Richard Kuba

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	Germany
Title	Dr.
Affiliation	Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Email	Kuba@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Mailing Address	Frobenius-Institut Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Universität Grüneburgplatz 1 60323 Frankfurt am Main Germany
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +49 (0)69 79833056 fax: +49 (0)69 79833101
Websites	http://www.frobenius-institut.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=129&lang=en
Countries of Specialization	Nigeria ; Benin ; Burkina Faso.
Research Interests	West Africa; Nigeria; Benin (Borgu); Burkina Faso (Lobi/Dagara): precolonial & medieval history; cultural, political, & economic history; ethnicity ; land rights ; political ethnology. Responsible for The German Research Foundation Project: Digitisation and Cataloging of the Frobenius Institute's Pictorial Archive (2006-2009). In charge of the pictorial archive (except the photographic holdings) and the scientific papers and correspondance left by Leo Frobenius and other institute members.
Publications	2005. With Carola Lentz (ed.): Land and the politics of belonging in West Africa. Leiden: Brill. 2003. With Carola Lentz & Claude N. Somd (ed.): Histoire du peuplement et relations interethniques au Burkina Faso. Paris: Karthala. 2001. With Carola Lentz & Katja Werthmann (ed.): Les Dagara et leurs voisins: Histoire de peuplement et relations au sud-ouest du Burkina Faso (Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268, Bd. 15). Frankfurt a.M 1998. With Elisabeth Boesen & Hardung, Christine (ed.): Regards sur le Borgou. Pouvoir et altérité dans une région ouest-africaine. Paris: L'Harmattan. 1996. Wasangari und Wangara. Borgu und seine Nachbarn in historischer Perspektive. Hamburg, Münster: Lit.
Keywords	medieval history; cultural, political, & economic history; ethnicity ; land rights.