Participant Info
- First Name
- Avenel
- Last Name
- Rolfsen
- Country
- United States
- State
- IN
- arolfsen@butler.edu
- Affiliation
- Butler University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Africa, West Africa, Senegal, Humanitarianism, Charity, Public Health, Colonalism, Development, Philanthropy, Gender, Islam, Almsgiving,
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I hold a Phd in African History from Indiana University-Bloomington and I am currently a Lecturer in History and Anthropology at Butler University in Indianapolis. My work on the history of humanitarianism in Senegal focuses on charity and social assistance from the precolonial period into the twentieth century. I focus on the history of Islamic forms of giving in Senegal alongside French social welfare from Catholic missions, the Red Cross and the Colonial State.
- Recent Publications
Rolfsen, Avenel. “Senegalese Cinema Does not Exist” Africaisacountry https://africasacountry.com/2018/05/senegalese-cinema-does-not-exist
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Senegal
- Expertise by Geography
- Africa
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Gender, Human Rights, Religion, Women, World War I, World War II
