research-Related Fields: Political Science, and Mass Communication Dissertation: “His Master’s Voice: Mass Communication and Single-Party Politics in Guinea under Sékou Touré (1957-1984)” 1991 Master of Art in History Northwestern University (Illinois) Thesis: “Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood upon Nimeiri’s Political Thought in Sudan” 1985 Postgraduate Degree in Journalism CESTI – University of Dakar (Senegal) Thesis: “The Journalist as a Historian of the Present and the Historian as a Journalist of the Past: A Study of the Temporal Dynamics of Two Converging Professions” (“Le Journaliste comme historien du présent et l’historien comme journaliste du passé: Une étude de la dynamique temporelle de deux professions convergentes”) 1981 Diplôme d’Études Supérieures in Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea) Double Major: Philosophy & History Minor: Journalism Thesis: “Fight against Illiteracy in an Industrial Region: Case Study of Kamsar” (“Lutte contre l’analphabétisme dans une zone industrielle: Centre d’application, Kamsar”) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2017- Professor of African Studies Howard University 2013-2016 Professor of International Affairs, History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2009-2013 Associate Professor of International Affairs, History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2003-2009 Assistant Professor of International Affairs, History, and Communication Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1999-2003 Coordinator, TRIO Program Elgin Community College, Illinois 1996-1998 Advisor, Ad Hoc Group against Crime Kansas City, MO Provided after-school advising for youth at risk for KCMO area high school students 1993-1995 Visiting Lecturer in History and Journalism University of Conakry (Guinea) 1982-1986 JOINT GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS  1982-1986 Lecturer & Associate Chair, Dept. of Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea)  1982-1984 Speechwriter, Press Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic of Guinea  1982-1986 Journalist, Radio-Television of Guinea (RTG) and correspondent for
  • 2. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 2 Radio France International (RFI) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2017- Chair, Department of African Studies Howard University 2015 Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  Reports directly to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research, and oversees:  The University Library  The Honors Program  The McNair Scholars Program  The Office of Study Abroad/Global Engagement  The Office of Academic Integrity 2009-2016 Director, McNair Scholars Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  Manages the $1.3 million five-year grant allocated by the US federal government.  Supervises the McNair staff, graduate student assistants, 22 faculty mentors, and up to 25 students per academic year.  Serves as the liaison between the program and the Department of Education, including preparing an Annual Performance Report.  In 2012, authored the application that resulted in the renewal of the grant for five years. 2015–2016 Special Assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for Strategic Planning;  Works with the chairs of five academic departments and the director of the Academic Support Center to develop a five-year strategic plan for the College. 2006-2008 Coordinator, Aerospace Studies Degree Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  Served as the lead-recruiter and lead-adviser for this interdisciplinary program which admits first-time incoming students as well as internal transfers.  Prepared, presented and successfully defended the periodic Program Assessment Plan. 2005-2006 Assistant Coordinator, Aerospace Studies Degree Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1999-2003 Coordinator, Federally funded TRIO Program Elgin Community College (Illinois)  Reported directly to the Associate Dean and Director of the TRIO Program.  In charge of the Upward Bound component of the program.  Supervised the tutoring and mentoring of student athletes.  Taught World History and French. 1984-1986 President, National University Press University of Conakry (Guinea) 1982-1984 Associate Chair, Department of Philosophy University of Conakry (Guinea) UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP 2016 –2017 Member, Research-active faculty taskforce for the review of University Research Policies Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2015 –2016 Leader, Campus Taskforce in charge of planning the creation of a First-Generation Live & Learn Unit in conjunction with the McNair Scholars Program Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University  Working with the Office of the Dean of College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Housing, the Office of Student Life, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
