Prof. Samba Buri MBOUP is a Senior Research Fellow at CSPS. He was educated at the Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop University and in France. He holds a Doctorate in General & Comparative Literature (Thesis on the Wolof Literature and Orature), and a University Diploma in Swahili/Bantu Language and Civilization, both from Sorbonne University, Paris.
He speaks French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, as well as Wolof (mother-tongue) and Swahili (an African Union official language). Currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies and Head of the Department of Languages and Culture at the Pan African Cultural and Research Institute of Yène (Senegal), he is also a founding member of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute.
Formerly an Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA) from October 2006 to December 2012, Prof. Mboup also served as Ambassador of Senegal to Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (August 2001/July 2006). In that capacity, he was a co-opted member in the NEPAD Steering Committee; he also served as a NEPAD resource-person and an African Union expert in the areas of education and governance.
As an International consultant in Development anthropology and Strategic studies, he has conducted several missions for the UN General Secretariat and UN Agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNHCHR, UNHCR, UNESCO) in African countries such as Mozambique, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Cape Verde, Angola, Senegal, Central African Republic, Chad, Rep. of Congo, Niger. Contact: newedgeconsulting@gmail.com