A photo of Djelimory Diabate
Djelimory Diabate (he/him)

Major: Black Studies, Asian Languages and Civilizations
Hometown: Durham, NC
Field of study: Africana Studies, Islamic Legal Studies
Advisor & Department: Professor Olufemi Vaughan, Black Studies

 

Research Interest: How the written works of Islamic reformists in nineteenth-century West Africa reflect the tensions between building a pious Islamic state and society and their local indigenous contexts. 

Fun fact: I play for the Amherst Men's Basketball team.