The Department of African Studies is engaged with scientific research based on the results of fieldwork, laboratory and archival-library studies in the field of archaeology, history, conservation and related sciences concerning the areas of cultures and civilizations developing in Africa, with a particular focus on the northern coast of the continent, sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa, excluding Egypt.
Department head:
- Dr. Maciej Wyżgoł
Department members:
- Dr. hab. Henryk Paner
- Dr. Lorenzo de Lellis – head of the Moroccan-Polish Research Project in Sijilmassa
- Dr. Magdalena M. Woźniak
- MA Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska
- MA Kajetan Ogłaza
Doctoral students:
- Agnieszka Wujec, MA – PhD supervisor: Prof. Artur Obłuski
- Kibrom Kebede, MA – PhD supervisor: Prof. Artur Obłuski
Field Projects
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Sijilmassa
Sijilmassa Sijilmasa, Sid̲j̲ilmāsa, Historical name: Sijilmassa Arabic name: سجلماسة Berber name: ⵙⵉⵊⵉⵍⵎⴰⵙⴰ Most interesting features: – massive walls made of packed earth – Alaouite-period mosque and Quranic school – Alaouite-period settlement History of research: Dates of PCMA expedition’s work: 2024– Type of research: excavations, survey Directors: Lahcen Taouchikht (Institut Nationale des Sciences de l’Archéologie et […]
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Grant Projects
Life in the Makurian metropolis. A bioarchaeological inquiry into Medieval Old Dongola – Dr. Antonio Caruso
Contact
15/17 Tyniecka st, 02-630 Warsaw
Room 113