Christine Obbo

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Christine Obbo (born in 1947) is an Ugandan socio-cultural anthropologist. She attended school at Makerere University in Uganda, earning her BA and MA there and went on to receive a doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, with a scholarship from Rockefeller Foundation.[1] She was then a professor at Wheaton College and then Wayne State University,[1][2] later becoming involved in activities with HIV/AIDS,[2] gender, and policy issues.

Career[]

As an anthropologist, Obbo focuses on Ugandan ethnography.[1] She is the author of the book African Women.[3] Later, she focuses on investigating both social and cultural impacts of African HIV/AIDS crisis as she is interested in examining the links between economic system and sex-gender dynamic in Uganda and how it could slow the spread of HIV in Uganda socially.[4] Many of her work can be dated back to 1980s and Obbo is still active in early 2000.[5] She had contributed her expertise in many areas, including but not limited to participating in various UN-sponsored conferences to highlight the social issues of HIV/AIDS in Uganda to the international community, as well as writing for CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) publication.[1]

Personal life[]

Obbo married anthropologist Aidan Southall. Together, they have one daughter and one son.[6] In 2009, Aidan Southall passed away.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Times, John Tierney and Special To the New York. "AIDS in Africa: Experts Study Role of Promiscuous Sex in the Epidemic". Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  3. ^ "Christine Obbo Books – Biography and List of Works – Author of 'African Women'". www.biblio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  4. ^ Kuhanen, Jan (January 2008). "The Historiography of HIV and AIDS in Uganda". History in Africa. 35: 301–325. doi:10.1353/hia.0.0009. ISSN 0361-5413. S2CID 143495746.
  5. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  6. ^ "Doctor Aidan Southall: Urban anthropologist who pioneered the study of". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  7. ^ Obbo, Christine (2009-08-08). "Aidan Southall: A Tribute and Partial Memoir". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 10 (2). doi:10.1353/cch.0.0075. ISSN 1532-5768. S2CID 162121739.


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