Dr. Jude Fokwang was Associate Professor of Anthropology and Development Practice at Regis University, Denver. He held previous teaching positions at the University of Cape Town and Rhodes University in South Africa, Trent University and the University of Toronto in Canada. His research and publications span several areas of sociocultural issues in Africa, including gender in development, material culture, religion, chieftaincy politics, socioeconomic development and youth politics. He is the author of dozens of academic articles, several books and director of the award-winning ethnographic documentary film Something New in Old Town (2016). He serves on the advisory board of three academic journals: AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institute, Anthropology Southern Africa and the Nordic Journal of African Studies.
