Denis-Constant Martin (born 13 July 1947 [1] ) is a French scholar.
Martin, a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, is the holder of two doctorates, directed by Georges Balandier. From 1969 to 2008, he was research director at the Centre de recherches internationales . A researcher at the "Centre d'étude d'Afrique noire" [2] of the Bordeaux University, he teaches political anthropology at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and has also given courses in the music department of the Paris 8 University, but also, among others, in South Africa, Algeria, the United States and Kenya where in 1980 he founded and directed the "Institut de recherches en Afrique." [3]
Martin's work is mainly focused on two areas: Political sociology and Political anthropology, notably in Africa, and popular sociomusicology.
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