Tracey Lynn Carter

CPhil, History (Africa), UCLA, 2005;
MA, History (Africa), UCLA, 2004;
BA, African American Studies, Harvard, 1995.

Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail: tracey_carter@post.harvard.edu

Field

West Africa, African diaspora, oral tradition

Research Interests

History of griots and their role in the Mande world;
Influence of griots on Gambian political history

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

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

Advisors

Co-Chairs:
Edward A. Alpers, Andrew Apter

Committee Members:
Christopher Ehret
Robin Derby
Donald Cosentino

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