  • 3. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 3 2015 –2016 Member, ERAU-DB Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Shared Governance 2015 –2016 Member, ERAU-DB Chancellor’s Campus Strategic Planning Committee 2014 –2016 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Dept. of Security Studies & International Affairs 2014 –2016 Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Department of Humanities & Communication 2013-2014 Reviewer, ERAU-DB Research Grant Applications College of Arts & Sciences 2013-2015 Speaker, ERAU-DB Faculty Senate  Worked closely with the campus leadership and the University’s central administration in promoting shared governance.  Represented and defended the professional interests of over 300 full-time faculty members, including the adoption of five Ph.D. programs, eight M.S. programs, and nine B.S. degree programs.  Participated actively in the evaluation of several degree programs.  Participated in the preparation of ERAU’s reaccreditation process. 2010-2014 Member, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences Promotion & Tenure Committee 2006-2014 Ranking Member, Search Committees; served on numerous department, college, campus, and university search committees, resulting in the hiring of five faculty members, a department chair, a CFO and a VP for Human Resources. 2013-2014 Co-chair, Transition Committee in charge of developing the academic framework for the merger of the Homeland Security Program and the Social Science Division and the creation of the Department of Security Studies and International Affairs (SSIA) within the ERAU-DB College of Arts & Sciences. 2014 Co-author, proposal creating a Global Conflict Studies (GCS) degree program in the SSIA Department. 2011-2013 Vice Speaker, ERAU-DB Faculty Senate  Oversaw the activities of thirteen Senate standing committees and co-chaired five Senate ad hoc committees.  Filled in for the Speaker as necessary. 2010-2011 Chair, ERAU-DB Outstanding Teaching Committee 2011-2012 Facilitator, Inter-University Partnership  Negotiated partnership between ERAU and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) of Ghana, West Africa. 2009 Facilitator, Study-Abroad Partnership  Negotiated partnership between ERAU and the Centre Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG), Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. 2005-2007 Chair, Black History Month Committee 2004-Present Faculty Advisor, African Student Association and Muslim Student Association  Advises the organizations in their co-curricular and extra-curricular activities  Serves as a role model for the hundreds of such international students and, as a result,  Contributes to student retention and the promotion of diversity on the ERAU-DB Campus. AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2016 Faculty Research Development Grant ERAU Office of Dean of Research
  • 4. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 4 2014 Research/Travel Grant Association for the Study of the Middle East & Africa 2014 Innovative Pedagogy Award ERAU Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence 2011 Innovative Pedagogy Award ERAU Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence 2010 Field & Archival Research Grant ERAU Office of the Vice President for Research 2009 Dean’s Summer Research Grant ERAU College of Arts & Sciences 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach 2009 Educational Achievement Award Leadership Initiative Guinea 2008 Research Fellowship University of Florida Center for African Studies 2008 Outstanding Teaching Award ERAU-DB Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences 2007 Outstanding Research Award ERAU-DB Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences 2006-2007 William Diaz Faculty Fellowship Nonprofit Academic Centers Council 2005 Field & Archival Research Grant ERAU Office of the Vice President for Research 1999 Inspiring Leadership Award TRIO Program, Elgin Community College 1997 Community Leadership Award Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor’s Office 1992 Doctoral Research Award Northwestern University Graduate School 1986-1992 Fulbright Scholarship U.S. Institute of International Education 1986 Outstanding Broadcasting Award Radio Television Guinea 1985 Scholarship in Journalism Studies Co-sponsored by RFI (France) & IIC (Canada) 1984 Outstanding Teaching Award University of Conakry RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Works in Progress Book Project  Health and Human Security in the Mano River Union: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire, under contract with Lexington Books. Book Chapter  “No Effective Leadership without Responsible Citizenship: Prospects for Citizen Empowerment and Leadership Accountability in Twenty-First African Governance,” invited by the editor of a book project on African leadership. Peer-Reviewed Articles  “Coup Makers as Leaders of Democratic Change: Case Studies in Civil-Military Relations in West Africa,” under consideration by the Journal of African Military History.  “Comedy at the Junction of Popular and Political Cultures in Guinea: The Cases of Gèètö, Tyotyop, and L’Homme,” submitted to the journal Research in African Literature (RAL).
