Christine Obbo

Christine Obbo
Alma mater	Makerere University University of Wisconsin
Occupation	socio-cultural anthropologist
Known for	politics
Spouse	Aidan Southall ​ (died 2009)​

Christine Obbo (born in 1947) is an Ugandan socio-cultural anthropologist. She attended school at Makerere University in Uganda, earning her BA and MA there and went on to receive a doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, with a scholarship from Rockefeller Foundation. ^[1] She was then a professor at Wheaton College and then Wayne State University, ^{[1] [2]} later becoming involved in activities with HIV/AIDS, ^[2] gender, and policy issues.

Career

As an anthropologist, Obbo focuses on Ugandan ethnography. ^[1] She is the author of the book African Women. ^[3] Later, she focuses on investigating both social and cultural impacts of African HIV/AIDS crisis as she is interested in examining the links between economic system and sex-gender dynamic in Uganda and how it could slow the spread of HIV in Uganda socially. ^[4] Many of her work can be dated back to 1980s and Obbo is still active in early 2000. ^[5] She had contributed her expertise in many areas, including but not limited to participating in various UN-sponsored conferences to highlight the social issues of HIV/AIDS in Uganda to the international community, as well as writing for CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) publication. ^[1]

Personal life

In 1975 Obbo married anthropologist Aidan Southall who died in 2009 at their home in France.

Publications

1. Obbo, Christine (2022). Freedom of One's Feet: A Passion for Journeying. iUniverse. ISBN   978-1-6632-3843-6.
2. Obbo, Christine (2020). Personal Educational Strivings and Accommodations in pre and Colonial Uganda. Trenton: Africa World Press. ISBN   978-1-56902-672-4.
3. Obbo, Christine (2019). The Inexorable Weeping. Christine Obbo. ISBN   979-8-2151-7632-0.
4. Obbo, Christine (1981). African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence. London: Zed Press. ISBN   978-0-905762-48-7. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-538207-5.
2. Times, John Tierney and Special To the New York (19 October 1990). "AIDS in Africa: Experts Study Role of Promiscuous Sex in the Epidemic". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
3. "Christine Obbo Books – Biography and List of Works – Author of 'African Women'". www.biblio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
4. Kuhanen, Jan (January 2008). "The Historiography of HIV and AIDS in Uganda" . History in Africa. 35: 301–325. doi:10.1353/hia.0.0009. ISSN   0361-5413. S2CID   143495746.
5. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
6. Wills, Dorothy Davis (1982-12). "The Peasants of Kondoa: A Review of Books on Tanzania - Christine Obbo. African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence. London: Zed Press, 1980. 166 pp. Tables, biblio. 7.95, paperback. (U.S. distributors: Lawrence Hill & Co., Publishers, Inc., 520 Riverside Avenue, Westport CN 06880.)". African Studies Review. 25 (4): 136–137. doi:10.2307/524408. ISSN   0002-0206.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
7. Hay, Margaret Jean (1982). "Review of La Femme Africaine Dans la Societe Precoloniale; The World of the African Woman; Women and Marriage in Kpelle Society; African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 15 (1): 85–90. doi:10.2307/218451. ISSN   0361-7882.
8. Brantley, Cynthia (1980-10). "African women: their struggle for economic independence. By Christine Obbo. London: Zed Press1980. x, 166p., map, tables, bibl. £12.95". Africa. 50 (4): 425–426. doi:10.2307/1158435. ISSN   1750-0184.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)