Kelly M. Askew

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Interim Director, African Studies Center; Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Affiliation	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Email	kaskew@umich.edu
Mailing Address	Mail address: 101 West Hall 1085 S. University Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1107 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: (734) 764-2337 fax (734) 763-6077
Countries of Specialization	Tanzania
Research Interests	Ph.D. Harvard University, 1997 B.A. Yale University, 1988 Research interests: Music and performance of East Africa, especially Tanzania ; media ; cultural policy ; nationalism ; African socialism and postsocialism ; 1964 Zanzibar revolution
Publications	Selected Publications: Performing the Nation: Swahili Music and Cultural Politics in Tanzania (University of Chicago Press, 2002) The Anthropology of Media: A Reader, co-edited with Richard R. Wilk (Blackwell Publishers, 2002) African Postsocialisms, co-edited with M. Anne Pitcher (Edinburgh University Press, 2006)
Keywords	music ; performance ; nationalism ; African socialism ; media.