  • 5. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 5 Works Completed Books 2014 Historical Dictionary of Guinea (5th Edition, Revised and Expanded – Publisher-invited work), Scarecrow Press. 2014 Is There a Distinctively African Way of Knowing (a Study of African Blacksmiths, Hunters, Healers, Griots, Elders, and Artists): Knowing and Theory of Knowledge in the African Experience (Publisher- invited work), The Edwin Mellen Press. 2014 Political History of Guinea since World War Two, Peter Lang. 2010 The Development of a Trans-National Region in West Africa: Transcending the Politics of Sovereign Nation States, The Edwin Mellen Press. 2007 Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré, L’Harmattan. 2005 His Master’s Voice: Mass Communication and Single-Party Politics in Guinea under Sékou Touré, Africa World Press. Book Chapter 2011 “Trade Unionism and Politics in Guinea since Independence,” in Trade Unions in West Africa: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Craig Phelan, Pierre Lang. Encyclopedia Entries 2013 “Guinea,” a bibliographical entry in the Oxford Bibliographies, December. 2012 “Conté, Lansana,” in Dictionary of African Biography (Volume 2), edited by Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., New York: Oxford University Press. Peer-Reviewed Articles 2016 “Political Crisis and ECOWAS-Mediated Transition in Guinea,” invited by Stichproben – Vienna Journal of African Studies Nr. 30/2016 16. Jg. 2012 “New Media and Ethno-Politics in the Guinean Diaspora,” in Africa Media & Democracy Journal, Vol. 1 Issue 1 30 November. 2010 “Finding Its Voice? Africa and the Global Information and Communication Revolution,” in Florida Communication Journal (FCJ), Volume 38, No. 1 spring. 2008 “Media, Civil Society and Political Culture in West Africa,” in Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies Volume 29 (2). 2008 “Benediction and Malediction in Fulani Culture: Exploring an Afro-Muslim Perception of the Socio-Spiritual Dimensions of Success and Failure,” in Indigenous Nations Journal, Volume 6, Number 1, spring. 2008 “NGO Intervention and the Development of a Free Press in Senegal, Benin, and Guinea: A Research Assessment,” ARNOVA Conference proceedings online publication, January. 2007 “Nation Building and the Politics of Islamic Internationalism in Guinea: Toward an Understanding of Muslims’ Experience of Globalization in Africa,” in Contemporary Islam (2007), Volume 1. Published online: 9 June. 2000 “From Military Politicization to Militarization of Power in Guinea,” in Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 28 (winter).
  • 6. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 6 2000 “Africa to Africa: A Responsible Alternative to Study Abroad for 21st-Century African Scholarship,” in African Issues, Volume XXVIII/1&2. Book Review 2016 The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland by Kate Skinner (2015, Cambridge University Press). Review forthcoming in The American Historical Review 2016 121 (3): 1051-1052 doi: 10.1093/ ahr/121.3.1051 Selected Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures 2017 “Identity Politics and the Challenge of Nation-Building in West Africa,” Mande Studies Association (MANSA) 10th International Conference, International University of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire, August 2-6. 2017 “Community Radio in West Africa: A Medium for Empowerment or an Instrument of Disunity?” Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, 31 - June 2. 2016 “Africa and the International Criminal Court” (AfricaNow! Presentation), African Studies Association Conference, Washington, D.C., December 1-3. 2016 “Former Military Dictators as Architects of Democracy and Peace in West Africa: The Cases of Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, and Guinea,” International Studies Association 57th Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 16-19. 2015 « L’Éveil des consciences après la guerre de 1939-45 et la naissance des partis politiques en Guinée » (“Political Awakening and the Birth of Political Parties in Post-World War II Guinea”). Paper prepared for the International Colloquium of the Organisation pour la Mémoire et le Patrimoine on the history of Guinea. Conakry, Guinea. 2014 “The Role of ECOWAS in Averting Civil War and Managing Political Transition in Guinea,” African Studies Conference on “Rethinking Violence, Reconstruction and Reconciliation,” Indianapolis, IN, November 20-23. 2014 “Islam and Competing World Orders in West Africa during the Cold War,” Seventh Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), Washington, D.C., October 30-November 1. 2013 “Social Media, Citizen Journalism and Their Impact on Mainstream Media in the Digital Age,” BRAFFTV Film and Media International Conference on “Film, Media, and Social Engagement in the Digital Age,” University of Toronto, Victoria College, Toronto, Canada, October 19-20. 2013 “Communicational Paradox and the Quest for Equal Representation in West Africa: Global Connectedness versus Domestic Digital Divide,” Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Annual Conference on “Africa Communicating: Digital Technologies, Representation, Power,” Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May 1-3. 2012 “Researching the Frontiers of Knowledge in African Epistemology beyond the Mythical and the Exotic,” African Studies Conference on “Research Frontiers in the Study of Africa,” Philadelphia, PA, November 29 – December 1. 2012 “New Media and the Politicization of Ethnic Identity in the Guinean Diaspora,” Africa, Media & Democracy Conference on “Media & Democracy for Sustainable Stability,” Accra (Ghana). 2012 « Le panafricanisme à l’époque de la mondialisation: une vision perdue ou un idéal en mutation?» (“Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization: A Lost Vision or an Ideal in Mutation?”) Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, Université Laval, Québec, May 2-4.
