Book Talk with Alfred Babo

Dr. Alfred Babo is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the International Studies Program at Fairfield University, Connecticut, in the United States. Before joining Fairfield, he taught at the University of Bouaké in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as at Smith College and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the United States. Dr. Babo is an interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in development anthropology, political science, African studies, and refugee studies. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and books in the United States, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

His current research projects and publications focus on the issue of refugees’ activism in Africa and acculturation in the US. His article“38 Paradise Road: Being an African Francophone Refugee Scholar in American Academia” has been featured at the 2023 Conference Refuge at Risk: Concepts, Infrastructures, Futures, at the University of California, Irvine. He co-founded the initiative Share the Platform to advocate for refugees’ self-representation and expertise. He is currently a Board of Scholars-at-Risk(SAR) member to help exiled academics. In 2023, Dr. Babo received the Fairfield University 2023 Martin Luther King Vision Award for his engagement with refugees and vulnerable individuals.

Dr. Babo is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Anthropological Association (AAA), the American Political Science Association (APSA), and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA).

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