Staff African Studies (research) Jan Abbink Professor emeritus Governance and politics in Africa Akinyinka Akinyoade Lecturer Felix Ameka Emeritus Professor Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the world Azeb Amha Lecturer Mirjam de Bruijn Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of Africa Rijk van Dijk Professor of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora Jan-Bart Gewald Professor History of Africa Mayke Kaag Professor Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa André Leliveld Senior Lecturer Maarten Mous Professor Emeritus African Linguistics Victoria Nyst Senior University Lecturer Robert Ross Professor emeritus of African Studies Klaas van Walraven Researcher