About Amisah Bakuri

I am an assistant Professor at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I am a researcher with over ten years of experience in the field of migration, well-being, religion, sexuality and gender, the health of minority groups, Black and African diaspora. I have been involved in several roles as a researcher, lecturer, research consultant, Postdoctoral fellow, thesis supervisor and academic tutor at the University of Amsterdam, African Studies Center/Leiden University, Utrecht University, KNUST, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Toronto.

I love reading, traveling and talking to people

Dr. Amisah Bakuri is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam whose research focuses on religion, migration, sexuality, and the well-being of African diaspora communities
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NBN Episodes hosted by Amisah:

Justin Bailey, "An Anthropology of Wandering: How Adventure Can Alleviate a Fearful Culture" (2026)

April 25, 2026

An Anthropology of Wandering

Justin Bailey
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

In a culture saturated by speed, safety protocols, and mediated fear, what might we rediscover by walking or hiking slowly into the unknown? In this …

Berardino Palumbo, "Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power" (Berghahn Books, 2026)

April 22, 2026

Where Saints Show Respect

Berardino Palumbo
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

Where Saints Show Respect: Mafia, Modernity, and Rituals of Power is an anthropological exploration of how authority is produced not only through viol…

Michael W. Tuck, "The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World" (Brill, 2026)

April 8, 2026

The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River

Michael W. Tuck
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

In his new book, The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World (Brill, 2026) historian Dr. Michae…

Stephen Onyango Ouma, "Africa Unbound: Decolonial Pathways to Sovereignty and Liberation" (Brill, 2026)

April 5, 2026

Africa Unbound

Stephen Onyango Ouma
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

I had a substantive conversation with Dr. Stephen Onyango Ouma, author of Africa Unbound: Decolonial Pathways to Sovereignty and Liberation (Brill, 20…