Rama Salla Dieng
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Salla Dieng (also known as Rama Salla Dieng; born in 1986), is a Senegalese writer and professor of political science at the Geneva Graduate Institute, in Switzerland.[1][2] She specializes in democratic governance, feminist movements, racial capitalism, and political economy in Senegal and Francophone Africa.[3][4]
Biography
Dieng studied at Montesquieu University in Bordeaux, France, where she earned a master's degree in political science.[5] She subsequently obtained a dual master's degree from the same university and from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux in international cooperation and risk management in developing countries. She also holds a PhD in development studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies.[6]
Dieng worked at the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in the field of policy research.[7] She also worked for the United Nations Development Programme in Mauritius.[8]
Dieng is associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute, in Switzerland.[9] She previously served as a lecturer in international development and African studies at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, and also taught at the University of Cape Town.[10][11]
She was awarded the 2025 Paula Kantor Award for excellence in field research by the International Center for Research on Women.[12]
Publications
- 2008 : La dernière lettre, Présence africaine. ISBN 9782708707870
- 2020 : Feminist Parenting: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond, éditrice scientifique avec Andrea O'Reilly, Demeter Press. ISBN 978-1-77258-228-4
- 2021 : Féminismes africains : une histoire décoloniale, Présence africaine. ISBN 9782708709751