  • 7. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 7 2011 “Education for Functional Citizenship toward Democratic Governance in Guinea,” Colloquium on “Citizen Participation, Democratic Governance, National Dialogue, and Sustainable Development in Guinea” by the Organization of the North American Symposium on Guinea (ONASG), Silver Spring, Maryland, March. 2011 “Learning from History versus Dwelling on It,” Guinean Forum on Dictatorship and Democracy, Washington, D.C., January. 2009 « Entre le marteau et l’enclume: Le Tribunal pénal international, les organisations africaines de droits de l’Homme et l’Union africaine » (“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The International Criminal Court, African Human Rights Organizations and the African Union”), Conference on “Toward Ending the Culture of Impunity in Africa” hosted by the Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) or African Assembly for the Defense of Human Rights, Dakar, Senegal, July. 2008 “Political Ethnicity and the Question of National Unity in Guinea: 1958-2008,” African Studies Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. 2007 “NGO Intervention and the Development of a Free Press in Senegal, Benin, and Guinea: A Critical Assessment,” ARNOVA Conference hosted by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, Atlanta, Georgia, November. 2007 “Labor Unions and the New Struggle for Human Rights in Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, New York, New York. 2007 “US-Africa Relations in the Age of Global Terrorism,” hosted by the Arts & Letters Committee of the College of Arts & Sciences, based on a seminar offered to the AFROTC, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Campus, Florida, February. 2005 “Nation Building and the Politics of Islamic Globalization in Guinea,” Conference on Muslims’ Experience of Globalization co-hosted by the Middle Eastern Center for Peace, Culture and Development, the Georgia State University, and the Georgia Middle East Studies Consortium, Atlanta, Georgia. 2005 “The Role of the African Diaspora in the Globalization of Contemporary Africa,” Conference on African and Diaspora Studies hosted by the Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin. 2004 “Poetry as a Special Form of Political Expression under the Democratic Party of Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2001 “From Euphoria to Political Disillusionment in Post-Sékou Touré Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, Houston, Texas. 2001 “Wahhabi Revival and Social Contradictions in Guinea,” Conference on Islam in Africa hosted by the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, New York. 2001 “UNICEF and the Social Reintegration of Child Refugees in the Mano River Union,” Conference on Teaching about the UN, New York (United Nations). 2000 “The Islamic Dimension of Sékou Touré’s Political Philosophy in Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2000 “Barki versus Kuddi: A Philosophical Perspective of Benediction and Malediction in the Socio-Religious Beliefs of the Fulani of Guinea,” Northwestern University Program of African Studies Meeting, February.  First presented at the African Studies Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999. 1999 “Party Politics and Ethnic Dilemma in Guinea,” Mid-American Association of African Studies Conference, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • 8. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 8 1997 “Media, State, and Society in Guinea,” African Studies Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio. 1997 “Black and White in America’s Deep South and South Africa: A Comparative History of Race Relations,” Keynote Speaker Presentation, African Student Association Forum, University of Missouri- Kansas City, October. 1996 “Mother Nature and Modernity in the Views of Africans and Native Americans: A Comparative Study of Indigenous Environmental Ethics.” A lecture given at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire while serving as a Minority Visiting Scholar. 1996 “Pan-Africanism from George Padmore and W. E. Du Bois to Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.” A lecture given at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire while serving as a Minority Visiting Scholar. Other Scholarly Activities 2015 – Reviewer for Stichproben – Vienna Journal of African Studies 2012 – Reviewer for Africa Media & Democracy Journal COMMUNITY SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP 2016 Secretary, Community Advisory Board, WMFE Public Radio Florida. 2014-2016 Member, Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Content & Community Outreach Committee (COC) for WMFE Public Radio Florida. 2013-Present Associate Editor, Africa, Media & Democracy Journal, a fledgling scholarly journal based in Accra, Ghana. 2006-2013 Member, Daytona Beach Community Ancient Persia, Modern Iran Lecture Series Committee. 1999-2000 Co-host, “Unity in Diversity,” a community-centered civic and cultural television program for Greater Chicago Access Network (CAN—Public Access), Chicago, Illinois. 1995-1997 Member, Board of Directors, Kansas City-Missouri Council on the Advancement of Multiculturalism. 1993-1997 Co-founder and Editor At-Large of the Guinean independent newspaper La gazette de Guinée based in Conakry, Guinea. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 2014 Consultant and Region Expert for the U.S. State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO).  Provided expert information and analysis on the political situation and security risks in West Africa ahead of national elections in several countries. 2013 Consultant and Country Expert for Electoral Integrity Project  In charge of evaluating Guinea’s electoral system.  Project co-sponsored by Harvard University, the University of Sydney, Aarhus University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2013 Consultant and Country Expert for the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem)  In charge of coding the history of government and governance in Guinea from 1900 to 2012.  Project co-sponsored by Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the University of Gothenburg.
