Martin Benjamin

Domaine de recherche

l'Afrique

Pays de résidence

États-Unis d'Amérique

Titre

Dr.

Affiliation

Yale University

Adresse électronique

martin.benjamin@yale.edu

Adresse

Kamusi Project: Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
Yale University Council on African Studies
P.O. Box 208206
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8206 USA

Téléphone/Télécopie

phone: 203-432-3436
fax: 203-782-2136

Site de web

http://www.yale.edu/swahili/

Pays de spécialisation

Tanzania

Recherche

Ph.D., Yale, 2000.
Dissertation: 'Development Consumers: An Ethnography of "The Poorest
of the Poor" and International Aid in Rural Tanzania'

Editor

Research and teaching interests focus Swahili language and on the
relationships between Tanzanians and development programs, including
economy, environment, gender, charity, power, and health.

Enseignement

Research and teaching interests focus Swahili language and on the
relationships between Tanzanians and development programs, including
economy, environment, gender, charity, power, and health.

Publications

Lead Author, Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook, 1998

2000-2005 Anthropological Component Leader, DANIDA, Chole Anemia
Project, Mafia Island, Tanzania: Nutritional anthropologist working with
entire population to design and implement pilot project to combat iron
deficiency anemia.

1999-2000 Research Consultant, UNICEF & Tanzania Food and Nutrition
Centre: Nutritional anthropologist working with pregnant and lactating
women during field trials of a multiple micronutrient beverage.

1996 Research Consultant, Concern Tanzania, Wider Impact Study

Mots-clés

economy ; environment ; gender ; charity ; power ; and health.