Academic Affiliations

  • Regis University, Denver, CO (2013-present)
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • Trent University, Peterborough, ON
  • Lakehead University, Orillia, ON
  • University of Cape Town, Cape Town, SA
  • Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA

Research Profile

Jude Fokwang, PhD is Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Regis University, Denver. I have also taught in the Development Practice program since its inception in 2015. As an author and ethnographic filmmaker, my work has focused on Cameroon and South Africa resulting in publications across a wide thematic area including associational life, citizenship, gender, traditional leadership and democratization, development and globalization, as well as contemporary African youth identities. My scholarship is united by the anthropological conviction that human beings everywhere are meaning-makers grounded in the steady desire to order their worlds and improve their livelihoods. Prior to joining Regis University, I held teaching positions in South Africa and Canada. I currently serve on the editorial advisory board of the following journals: Anthropology Southern Africa, the Nordic Journal of African Studies, and AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institute, London, UK.

Professional Affiliations

  • African Studies Association, USA
  • Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS)
  • Pan African Association of Anthropologists (PAAA)
  • Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA)
  • American Anthropological Association (AAA)
  • Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
  • Board of Directors, West African Research Association (WARA, 2020-2023)
  • Spears Media Press LLC
  • Bone Studios LLC

Cultivating Moral Citizenship

In Cultivating Moral Citizenship, ethnographer, Jude Fokwang unpacks the meanings, mechanisms and processes through which young people in an inner city of the West African nation of Cameroon respond to local and global... READ MORE

Wives: A Review

The subject of polygamy often evokes mixed sentiments and sometimes outright rage from opponents who hold that polygynous marriages are patriarchal schemes designed to gratify men at the expense of women. READ MORE