  • 9. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 9 2013 Consultant and Country Expert for the U.S. State Department and National Intelligence Council  Panelist and analyst, Analytic Exchange on “Military Involvement in West African Politics: Causes and Consequences.” 2012 Consultant and Country Expert for the Global Leadership Project  In charge of building a data base on the national leadership of the Republic of Guinea.  Project co-sponsored by the World Bank and The Clinton Foundation. 2012 Consultant and Country Expert for the U.S. State Department  Panelist and analyst, Executive Analytic Exchange on Ghana and Guinea. 2009-Present Consultant and Advisor for several African Diaspora digital media organizations based in the U.S. and Canada. 1993-1995 Pedagogical Consultant for UNICEF  Participated in the design and implementation of scholastic and social reintegration in Guinea of child refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia. 1994-1995 Political Communication Consultant for the Press Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic of Guinea  Advised the Office of the Director on the preparation and delivery of the public speeches and press conferences of the Head of State. 1992-1993 Media Training Consultant for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation  Coordinated a team of trainers in charge of preparing members of the Guinean private and public media in prelude to the first multiparty presidential election since independence. 1992-1993 Research Consultant for the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History  Conducted field research in West Africa which resulted in the creation of the Museum’s Permanent Africa Exhibit (featured in the exhibit). PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS African Studies Association (ASA) Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) International Studies Association (ISA) Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Africa Media & Democracy Forum (AMDF) LANGUAGES English (fluent) French (fluent) Fulani (Major West African language, fluent) Mandenka and Soso (Major West African languages, moderate knowledge) Arabic (Classical) (intermediate reading and writing knowledge) SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES March 2016 WNDB Radio (Florida): Panelist, ERAU President Speaker Series with Brother Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, and Rev. David Keck, Chaplain ERAU, on “Cosmology, Science, and Faith”.
  • 10. Mohamed Saliou Camara, Ph.D. 10 October 2015 WNDB Radio (Florida): Expert interview with The Marc Bernier Show on the Syrian civil war and its regional and global ramifications. May 2014 Africa Number One 94.5 (Libreville, Gabon): A comparative discussion of Responsible Resistance to Oppression and Race Relations in the Philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela”. February 2014 WMFE 90.7 (Public Radio, Florida): Expert interview on Kwame Nkrumah’s relations with W.E. DuBois and their influence on the growth of Pan-Africanism from the Americas to Africa. May 2013 Al Jazeera English: Expert interview on the political situation in Guinea and related West African issues. July 2012 Radio France International (Paris, France): Debate on Kwame Nkrumah’s life in Guinea and his relations with Sékou Touré and Amilcar Cabral. June 2011 BBC Africa: Expert interview on the life and work of Stokely Carmichael (AKA Kwame Ture) in Guinea with Sékou Touré and Kwame Nkrumah. December 2010 Sanlian Life Weekly Magazine (Beijing, China): Expert interview on the political transition in Guinea in the context of democratic transitions in West African. September 2010 WNDB Radio (Florida): Expert interview with The Marc Bernier Show on Gainesville Pastor Terry Jones’s Koran Burning campaign in correlation with intercultural dialogue in America. Oct-Nov 2010 CNN World: Expert interview on the political situation in Guinea (quoted in two articles dealing with ethnic violence and the electoral process). January 2010 BBC History Magazine: Expert interview on the current political situation in Guinea and its historical background. June 2007 Radio France International (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics. June 2007 Africa Number One 107.5 (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics. June 2007 Paris Fréquence Plurielle (Paris, France): Discussion of Le pouvoir politique en Guinée sous Sékou Touré and debate on current issues in African politics. December 2006 Radio Familia FM (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on the civic pro-democracy activities of the African Diaspora in the United States and Canada. December 2006 Radio Nostalgie Guinée (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on media liberalization in West Africa in comparison with Southern Africa. December 2006 Radio FM Liberté (Conakry, Guinea): Debate on political and media liberalization in Guinea, Senegal, and Benin (West Africa). August 2005 Télévision Nationale du Bénin (Cotonou, Benin): Debate on “The Role of the African Diaspora in the Globalization of Contemporary Africa”. 2014 – Present Guest on numerous African Diaspora web media based in the U.S. and Canada; discussed a variety of topics pertinent to the historical changes and challenges facing Africa and the African Diaspora. END OF DOCUMENT