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Pearl T. Robinson
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| Born | July 4, 1945 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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| Alma mater | University of California, Davis, Columbia University |
| Awards | 2011 Teshome H. Gabriel Distinguished Africanist Award from the UC San Diego Research Center in African and African American Studies |
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| Fields | Political science |
| Institutions | Tufts University |
| Thesis | African traditional rulers and the modern state the linkage role of chiefs in the Republic of Niger (1975) |
Pearl T. Robinson (born 1945) is an American professor of political science at Tufts University. She has written dozens of books and articles on Africa and African Americans, including co-authoring and co-editing the book, Transformation and Resiliency in Africa, with her co-editor Elliott Skinner. She was president of the African Studies Association from 2007–2008, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her chapter Area Studies in Search of Africa from The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines was included in 4th edition of The African Studies Companion.
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