Ousman Murzik Kobo

Assistant Professor
History
207D Dulles Hall
614.247.2719
kobo.1@osu.edu

Education
B.A., International Studies and Economics, City College of New York (1992)
M.A., International Relations, City College of New York (1995)
M.A., African History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)
Ph.D., African History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005)

Teaching/Research
Dr. Kobo's research interests include 20th century West African social and religious history as well as the social history of West African migrants in the United States.

Selected Publications
"The Development of Wahhabi Reforms in Ghana and Burkina Faso, 1960–1990: Elective Affinities between Western-Educated Muslims and Islamic Scholars" (Comparative Studies in Society and History, 2009)

"'My Rosary is My Sword':  The Peaceful Jihad of Sheikh Boubakar Sawadogo (Maiga) and French Colonial Policies in Burkina Faso, 1920-1946" (in progress)

"Elective Affinity: The Role of Secular Education Muslims in the Development of Ahl-As-Sunna Reform Movement in Ghana and Burkina Faso" (in progress)

"Africa & China: New Alliance for Mutual Development?" (The African Advocate, 2008)

Honors, Awards, and Service
Co-Recipient, Distinguished University Diversity Enhancement Award (2007)

Research Award, Gettysburg College (2006)

West African Research Association Fellow, Dakar, Senegal (2003)

MacArthur Fellow for International Peace, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000-02)

Co-founder, African Development Research Institute, New York (1996)

Mershon Projects
Unveiling Modernity: Post-Colonial Islamic Reforms in Ghana and Burkina Faso, 1950-2000 (2008-09)