Fields

Social Movements, Anticolonial and National Liberation Movements (Africa & the African Diaspora), Development and Culture (Africa, Asia & Latin America), Ethno-Nationalism and Social Change (Developing World)

Courses

• Introduction to Sociology
• Social Problems
• Sociology of Civil Rights

Current Research Interests

New histories, new nationalisms, new state transformations, and comparative national development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Biography

Professor Yidana holds bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in Sociology and International Relations from Clark University (US) and in Historical Sociology from Binghamton University (US), respectively. As an Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University in Michigan (US), he teaches courses that span across several disciplines such as “The Sociology of Human Rights,” “The Sociology of Civil Rights Movements,” “US-Africa Relations,” “The African Diaspora,” “Global Social Problems,” “African Politics Through the African Novel,” “Introduction to Global Studies,” “Globalization, Structures, and Movements,” “Social Revolutions in Africa,” “Introduction to Sociology,” among others. 

Professor Yidana’s scholarly interests cover a gamut of important epistemic emancipatory areas for Africa namely, Nationalism, the African State, Development and Political Economy, African Diaspora Matters, Culture and Development, and the African Novel. His interests now include hyper-digital, hyper-computational, and hyper-automated technologies and what they hold for Africa. In the last instance, scholars such as Fanon, Mbembe, and Harari inform his teaching and research interests.

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