Associate Professor of Political Science Director of LASPAD (Laboratoire d’analyse des sociétés et pouvoirs/Afrique-Diaspora), UFR Sciences juridiques et politiques, Université Gaston-Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal. Mame-Penda Ba is a founding member of LASPAD, Executive Secretary of the African Studies Association for Africa (ASAA) and Editor-in-Chief of Global Africa magazine. She is a member of several international research networks, including Critical Investigations on Humanitarianism in Africa (Cihablog). His work covers public policy analysis (education, health, gender, decentralization, security) and the sociology of religion.
